"Doorly has aversion to emulsifiers, preservatives and enzymes: there are four simple ingredients in bread,  you have to ask what are the others for..."

"I met the husband-and-wife team behind the bakery at the Italian Embassy, they were presiding over a spread of food that would make, well, an Italian Ambassador proud."

"This Italian bakery and café has changed life in the Docklands"

"Uno dei primi ricordi della mia infanzia e' il profumo del pane appena sfornato dal paneter de San Dunà dove mia madre mi mandava a comprare i francesini dalla sciura Brambilla..... Ho provato la stessa emozione oggi a distanza di anni entrando da Il Valentino, una panetteria italiana in Grand Canal Square."

"Il Valentino is standing proud on the corner of Pearse Street and Charlotte Quay and so it should. It is not selling the odd Italian fayre, it is Italian all the way, and all goods are prepared from scratch using traditional baking techniques and baked on the premises."

"Il Valentino's has captured Dublin consumers' appetite for artisan-style products."

"Making high quality bread the very staple and backbone of our eating, rather than a luxury product with a high price tag, is Doorly's ambition... The simple ham sandwich is transformed when placed between two slices of their country bread."

"Marie Antoinette might have saved her head if she had only said: let them eat Il Valentino bread."

"We get a great selection of mouth-watering breads from Il Valentino bakery on Grand Canal Quay."

"Owen Doorly opened Il Valentino there in November, with the intention of 'putting bread back at the centre of the table'."