Early Years
O'Donoghue was five years old when his family moved from England to Port Hedland. At the age of ten, his family moved to Perth. On finishing school O'Donoghue was employed at a restaurant at Rottnest Island for the summer as a kitchen hand. As a result he applied for and obtained an apprenticeship in a seafood restaurant in Nedlands called Jo Jo’s.
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