Kirsty Gallacher and her boyfriend Darren Clayton looked like the perfect couple as they celebrated one year together with a romantic meal.
The sports presenter, 48, and her former rugby partner, 38, celebrated their first anniversary with a champagne and oyster dinner at Langan’s Brasserie in London.
Sharing an insight into their evening, Kirsty revealed the couple also had the restaurant’s £33 fish pie and a £17 cheese board for two.
After a glass of champagne, they enjoyed a glass of red wine and documented their night out with a series of snaps on social media.
Kirsty looked chic in a black turtleneck jumper and wore her dark hair swept back into a ponytail, while adding a glamorous coat of make-up.
Kirsty Gallacher and her boyfriend Darren Clayton looked like the perfect couple as they celebrated one year together with a romantic dinner.
The sports presenter, 48, and her former rugby partner, 38, celebrated their first anniversary with a champagne and oyster dinner at Langan’s Brasserie in London.
Alongside the photos, Kirsty wrote: ‘Celebrating a wonderful year together, thank you @clayton.darren for everything you do for me and the boys. We love you’
Meanwhile, stylish Darren mirrored his girlfriend’s look with his own black jumper and jeans for the special occasion.
Alongside the photos, Kirsty wrote: ‘Celebrating a wonderful year together, thank you @clayton.darren for everything you do for me and the boys. We love you.
“And thank you for inviting us to Langans Brasserie for always a lovely and exquisite evening. We can’t wait to visit again!”
The couple have been together for a year and during that time they enjoyed a romantic getaway together to Devon, where Darren’s parents live.
Darren is a former flanker for Surrey club Esher and currently runs sporting events group Zeus with former England captain Chris Robshaw, 38.
Kirsty is mother to her two sons Oscar, 17, and Jude, 14, whom she shares with her ex Paul Sampson, 43.
Radio star Smooth, daughter of Scottish golf legend Bernard Gallacher, split from her former rugby player in 2015 after 15 years.
Kirsty was previously romantically linked to boxing champion Johnny Nelson, 57, Laurence Fox, 46, and Paddy McGuinness, 51.
Sharing a glimpse of their evening, Kirsty revealed the couple also had the restaurant’s £33 fish pie (pictured).
After a glass of champagne, they enjoyed a glass of red wine and documented their night out with a series of snaps on social media.
They began their meal by sharing oysters together.
Kirsty previously admitted she found her divorce “devastating” and revealed she was “grieving and mourning” the loss of her marriage.
The turmoil of the separation led to her deep depression and her physical collapse on Sky Sports in 2016.
Kirsty revealed that in the months before that, she struggled to juggle her streaming duties, her training schedule (she was a competitor on Strictly Come Dancing in autumn 2015) and being a single mother to her two children.
Last month, Kirsty opened up about how she fell in love with her partner Darren after they bonded over being single parents.
she told him the sun that the couple met through two mutual friends, Gabby and Kenny Logan, at a fundraising event.
Kirsty revealed she is “really happy” with her boyfriend and revealed that he often takes care of her when she works too much.
She told the publication: “We are very happy, we both had similar stories – we are single parents and we love to play golf.”
“He takes care of me and tells me to have free time because I can be a workaholic.”
“Normally I’m running around like crazy with the kids playing their sport, but my boyfriend encourages me to take a day off because on Saturdays I work doing my radio show,” she added.
The duo met in Edinburgh last year for a fundraising event in memory of rugby player Doddie Weir, who died in 2022 from motor neurone disease.
Last month, Kirsty opened up about how she fell in love with her partner Darren after they bonded over being single parents (pictured with their two sons Oscar and Jude).
The Smooth Radio host confessed that the couple met through two mutual friends: Gabby and Kenny Logan, married sports broadcasters.
Kirsty revealed that her two children “love him” and that the couple had been together for almost a year, with Darren also fathering a daughter from a previous relationship.
Kirsty and Paul met in 1999, shortly after he won his first England cap and Kirsty became the new face of Sky Sports News.
They married in 2010 in a £50,000 ceremony in Spain, but their relationship began to falter the following year after Paul’s retirement from rugby due to injury.
He became depressed and did not know what to do with himself, a situation made worse by the fact that he had not been able to accept the death of his father in 2004.
Kirsty then ended their four-year marriage in 2014.
Kirsty revealed she is “really happy” with her new boyfriend, a former rugby player and businessman.
The daughter of Scottish golf legend Bernard Gallacher met Darren, 38, last year and revealed he often looks after her when she is overworked.
Kirsty is the mother of two children, Oscar and Jude, whom she shares with her ex-husband Paul Sampson; They separated in 2015 (pictured in 2011).
