While in Canada, Kerr held Assistant Catering Manager positions in the CNE Stadium Toronto, Ottawa Civic Centre, Crystal Beach Park and African Lion Safari and coordinated the catering for Pope John Paul II's visit to Canada in 1985 for one million people.
[citation needed] In 2008, he sold 51% of Insomnia to the Icelandic Penninn group valuing the business at €16 million.
[7] Bobby Kerr was brought up in Kilkenny where his father ran the family business, the 4 star Newpark Hotel.
Bobby Kerr currently lives in Sandycove with his wife of 20 years Mary and their four daughters Meghan, Emily, Rebecca and Michaela.
In April 2011, Kerr spent time doing charity work in Zambia, building a house for a local family caring for AIDS orphans.