Another #IrishFoodParty Night

Tonights StarBiz is @HornetsDPS who are putting up a fab prize of biz cards or a banner

To be in with a chance to win the prize, just simply tweet during 8-9pm using the following hashtags #irishfoodparty & #hornetprints4u

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Posted by irishfoodparty on April 26, 2015 in Uncategorized

#IrishFoodParty

20 Apr

What a great night we had tonight our 2nd #Irishfoodparty with our fab Milseog na Mara

Plenty of interaction from loads of great artisan producers & we even trended

If you would like to be a starbiz why not contact us for details

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Posted by irishfoodparty on April 20, 2015 in Uncategorized

Great Local Markets

17 Apr

Saturday is the traditional day to visit your local market. Some fabulous markets are on, why not visit them

Killeuddery
Tullamore
Naas
Templebar
Clane
Midleton
Growth
The Green Door
The Milk Market Limerick
Tralee farmers Market

Support all the local Artisan Producers & Shop Local

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Posted by irishfoodparty on April 17, 2015 in Uncategorized

Our First Night

12 Apr

Our First night for #irishfoodparty starts tonight at 8pm

Our first starbiz is the fabulous @the_herb_garden and we are really looking forward to a great Nite. The Herb Garden are putting up a great prize too for the person with the most tweets.

So login at 8pm and join this party

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Posted by irishfoodparty on April 12, 2015 in Uncategorized

Castlebar Food & Music Festival

11 Apr

Mayo Advertiser, Fri, Apr 10, 2015

Officially launching the new Artisan Castlebar Food and Music Festival were Eamon Walsh with members of local band The New Social and chef Toby Streitenberger from Seasons Bar and Restaurant, Castlebar. Photo: Alison Laredo.

Castlebar is getting a new, one-day, artisan family festival.

The town’s Military Barracks will provide the atmospheric surrounds for the inaugural Artisan Castlebar Food and Music Festival on May 30, which is expected to draw between 2,000 and 4,000 people to the county town.

Tickets for the event go on sale today (Friday ).

The barracks is set to be transformed into a colourful feast of music and foodie offerings, with two outdoor stages and up to 50 local artisan food, drink and craft stalls.

Top chefs from the region will deliver live cooking demonstrations all day, while leading music acts from across Ireland will also perform.

Chefs confirmed so far include Flogas Mayo Masterchef winner, Barry Ralph, and chef, restauranteur and author JP McMahon, who owns Galway Michelin star restaurant Aniar.

Powerful balladeer Damien Dempsey, upbeat rockers The Young Folk, and eight-piece Sligo sensation Tuscan, are all confirmed for the festival, with more acts to be announced over the coming weeks.

Local music acts will also be showcased on an acoustic stage.

The festival grounds will include a children’s play area with bouncy castles, face painting, and games. Children under 12 go free.

Tickets, priced €25, are on sale now from Downtown Records and entertainment.ie

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Posted by irishfoodparty on April 11, 2015 in Uncategorized

West Waterford Festival of Food

06 Apr

This is a great piece by Sean O’Riordan in the Irish Examiner

Food, wine and 50 shades of tae at West Waterford festival

Monday, April 06, 2015

Sean O’Riordan

Celebrating an 8th successive year, the West Waterford Festival of Food returns this week with fabulous food and wine, a host of engaging events, pop-up restaurants and much more, with fun for all the family.

Generations gather for this week’s West Waterford Festival of Food

‘Generations in Irish Food’ is the theme of this year’s event in Dungarvan and surrounding areas.

Some of Ireland’s finest chefs, producers, stall-holders and all round lovers of fine food will be in the locality from Thursday until Sunday next.

The festival shines a spotlight on some homegrown heroes and the generations of families who continue to produce, cook, sell and run some of Ireland’s greatest and best-loved restaurants and food businesses in the local region.

Dromana House — celebrating 800 years of ownership by the same family —hosts a key event, created by local chef Eunice Power, as a tribute to local West Waterford food families.

Called ‘Celebrating Generations of West Waterford Food Stories,’ Eunice’s menu celebrates the food stories of the McGraths, Flahavans, and Barrons by showcasing not just the continuing history and narrative of the family businesses but their delicious ingredients too.

Other highlights focusing on generations in Irish food include Darina Allen and her brother Rory O’Connell of Ballymaloe Cookery School in conversation with John McKenna, giving their family insight into the industry.

The ‘Emerging Generation’, meanwhile, is a series of demonstrations from up-and-coming members of established food families. It features Jack and Tim McCarthy, the award-winning butchers from Kanturk, Richard and Duncan Blair of Blairs Inn, and charcuterie master Frank Krawczyk and his son Rob who will demo together for the first time with the title ‘Charcuterie from Father to Son’.

The Tannery restaurant continues as a cornerstone of the festival, having tasting menus on Friday and Saturday called ‘Generations of Food Producers’, evenings of celebration and fine food based on the family producers participating in the festival.

On Sunday, they host a duck feast for lunch, in association with Silverhill. And the Tannery Cookery School will also host a brunch on Saturday, featuring Flahavan’s, a family enterprise since 1785.

Returning also is ‘Seafood Saturday: Cois Cé’, from fresh seafood to inspiring demos.

Another popular event is the Farmer’s Market, in the main square on Sunday. One of the largest artisan food markets on the island, it will have over 100 stalls.

Busanna Bia will return, with three different routes this year, giving festival goers the opportunity to visit as many producers as possible on each route.

Always at the centre of the festival, given the Generations theme, are the little cooks. With a jam-packed programme of events, perfect for toddlers to teens, it will see sous chefs shine with events such as ‘Cócaireacht le Chéile’, as well as workshops, including one for little pizza chefs, ‘Mucking Around with Kitchen Sink Science’, and baking.

Visitors can expect bike buffets, seaweed seminars, 50 Shades of Tae, Irish craft in a glass which offers a series of opportunities to taste and learn about the increasingly popular craft beer, gin, cider and whiskey of Ireland, and much more.

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Posted by irishfoodparty on April 6, 2015 in Uncategorized

The SME Awards

05 Apr

I was selected to judge the SME Awards this year. The standard of Sme’s in Ireland is incredible high. I noted the amount of foodie businesses that entered the competition which is a credit to the Irish Food sector.

Best of luck to all the finalists and see you at the;