The Market Lane Restaurant Group has extended its support for Meitheal Mara, the unique Cork charity which uses boatbuilding, woodcraft and seamanship to help dsadvantaged youth groups and individuals to learn, progress and develop. This year the Group is supporting the Meitheal Mara Rowing Summer Camp which takes place on the River Lee’s waterways in and around Cork city from the 6 – 9 August 2019. The support follows [...]

Back by popular demand after sell-out sessions last year, Sourdough September returns to Conrad Dublin with Master Sourdough Bakery – Bretzel and once again offering some amazing taster demos on Thursday, 26th September. The Conrad Dublin with their supplier, The Bretzel Bakery, aim to highlight their partnership with local suppliers and raise awareness of Sourdough September, a festival that takes place throughout the UK & Ireland, encouraging more people [...]

On Friday, October 4th, historical Westport House will open its doors to host a Special Taste the Island Harvest Banquet with pre-dinner drinks from 7pm followed by a banquet with wine pairings at 8pm. The Harvest Banquet is set to be a superb evening with a truly outstanding menu celebrating all that’s great and good in local and seasonal food & drink. The only one of its kind along the Wild Atlantic [...]

FoodSpace has made the leap onto the high street with Ink at Dun Laoghaire’s LexIcon. Grainne Carberry talks to Hotel & Catering Review about maintaining the company’s ethos around sustainability at the new restaurant The ethos at FoodSpace is very simple. Stay loyal to local and don’t waste food. Sounds easy but with increasingly tight budgets in restaurants across the country, adhering to an admirable ethos isn’t [...]

The heat is rising and Dylan Hotel has the ultimate summer treat to help you cool down in style. Mixing two of your summer favourites, bubbles and ice pops, Dylan Hotel has launched a mouthwatering range of Champagne popsicles. Starting from €9, the Perrier-Jouët Champagne ice pops are available at the hotel’s outdoor oasis, The Nurserie. A hidden gem in the heart of the city, The Nurserie is [...]

Aer Lingus’ inaugural service direct to Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota State, took flight today at 2.10pm from Dublin Airport. Flight EI089 was operated by a Boeing 757 aircraft carrying the registration EI-LBR and named Saint Odhrán. The new Dublin-Minneapolis-St. Paul service will initially operate six times weekly, increasing to a daily, year-round service from August this year with up to 2,478 roundtrip seats available each week. Minneapolis-St. Paul [...]

Mairea Doyle Balfe looks at the elements that hoteliers need to keep in mind when investing in hotel assets Over the past decade, the Irish hotel sector has experienced a prolonged period of financial growth. This growth comes off the back of a positive global and domestic economy and strong demand from growing visitor numbers. International tourists have grown from 7.6 million in 2014 to 10.6 million [...]

After an incredible and closely fought four rounds of heats, the finalists in the running to be crowned The National Chef of the Year 2020 winner have been announced by the Craft Guild of Chefs. Wowing the judges in the first heat which took place at Sheffield College on Tuesday 11th June was Marc Billings, sous chef at Prestwold Hall. The heat winners from London were Fraser [...]

Chefs and caterers can now order the very best fresh produce from specialist suppliers around the UK, matched to their exact menu specifications, using the newly launched Fresh Food Hub. Offering fresh produce, fish, meat and dairy from established regional suppliers, and backed by the national resources of Bidfresh, the one-stop service can be accessed using computer, tablet, or mobile phone via the free-to-use freshfoodhub app. Fresh [...]

On the back of an eighth acquisition, Sean O’Driscoll from iNua Collection talks to Hotel & Catering Review about the regional hotel industry and why the onus is on hotels to diversify iNua Collection employs over 1250 people across regional Ireland. That responsibility and commitment to areas outside the capital is something that’s taken very seriously by the group which recently acquired the four-star Tullamore Court Hotel, [...]

Award-winning artisanal beverages from Fentimans are hand-crafted using the finest natural ingredients from all around the world. To create a superior taste and wonderful mouth feel, Fentimans makes its drinks using the time-honoured botanical brewing technique. This traditional process takes a full seven days to make a Fentimans beverage. The original Fentimans recipe took the finest ginger root which was bruised, crushed and milled. The ginger was [...]

On the first Wednesday of each month from 7:00pm to 8:00pm, Tartare Café + Wine Bar will host a local artist or designer, providing them with a platform to discuss their work, their inspirations, and what it means to be an artist in Galway. Each Wine & Design event will also see a talk and tasting of a selection of carefully-selected organic, natural, and biodynamic wines. Attendees [...]

The Galway International Arts Festival and Galway 2020 were highlighted to leading British cultural and lifestyle journalists in London recently. Tourism Ireland arranged for journalists from media outlets like The Daily Telegraph and The Independent to attend the opening night of Rooms – an interactive stage performance written by Enda Walsh – at the Barbican. After the performance, the journalists had the opportunity to meet playwright Enda Walsh, as well as John Crumlish [...]