The foodservice and hospitality sector has been hugely impacted by the current pandemic. From restaurants and hotels, to the many suppliers who service the industry, who are now managing growing debtors, the challenges in servicing equipment and delays on new orders, with no clarity on when and how normal business practises will resume. In many cases, their customers, and indeed their own, revenue streams have been decimated [...]

Ballinode chef Ollie Keenan, who works one of Sodexo’s corporate services businesses in the North East, scooped bronze in the 2020 Sodexo UK and Ireland Chef of the Year competition in early March. It was his first time to compete in the live cook-off, which took place at the Hotel, Restaurant and Catering (HRC) event in ExCel London. Ollie, representing Ireland and Northern Ireland, impressed the judges [...]

It really was a case of “Service with a Smile” for 65 Roses Day 2020 as TV chef and cookbook author, Adrian Martin, recently dished up a serving of purple roses for cystic fibrosis patient ambassador Aoife Rafter, ahead of Cystic Fibrosis Ireland’s annual flagship fundraising appeal taking place on Friday 10th April. The culinary whiz, who is about to open the doors on his first restaurant in London’s Camden [...]

The iconic Irish Coffee was originally created by barman and chef, Joe Sheridan, as a warm and welcoming drink for tourists arriving in Ireland via transatlantic passenger planes in the 1940s. Almost 80 years later, we are still celebrating this comforting winter drink and Saturday 25th January marks National Irish Coffee Day. It goes without saying that an Irish Coffee would not be complete without a healthy helping [...]

On-site services provider Sodexo Ireland is entering into a new partnership with Focus Ireland and providing €150,000 for the housing and homelessness charity’s new purpose-built Family Centre in Dublin. The Family Centre will welcome the first families during Christmas week and the full-service provision will open in early 2020.At the announcement were Julie Ennis, country president, Sodexo Ireland, Celine D’Arcy, senior legal counsel and charity champion, Sodexo Ireland, Amy [...]

Sleep & Eat, Europe’s leading hospitality design and innovation event, returns to London Olympia on 19th – 20th November. Now in its 15th year, Sleep & Eat comprises an international exhibition, a Conference, Development Roundtables where visitors can talk one-on-one with industry leaders and a number of inspirational pop-ups designed uniquely for the show. For its many regular visitors, this is the must-attend event of the year. [...]

Celebrating excellence within the industry, Food & Bev Live – brought to you by IFSA, the organisation behind the phenomenally successful CATEX Show - is returning to the Citywest, Dublin on the 4th & 5th February. Kick starting the 2020 hospitality season, the show will be bursting with new features and industry-specific attractions, that will serve up inspirational solutions for Ireland’s foodservice and hospitality sectors. Ireland’s First [...]

Ireland has won a ‘most promising overseas destination’ award at a travel summit in China. The award was presented to Tourism Ireland at the V-Influence Summit in Chengdu, organised by Sina Weibo – the hugely popular microblogging site, often described as the Chinese version of Twitter. The event was attended by hundreds of influencers (many of those attending have more than one million followers each), travel journalists [...]

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 [...]