In 2020 events and planning were well underway for Backyard at Blas when the pandemic struck, and the sessions were moved online. After a two year hiatus from meeting in-person, Backyard at Blas is now back on the road and bringing Blas na hÉireannn’s innovative networking and learning programme to Irish food producers as part of a super charged event on Thursday 27th April in The Naul [...]

The Salty Buoy Food Truck, founded by Irish restaurateur and entrepreneur Niall Sabongi, will be making a splash with a highly-anticipated Easter weekend pop-up at Skerries Sailing Club. For two days only, Good Friday and Easter Saturday, 7th & 8th April, the truck will be dishing out some of the most delectable seafood around, including the crowd-pleasing lobster rolls, Hake Kievs, and oysters that have earned the Salty Buoy [...]

‘Bia not Bluster’ a brand-new food event concept curated by well-known conversation starter Richard Jacob, formerly of Idaho Café, will get its first outing at the upcoming West Waterford Festival of Food. The Dungarvan based food celebration is in its 14th year and is one of Ireland’s largest food festivals.’ Bia not Bluster takes place on Saturday 15th April from 11am to 3.45pm at Dungarvan Town Hall [...]

General Manager of Ballyfin Demesne, Peter White, is delighted to announce the appointment of Richard Picard-Edwards as the hotel’s new Executive Chef. Richard is a Michelin-starred chef who has worked in some of the most exclusive properties in the UK, most recently at the Mandarin Oriental Bittescombe Lodge and Deer Park in Somerset. Prior to this, Richard was Executive Head Chef at Lartington Hall, Barnard Castle, Durham, [...]

Chef Gordon Carberry from Swords in Co. Dublin took home bronze at the 2023 Sodexo UK and Ireland Chef of the Year competition. Gordon, who is head chef for Sodexo at VHI headquarters in Dublin, competed against eight other finalists from England, Scotland and Wales in front of a live audience at the prestigious HRC Show at ExCel London. The theme of this year’s competition was ‘Celebrating [...]

Deep RiverRock is now the number one impulse water brand on the island of Ireland, as verified by NielsenIQ February Value Sales Report*. After 22 consecutive months of growth in the market, Deep RiverRock, which is sourced beneath the glacial hill of Co Antrim, has become the number 1 go-to brand for on-the-go consumption. Introduced to the market in 1994, Deep RiverRock is rich in minerals such as calcium, magnesium, potassium and sodium, all [...]

Now returning for the first time since pre-Covid, the highly-coveted Good Food Ireland Awards will take place on Monday 17th April at The K Club, County Kildare. The high-profile business lunch will be opened by guest of honour, Simon Coveney T.D., Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, and attended by some 300 guests including business owners, Irish and international chefs, buyers, food and drink writers, media and [...]

A centre set up by a group of parents to provide vital intervention services to young children with Down syndrome and their families has been named the overall winners of the Cork International Hotel Community Spirit Award 2022.  It’s the second year of the monthly awards to honour the unsung heroes who volunteer and make a significant contribution to their community. A gala dinner was held at [...]

The Morrison Room at Carton House, A Fairmont Managed Hotel, is delighted to be one of four Irish Restaurants added to the UK and Ireland edition of The Michelin Guide, which is published digitally with updates each month, the most recent of which was published on Wednesday 22nd February. The monthly additions are described as “the Michelin inspectors’ favourite new restaurants”. Of The Morrison Room, The Michelin Guide [...]

Trigon Hotels is celebrating after being named the Best Large Company at the Cork Business Association’s ‘‘Cork Business of the Year Awards’. The judges praised the group’s forward-looking, family-friendly employee policies and said their inclusion and diversity agenda is fast becoming a model to which other businesses can aspire. Trigon Hotels, which includes the Metropole Hotel in Cork City’s VQ and the Cork International Hotel puts people [...]

A new training module aimed at promoting the culture, heritage and the environment of the Burren is set to be rolled out to tourist guides, coach drivers and staff of tourism related business. The Ambassadors Training Module for the UNESCO Burren and Cliffs of Moher Geopark encourages participants to become knowledgeable ambassadors and custodians during their journey to and interactions with visitors to the Burren and County [...]

Musgrave MarketPlace, Ireland’s leading wholesale supplier to Foodservice, retail, and SME businesses, is delighted to announce it raised €65,000 for Women’s Aid throughout 2022. Funds raised by Musgrave MarketPlace will go towards helping women and children subjected to domestic violence including coercive control. Women’s Aid is a leading national frontline organisation supporting women and children subjected to domestic violence in Ireland. They also act for justice and social [...]

Dublin’s Ashling Hotel has welcomed the Government announcement that the 9% VAT rate will be retained for a further six months. The hotel added that the decision to allow the current 9% VAT rate to remain in place following extensive lobbying from the IHF and various other groups within the hospitality industry and comes ahead of an anticipated busy tourist season was “a significant boost for the domestic [...]

The long-standing principles of sustainability at Ballymaloe House have been recognised among business leaders in Cork at a recent awards ceremony. The stunning East Cork destination received the Best Sustainable Business Innovation Award at the Cork Business Association Business of the Year Awards. The accolade means a huge amount to the team at Ballymaloe House, particularly as it was won in the run up to International Women’s [...]

Cliste Hospitality and SSE Airtricity are powering towards net zero with a 100% green gas partnership SSE Airtricity has announced it has signed a three-year partnership with Cliste Hospitality to provide energy solutions through its 100% green gas supplies. Through this partnership, the hospitality consultancy will become the first hotel group in Ireland to contract a green gas product that will enable the group to transition to [...]

The newly refurbished spa at the Meath property is providing a welcome boost to profits A well-managed hotel spa offering an extensive range of treatments and services will help increase both your customer offering and your revenue. That’s what Spa Manager Dara Mulhooly and the rest of the team at the newly refurbished spa at Johnstown Estate have found since opening ‘The Spa’. During lockdown, €3.5 million [...]

Kicking off in September, the new Food and Drink Leadership Programme at TU Dublin is aimed at industry professionals who want to climb the hospitality ladder TU Dublin’s School of Culinary Arts and Food Technology recently launched its new part-time blended Postgraduate Diploma in Global Food and Drink Leadership. Developed in collaboration with industry, the new programme covers a range of areas that will help drive the [...]