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Ireland’s Newest Openings – Add These New Restaurants to Your Foodie Bucket List

The Irish restaurant scene is showing no signs of slowing down, with the booming sector seeing one new restaurant open after another. While this is great news for food lovers far and wide, it can be difficult trying to narrow down your choices and figure out which of the country’s newest openings you want to …

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Social Gallery – Get Wild With Heineken’s New Limited Edition Lager

Heineken Ireland has announced the launch of its next limited edition Wild Lager, Wild Lager Himalayas, which is now available in select Dublin bars. Wild Lager Himalayas (H32) is a lager with fresh hints of citrus and a full malt character and is the second limited edition Wild Lager released in Ireland, following the success …

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BloombyBordBia

A Blooming Brilliant Line Up Has Been Announced for this Year’s Bloom Festival

Bord Bia’s Bloom Festival returns for its 12th year in the Phoenix Park Dublin from 31st May – 4th June. The exciting five day event will see the best of Ireland’s horticulture and food industry on display. There will twenty spectacular show gardens, food vendors, live music, interactive demos and much more. There will be over 200 retail exhibitors, where eager green …

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Cava Bodega

Cava Bodega Celebrate’s 10th Birthday With Delicious Bank Holiday Events

Cava Bodega, Galway’s multi award winning Mediterranean restaurant is celebrating its 10th birthday with exciting events planned for the May Bank Holiday Weekend. The birthday celebrations run from Saturday 5th to Monday 7th May with festivities including a Sherry tasting and talk with JP McMahon, live flamenco music, Cava lunches and theatre performances. Cava Bodgea …

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RTÉ Cooks Up Healthy Appetites With New Star Chef Studded TV Show

Healthy Appetite, presented by health food guru Pamela Flood, is RTÉ’s new fabulous food series. Pamela visits Ireland’s best chefs in their restaurants to watch them plate up their signature dishes. This exciting new food series sees some of Ireland’s top chefs go head to head in a cooking challenge with a twist -both chefs …

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Chefs to Follow TheTaste.ie

Follow the Flavour – 12 Chefs in Ireland You Need to Follow on Social Media

Thanks to social media we have now constant access to the real-time musings of chefs all across Ireland. 280 characters at a time, or square by square on Instagram, those who devote their lives to food fill in the gaps between our visits to their restaurants not only with a generous serving of new dishes …

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Food on the Edge

An Impressive First Line Up of Top International Chefs Has Been Announced for Food on the Edge 2018

The first round of chefs confirmed to speak at the fourth Food on the Edge food symposium has been announced, and with some of the biggest names in global gastronomy attending, it is sure to be yet another roaring success. Andoni Luis Aduriz, Enrique Olvera, Albert Adria, Jorge Vallejo, Vladimir Mukhin and Dan Hunter are …

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Culinary Bucket List

Newly Opened Tartare in Galway is Launching a Brunch Menu and We Can’t Wait to Try it

We have some good news to take you through the end of January and kick start your February, with one of the hottest new openings about to upgrade our weekends. Newly opened Galway café and wine bar, Tartare, has announced that they’ll be offering a brunch menu from Sunday, February 4th. The menu features an enviable …

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Emerald Oils

The Best Possible Taste Podcast – Michael Corbett From Emerald Oils And More

In this week’s episode of the Best Possible Taste Podcast, Sharon Noonan speaks to Ron Forrestal from Forrestal Wine Merchants, Michael Corbett from Emerald Oils and JP McMahon. Ron Forrestal kicks things off with his best seasonal wine suggestions, perfect for our Christmas dinner preparation. Next up, Michael Corbett from Co. Tipperary’s Emerald Oils chats …

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Scallops Recipe with Mussels, Buttermilk and Leek by Chef JP McMahon

This scallop recipe was created by chef JP McMahon of the Michelin-starred Aniar Restaurant in Galway. JP pairs the scallops with mussels cooked simply in white wine, onion, garlic and thyme, an oyster mayonnaise, a buttermilk foam, and poached, charred and grilled leeks – a true showcase of the spoils of the sea and the …

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Irish Chef Takes First Place at San Pellegrino UK & Ireland Young Chef Final

Three gifted Irish-based chefs last night competed in the prestigious San Pellegrino Young Chef UK and Ireland regional final and Aniar’s Chef de Partie Killian Crowley took the top spot to secure a place in the global final in Milan next year. The hotly contested event took place in Aveqia, London and Killian’s Turbot, kohlrabi, …

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This Year’s Food on the Edge Symposium Shines a Light on Mental Health

For the third year running, Irish food visionary, chef and restaurateur JP McMahon has congregated some of the world’s most revered chefs in Galway to discuss the most pressing issues in the food industry today. Food on the Edge 2017 is well underway and a number of topics have been explored, perhaps most prominently the …

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Food on the Edge 2017

The Annual Food On The Edge Event Kicks Off in Galway This Morning

Food On The Edge 2017 kicks off in The Black Box, Co. Galway this morning. The gathering of the world’s best international chefs and food leaders will run for two days, with over 400 people in attendance each day. During the event, more than 40 speakers will take to the stage and there’ll be 70 Irish food …

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Galway's Culinary Scene

Best Possible Taste Podcast – Spotlight on Galway’s Culinary Scene

In this week’s Best Possible Taste Podcast, the spotlight is on Galway’s culinary scene. Sharon Noonan meets Jacinta Dalton, Head of the Department of Culinary Arts & Service Industries at GMIT. Jacinta is also a board member of the International Institute of Gastronomy, Culture, Arts and Tourism at GMIT and a Fáilte Ireland Food Champion …

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Galway 24 Hours

24 Hours in Galway – A Guide to the City’s Restaurants, Cafes, Bars and Hotels

The official title of the culinary capital of Ireland is one that’s often disputed. While Dublin is a bubbling hub of new restaurant and bar openings,  Cork’s wealth of food producers, as championed in the historic English Market, gives it strong bid for the throne. Though smaller than these two contenders, Galway refuses to be ruled out, …

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Irish Food

What is Irish Food? The Country’s Top Chefs Define Our Nation’s Cuisine

Search ‘Irish Food’ on Google Images and you’ll find it depicted predominately by stock-like pictures of soda bread, suspect Irish stew with chunks of indistinguishable grey meat, pallid bacon and boiled cabbage and various other riffs on potatoes. That’s all well and good, there are few that would turn down a hearty portion of their …

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Chef Network

Chef Network Celebrates 2,500 Members with Kitchen Culture Event in LinkedIn HQ

Chef Network held their Kitchen Culture Event on Monday, 3rd of July to celebrate reaching over 2,500 members in its online community. The event, held in LinkedIn HQ in Dublin had a panel of chefs discussing ‘Inspiring Positive Change for a Better Industry.’ The chefs incuded, Danni Barry, Deane’s EIPIC Restaurant, JP McMahon, Aniar Restaurant, …

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JP McMahon

A Call to Action for the Future of Food – The Most Influential Names in the Industry to Gather in Galway

This official theme for Food On The Edge 2017, the annual two-day symposium held in the city of Galway, has been revealed as ‘Action: Reaction’. The symposium, founded by JP McMahon, aims is to generate debate, discussion and thought leadership on the future of food both in the industry and on the planet. The 2017 …

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