It’s Monday morning at Spar Cork Road in Skibbereen and apart from the usual clean up from the weekend I’m straight into sorting out the soft drink fridge for restocking and to organise the order for the week ahead. (Yes I also do a bit of part time work which I...
Maria Betts of “Maria Luca Bakes” Making It Big in Ireland, UK and Beyond Six years ago I was standing doing a tasting in Supervalu Kinsale, West Cork when I noticed a relatively new product called Maria Lucia Bakes. What I didn’t know was Maria CEO of Maria...
This year has been different for all of us and with holidaying abroad being a no-go, I recently went for a well-deserved break in Cork City, and I decided to take the family to one of the Premier Hotels – The Kingsley Hotel. I’d always had friends that had worked...
A decade ago, aspiring Culinary Arts student Matt Brownie, was given a piece of course work that would ultimately make a significant impact on his career in the catering and hospitality sector. After several year's experience as a chef Matt enrolled with CIT as a...
Matthew Brownie (The Kiwi Culchie) Releases a New Pork Crunch Snack Range Eight years on from an idea Matthew Brownie had from CIT in Cork, to winning the Best Business Plan for The CIT Innovation Award 2013, The Skibbereen Food Company (TSFC) goes from strength to...
I’d like my Beetles cooked medium rare please, then I’ll have my Silkworm to start, for dessert I’d like the Bee Larvaeand I’ll have a bottle of your finest Ant Eggs. To be honest reading this opening paragraph puts me off without...
Understanding what ceoliac disease and gluten intolerance is I think it is about time I wrote an article on Gluten. I really think that people don’t understand or have very limited knowledge of this subject and symptoms, and now this is part of global society I want...
I’ve been really lucky in my life to meet some fascinating people within the food industry that have turned into great friends or working colleagues, through hospitality as a chef or just through my own company. The journey continues for me and along the way I...
Craft Beer - An Alcoholic Beverage or a Drink with a Purpose? Going back years ago when I lived in Dublin, my life seemed to be exposed to living the young Irish man’s extreme drinking culture, and four days out of seven you would probably find me inside a pub or...
First Commercial Snail Farm in Ireland As food innovation moves forward so does other countries’ culture regarding food. We never really turn our noses up at something different until it’s placed in front of us or perhaps as kids we were forced to eat what was put in...