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...
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...
Chef Matthew Brownie and The Skibbereen Food Company goes from Strength to Strength with his Scratch My Pork Snack Range By Linda O’Leary Five years in business and Matthew Brownie the Kiwi Chef who owns The Skibbereen Food Company (TSFC) gets his first...
3, 2, 1 we have lift off Houston, always a childhood memory watching rockets go into space & everyone remembers the excitement of this happening over the years of growing up. I always wondered what on earth (Excuse the Pun) they ate for if there is no gravity how...
Growing up as a small kid in the seventies and eighties I always remember eating this soft spreadable meat product that my whole family used to eat on sandwiches or on a cracker & being a kid I wouldn’t know any different if it was good for me or where it came...