FOOD FILE
Listowel chefs Fergus Flanagan, Steven Trew, Kevin Purcell, Jason Kane, Armel Whyte, and Mary Julian prepare for the 21st Listowel Food Fair.
All the Former Ballymaloe Cookery School student Malcolm Jackson, Festival Founder Darina Allen, Linda O’Sullivan, and Sean Hyde of Ballymaloe Relish.
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Michael Molesky, Chef and Documentary Maker Shaw Lash, and Cook and Designer Mira Evnine at the launch.
Former editor of Gourmet magazine and food writer Zanne Stewart and festival founder, Darina Allen.
also enjoyed teaser interviews with some of the participants in this year’s LitFest. Rory O’Connell, Director of the LitFest, interviewed acclaimed author, chef and New York Times columnist David Tanis and Darina Allen introduced a Litfest film, a short show reel giving guests a flavour of the atmosphere and scale of the event taking place in May. Attracting world renowned chefs, food and wine writers and critics, the Kerrygold Ballymaloe LitFest has now firmly established Ireland’s food and literary culture on the culinary world stage. The Litfest will also feature kitchen gardeners, foragers and artisan producers from all over the world. The international lineup includes cook, author and blogger Jack Monroe; wine writer Jancis Robinson MW; food writer and author David Lebowitz; chefs April Bloomfield and Mark Hix and
chefs Sam and Sam Clark of Moro and Morito. Closer to home, well-known participants will include co-founders Darina Allen and Rory O’Connell, Rachel Allen, Kevin Thornton, Tom Doorley and Raymond Blake.
Sodexo Ireland is once again a premium sponsor of the Kerrygold Ballymaloe Litfest. Margot Slattery (left), Sodexo Ireland Managing Director, and Julianne Forrestal, Sodexo Executive Craft Chef, are pictured with Darina Allen at the Irish launch at The Fumbally in Dublin.
FAIR
The Listowel Food Fair will celebrate its 21st anniversary over the Summer Solstice weekend from Thursday, June 18th to Sunday, June 21st. Ireland’s longest running food festival promises a feast of culinary entertainment, including a tribute to local woman Kathy Buckley, who was the cook for three US Presidents. Live cookery demonstrations, expert led workshops, a food trail and farmers’ markets are just some of the fun food activities, as well as the first All Ireland Craft Beer Competition. The 2015 Listowel Food Fair programme has been designed with families, children, artisan producers and food enthusiasts in mind. This year’s festival will be opened by food writer and TV3’s The Restaurant critic, Paolo Tullio, who will be the guest judge at the Publicans V Traders Cook Off. Artisan produce will feature on a tasting menu at the festival dinner in the Listowel Arms Hotel during which the winner of the Best Emerging Food Producer will be announced. The festival will culminate with a BBQ, food market and street entertainment on the final day in The Square.
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