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EVENTS - Cooking at Christmas Extravaganza
Tipperary Food Producers Meeting at Inch House 2011
This year we have planned to host our long table dinner event in Ireland's only ecovillage, Cloughjordon, Co. Tipperary. Last year's event was held over 4 different venues and was a resounding success but this year we have decided to revert to the old format of hosting in one location.
Late last year marked the launch of the first Food Connect programme initiative, a programme that was setup to teach transition year students the importance of local food production. Students from the Abbey Secondary School who were paired with Crowes Farm, featured in an episode of Ear to the Ground on RTE 1 in late November which gave the programme coverage on Ireland national broadcaster RTE. It was a hugely successful initiative with great responses from everyone involved. We hope to continue running this programme and make it into an annual occurrence.
The Food Extravaganza event will be held again in winter 2011 and will showcase the very best of Tipperary food. Last November the Food Extravaganza event was filmed by Ear to the Ground as 20 students from the Food Connect programme were heavily involved in covering the event through social media along with a dedicated twitter panel. Bord Bia chef Sheila Kelly and Sarah Baker demonstrated a number of recipes on the night and master of wine Jane Boyce gave some excellent tips on decanting and pairing wines with meals. Over 400 people attended the event and next year we aim to go even bigger.
The meeting of the Tipperary food producers at Inch House culminated with a superb meal, which served up some of Tipperary's finest local produce from throughout the county. There are many more exciting developments that will be announced later in the year so be sure to check keep checking www.tipperaryfoodproducers.com throughout the year for more information. |
If you are within the tipperary district and would like to become an approved member of the Tipperary Food Producers please contact us.
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The first Tipperary food producers meeting of 2011 took place last week at the extravagant Inch House guesthouse and restaurant, nestled in the countryside of North Tipperary. The meeting was attended by 18 enthusiastic Tipperary food producers both new and old, all eager to promote Tipperary food in 2011. We reflected on the successes of 2010 and looked at planning a number of new exciting events for the coming year.