Westport town centre will once again be turned into a tented Food Village with stalls offering the very best of food from Mayo producers, restaurants, hotels, cafes and chefs. The festival's Gala Dinner, Come Dine with Me is already Sold Out!
Restaurants, hotels and bars all over Westport will offer a €25 three-course Westport Food Festival menu showcasing ingredients from local food producers. Look out for the Westport Food Festival logos on menus!
Restaurants, hotels and bars all over Westport will offer a €25 three-course Westport Food Festival menu showcasing ingredients from local food producers. Look out for the Westport Food Festival logos on menus!
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| Taste all the best food products that Westport and the west of Ireland has to offer |
“Everyone now knows that Westport is the best place to live in Ireland and the Westport Food Festival reinforces that we have the best food producers, chefs, hotels, restaurants and pubs and allows us to further showcase Mayo’s food credentials”, says Barney Clarke, co-chairperson, Westport Food Festival.
The Festival has a packed line-up of both local and celebrity chefs, fishermen, food producers, wine and beer gurus and restaurateurs giving demonstrations, talks, advice, opinion, hints and tips with food and drink tastings all weekend! One of the more unusual and interesting, is a demonstration of Bronze Age Celtic Cuisine with The Druid Chef, Rory Morahan. Rory is using his love of Irish & history combined with his passion for traditional cooking methods to show what bronze-age Irish people would have eaten and how it was cooked.
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| Learn the art of authentic Irish Celtic Cuisine with The Druid Chef, Rory Morahan |
A series of Talks on Friday 21st, entitled "Recipes for Success - The Business of Food" will provide idea generation, shared knowledge and showcase how various food-related enterprises achieve business success. The event is being organised as part of Mayo Ideas Week with Mayo County Enterprise Board to offer a one-day business event for small food businesses, food lovers and those with an interest in the food industry. Special Guest speakers include John McKenna, Publisher, The Bridgestone Guide to Ireland.
The Weekend is Packed Full of Great Foodie Events
for all the Family!
for all the Family!
Saturday,
Sept. 22
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EVENT
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TIME
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VENUE
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Westport Food
Festival Village
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12-5pm
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The Octagon
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"The Art of
Cooking Salmon" by
Rory Morahan, The Druid Chef
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12:00pm
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The Octagon
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Aine Maguire Foraged Ingredients: Cluaisins with homemade Dilisk
Bread, Lemon Posset with Wild Froghan Berries, Wild Mushroom Soup
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2:00pm-3:00pm
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The Octagon
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Farm to Fork Meat Cuts by Jack & Eddie O'Malley
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3:00pm
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Danny Coleman, GMIT “What is Molecular Gastronomy, will it change
the future of food preparation and taste?”
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3:30pm
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“Square Food Gardening” - How to grow your own garden in a small
space, hosted by Cormac Langan, Westport College of Further Education
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11:00-12:30pm
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Westport Further Education
College, Newport Road
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Food Fringe Producers Market &
Workshop
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12-5pm
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The Clock & Clock Tavern
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Cooking Shellfish in
Five Easy Minutes! Kate
O’Connor Kennedy
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1:00pm
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Cooking Pork with
Imagination - Local
meat producers, O’Malleys, talk about their products
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2:00pm
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What is Celiac Cooking? - Great cooking tips for making it
tasty!”Evelyn O’Conno
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3:00pm
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Filleting Fish
- Sounds easy? A masterclass
by Sean O’Grady, local fisherman
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4:00pm
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Westport Bee Keepers showcase an observational hive and demo how to use
local honey in cooking
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All Day
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The Clock
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Visit the “Druids Den” and experience
the “Riverdance of Cookery”.
Learn the art of authentic Irish Celtic Cuisine with The Druid Chef, Rory Morahan
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1:00pm-5:00pm
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Courtyard behind Westport
Tourism Office, James Street
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Kiddie Korner Activites
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11am-5pm
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Courtyard behind Westport
Tourism Office, James Street
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The Grace
O'Malley/Granuaile Story
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All Day
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Courtyard behind Westport
Tourism Office, James Street
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Gourmet Greenway Picnic Taster - Cycle from Westport to Newport -
A picnic will be provided
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11:00am - €20 per person
(includes bike rental and picnic)
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Meeting point at courtyard
behind Westport Tourism Office, James Street
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Wine Tasting
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7:00pm-9:00pm - €20 per
person
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Hotel Westport, Newport Road
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Late Night Outdoors Foodie Movie
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9:00pm
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The Laneway (off Bridge
Street)
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Sunday,
Sept. 23
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EVENT
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TIME
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VENUE
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Mushroom Foraging at Knockranny Woods Pick and learn about the mushroom family with
Michael Mulholland
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11:00am
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Meeting Point: Wyatt Hotel,
The Octagon, Westport
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Family Foodie Treasure Hunt
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1:00pm
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Meeting Point; Outside
Westport Church, the Mall
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Bilungual Food Demo: Lochlann O Mearáin: Clew Bay seafood starter:
how to prepare Crab Claws, Lobster, Salmon gravalax, baked oysters, foccacia
bread and pickled cucumber.
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1:00pm-2:00pm
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The Quay Marquee
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Wine Tasting: Presented by Irish Times wine writer John Wilson
and Wine Australia’s John Mc Donnell
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1:00-3:00pm - €20 per person
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Carlton Atlantic Coast Hotel
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Additonal Events at the Quay
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EVENT
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TIME
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VENUE
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The Quay Seafood &
Local Produce BBQ
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12-5:00pm - 5 food options
at €10 per adult
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The Quay Marquee
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How to Prepare and
Smoke Fresh Fish and Meat Products” - Hosted by Doug Priddy from “A Shore Thing”
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2:00pm
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The Quay Marquee
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Mussel Production in
Clew Bay. Hosted
by Padraig Gannon of Croagh Patrick Seafoods
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3:00pm
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The Quay Marquee
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Kiddie Cooking Demo
- Cooking up your Cúpla Focal A cookery
workshop for children with Lochlann Ó Mearáin
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11.00am - 12.00pm
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Westport Woods Hotel
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RNLI (Royal National
Lifeboat Institution) Road Show
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All Day
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The Quay
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Westport Tourism Dessert Competiton UP TO €1,000 TO BE WON!
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1:00-2:30pm
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Carlton Atlantic Coast Hotel
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Connaght Gold
Presentations: Food Demo’s,
Artisan Food Producers offering food tastings, Organic Vegetable production
and Foraging.
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All Day
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Connaght Gold, Lodge Road,
Westport.
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40 Mile Tasting Menu; experience
locally produced food within a 40 mile radius of Westport for €40 (5
courses). Hosted by Sinead and Jose Barroso of Sio Rio Restaurant
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7:00pm - €40 per person.
For tickets please call (098) 28944
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Sol Rio Restaurant, Bridge
Street, Westport
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The Westport Food Festival committee is asking people to ‘Like’ the Westport Food Festival on www.facebook.com/westportfoodfestivaland follow @WestportFood on Twitter.
For more details see www.westportfoodfestival.ie
Zack