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Botanical Bliss HOUSE Interactive and audio visual displays suitable for all ages and level of knowledge. • Local Stonewell Apple Tawney Welcome Drink CLOICH NA COILLTE Admission Prices Opening Times • A Botanical Ritual each in the Island Spa, followed by Adult €5 Summer Opening Times a Botanical themed Afternoon Tea in the Lounge. No. 7 EMMET SQUARE, Senior Citizens/Students €3 (May to September) CLONAKILTY, CO. CORK, Children (U14) €2 Tues - Sat: 10am to 5pm • Taste of West Cork Dinner Menu in the Gulfstream Restaurant. Sunday: 12pm to 5pm From IRELAND. Family €12 • Overnight accommodation in a contemporary guestroom (last admission 4pm) €265 Winter Opening Times • West Cork Breakfast Contact Details per person Wed - Sat: 10am to 5pm sharing Tel: 023 8858676 (October to April) Tel. 023 8833143 | www.inchydoneyisland.com www.michaelcollinshouse.ie CORK CITY
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2018 BANDON BANTRY CASTLETOWNBERE DUNMANWAY Ireland
CLONAKILTY
SKIBBEREEN SCHULL
West Cork
Céad Míle Fáilte!
A hundred thousand welcomes to A Taste of West Cork Food Festival The 2018 festival programme is packed with events – over 250 – 2018 – a celebration of West Cork. taking place in 41 towns and villages and on eight islands.
In August 2017, the Restaurant Association of Ireland awarded West Along the way, in the development of this programme, we have Cork the accolade of Ireland’s No 1 Foodie Destination. A Taste of received the most phenomenal support and encouragement. The West Cork Food Festival showcases and unites all that is wonderful festival would not be possible without our sponsors, patrons, friends, about West Cork – ‘the magic ingredients’ that form this very and all the wonderful people whose support we so deeply appreciate. special and unique place – superb food and seafood; award-winning restaurants; stunning land and seascapes; fascinating islands; Come and enjoy this uplifting celebration of all that is authentic and wonderful art and craft and the innovative and intriguing people that wonderful in this very special part of the Wild Atlantic Way. call West Cork home. Helen Collins Fiona Field Chairperson Manager PATRONS
We are extremely grateful to our patrons for their generous support:
Sean & Rose O’Driscoll
John Field Valerie & Alan Kingston Stephen Evans Freke Maeve O’Regan Fields of Skibbereen Glenilen Farm Castle Freke Skibbereen
Martin Kelleher Donal O’Driscoll Dan Mc Sweeney Jason Field Gerard Egan Supervalu Skibbereen Credit Union Carbery Group Blackwater Motors Vodafone Skibbereen
Blackwater Motors Cork, Fermoy and Skibbereen
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KEVIN AHERN DERRY CLARKE THE HAPPY PEAR Owner and Head Chef at the award- Award winning chef & patron of Twin brothers Dave and Steve started winning Sage Restaurant in Midleton, L’Ecrivain, author and television star. the Happy Pear back in 2004 with Kevin won Best Chef in Munster 2014, Cooking at The Islanders Rest, Sherkin on a small veg shop. The business has at only 24 years of age. Cooking at Saturday 8th September. since grown to include two cafes in Dunmore House Hotel, Clonakilty, Greystones, a full product range, courses Thursday 13th September. and cookbooks, as well as a huge digital presence, including YouTube and Jamie Oliver’s Foodtube network. See them at O’Keeffe’s SuperValu, Bantry, Friday 7th September.
HERON AND GREY DIANA DODOG Andrew Heron and Damien Grey from Since winning MasterChef Ireland in Michelin starred restaurant Heron & 2014, Diana has built up a very successful ENDA MCEVOY Grey in Blackrock, Dublin, at the Mews food truck business and last November Enda McEvoy (Best Chef in Ireland restaurant in Baltimore, Tuesday 11th released her first cookbook ‘Favourite in 2016) of Michelin starred Loam in September. Recipes from the Food Truck’. Diana will Galway will be cooking at the Chestnut be collaborating with chef Martin Buckley Restaurant in Ballydehob, Sunday 9th at the Lifeboat Inn, Courtmacsherry, September. Friday 7th September.
RACHEL ALLEN TV chef, author, journalist and DAPHNY HILVEN mother and still finds time to teach at Before working in L’Aperi Vino, Goei MARTIN SHANAHAN Ballymaloe. Rachel is cooking at the Goesting and Buon Eatalia in Hasselt, TV chef, author and owner of Fishy Fishy, Beara Coast Hotel, Castletownbere, Belgium as Chef de Cuisine, Daphny Kinsale. Cooking demonstration at Wednesday 12th September. worked at Bistro Binnenhof, which has Field’s SuperValu, Skibbereen Friday 14th a Michelin bib and La Source, which September. has 2 Michelin stars. Cooking a Belgian influenced tasting menu at Richy’s Restaurant and Café, Clonakilty, Friday 14th September.
ASSASSINATION CUSTARD Ken Doherty and Gwen McGrath from renowned Dublin restaurant Assassination Custard will be cooking at GILLIAN HEGARTY OLIVIER MAINDROULT Pilgrim’s Rosscarbery, Wednesday 12th Formerly of the River Café, London, Lyon based chef and fellow olive stall September. Gillian is now Head Chef at Ballymaloe enthusiast, Olivier will be celebrating 25 House. Cooking at Aris Café & Wine Bar, years of the Real Olive Company with the Clonakilty, Thursday 13th September. team at Toons Bridge Dairy in Macroom, Tuesday 11th September.
EDDIE ATTWELL Eddie has appeared on BBC’s Great British Menu and was finalist at the BRYAN MCCARTHY prestigious Roux Scholarship in 2012 and FLORENCIO FONS Argentinian chef cooks Italian Argentinian Head Chef at Greene’s Restaurant in 2013. Before joining the Eccles Hotel Cork city. Bryan was awarded Yes Chef in Glengarriff as Head Chef, he worked fusion at Mary Ann’s Bar & Restaurant, Castletownshend, Friday 7th September. Magazine Best Skill & Innovation in at two Michelin starred Lenclume, St. Ireland 2016. Cooking at the White Kyran’s Country House Hotel and Ardtara House Gallery & Wine Bar, Kilcrohane, FREE Country House. Cooking at BumblebeeFREE FREE event event event Friday 14th September; the Glandore Inn, Farm, Drimoleague, Thursday 13th Saturday, 15th and the Sunday Street September. Market, Skibbereen on Sunday 16th.
BANANA MELON KITCHEN ALAN MAHN JENA MALONE Banana Melon Kitchen is a plant-based Alan started teaching foraging and wild On arriving in West Cork 10 years ago, company run by vegan chef and food medicine making seven years ago. Alan Jena began to recreate the ethnic food FREE stylist Suzanna Melinn with an emphasisFREE will be working with the chefs atFREE Budds, she missed from her native New York City. event event event on flavour, colour and creativity. Suzanna Ballydehob to create a menu made Cooking a vegan Korean and Vietnamese will be serving up a vegan brunch at entirely of foraged foods. Wednesday tasting menu in Budds, Ballydehob, Organico Café, Bantry, Saturday 15th 12th September. Saturday 15th September. September.
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MATT VARGA SHAUN O’NEALE (USA MASTERCHEF 2016) BRIAN HOULIHAN USA GUEST CHEF USA GUEST CHEF USA GUEST CHEF Executive chef at Gracie’s Restaurant Winner of USA MasterChef 2016, his Originally from Ballincollig, Brian is a in Providence, Rhode Island, winner debut cookbook ‘My Modern American long-time restaurateur in Massachusetts, of the AAA four-diamond award five Table’ was released in May. A career DJ USA. Owner of the Trident Galley & Raw years straight and recipient of three for 20 years, he is constantly creating new Bar, The Tinker’s Son and Bia Bistro, Diner’s Choice awards from Open recipes which highlight modern American he also co-owns the award-winning Table. Matt has been featured in Art cuisine with international influences. Galley Kitchen & Bar on Scituate Harbor. Culinaire and as a guest chef for the Shaun cooks at the Church Restaurant in Cooking at Bia, Bantry Bay, Friday Democratic Governors Association Skibbereen, Thursday 13th September, 7th September and Riverside Café Taste of America gala. Cooking at Glebe and Schull Harbour Hotel on Friday 14th. Skibbereen on Sunday 9th. Gardens Baltimore on Wednesday, 12th September. TESSA PERRY Head Chef at Glebe Gardens, Baltimore TOM ANACONE ANTHONY TARRO (Irish Times Best Irish Café 2015) doing USA GUEST CHEF USA GUEST CHEF a cooking demonstration on Thursday, Since buying Craig’s Café in Quincy, Joint owner of the Siena Restaurant September 13th at the Celtic Ross Hotel, Massachusetts, Tom has turned the Group in Providence, Rhode Island, which Rosscarbery. café into one of Quincy city’s finest specialises in Tuscan cuisine. Anthony food establishments. Cooking at Mary has been honoured as Chef of the Ann’s Bar & Restaurant on Friday 14th Year by the RI chapter of the American September. Culinary Federation and acting as chef for President George H Bush on a visit to Rhode Island. Anthony will be cooking at ROBBIE KRAWCZYK DECKY WALSHE Hayes’ Bar Glandore on Wednesday, 12th West Cork native and winner of Chef and pit master specialist at September. Restaurant Association of Ireland’s Best Holy Smoke Cork, Decky delivers Chef in Leinster, 2016. Owner and chef his masterclass at Drinagh Co-op in of newly opened Restaurant Chestnut Skibbereen, Sunday 12th September. in Ballydehob, cooking in Levis Corner House on Friday 14th September.
PAUL CARTWRIGHT Chef de Cuisine at Roly’s Bistro in Dublin, Paul worked in The Savoy Hotel with DANNI BARRY CARMEL SOMERS chef and author Anton Edelman and La Award winning chef, author and Irish Ireland’s only female chef to win a Tante Claire in London before returning Times food columnist. As proprietor/chef Michelin Star and winner of the title of to Dublin in 1996. Cooking with Hugh of Good Things Café Skibbereen, Carmel ‘Irish Chef of the Year 2017’, Danni has Hyland at Annie May’s in Skibbereen, was awarded the Georgina Campbell recently set up her dream restaurant, Monday 10th September. award for Best Restaurant 2016. Cooking Clenaghans in the village of Aghalee. on Heir Island, Sunday 16th September. Cooking at The Glebe Café, Skibbereen, Saturday 15th September.
CAITLIN RUTH HUGH HYLAND JOE MACNAMEE Head chef of Deasy’s Harbour Bar & Head chef at Roly’s Bistro, a popular Well known food and travel writer/ Restaurant, Clonakilty (Irish Restaurant Dublin restaurant, he worked in the journalist and food consultant. Hosting Award Best Gastro Pub in Cork 2016). Clarence Hotel in Dublin and the Square Sing For Your Supper at Levis’ Corner Cooking at Fernhill House Hotel, Restaurant in London, before taking up House, Ballydehob Friday 7th September. Clonakilty, Sunday 16th September. his current position in Roly’s. Cooking with Paul Cartwright at Annie May’s in Skibbereen, Monday 10th September.
GUEST SPEAKERS
TIM LUCEY...... Chief Executive Officer, Cork County Council PROFESSOR GILES ERIC SÉRALINI: Professor of Molecular Biology at the University of Caen, France COMMISSIONER PHIL HOGAN:...... EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Affairs JÉRÔME DOUZELET: Co-author and head chef, natural and organic cuisine. EAMONN SINNOTT:...... Vice President and General Manager Intel Ireland IB PEDERSEN:...... Danish researcher and pig farmer JP MCMAHON...... Food On The Edge and owner/chef Aniar Restaurant, Galway MAJELLA O’NEILL:...... Nutritional therapist, natural health practitioner, qualified SRN REGINA SEXTON:...... University College Cork TRISH MESSOM:...... Owner and head chef at the Stuffed Olive, Bantry ROBERT DOYLE:...... Award winning novelist ADRIENNE HARRINGTON:...... Ludgate Digital Hub EAMON RYAN:...... Leader of The Green Party, TD Dublin Bay South TARA MCCARTHY:...... CEO, Bórd Bia (to be confirmed) MINDY O’BRIEN:...... Co-ordinator and environmentalist for Voice Ireland. ZAK GALLAGHER:...... Food writer, chef and tourism judge DR TARA SHINE: Environmental Scientist, co-founder of plasticfreekinsale.com ELKE O’MAHONY:...... Radio presenter and food writer MADELEINE MURRAY:...... Co-founder of plasticfreekinsale.com SEAN O’DRISCOLL:...... President, Glen Dimplex PROFESSOR KEVIN O’CONNOR:....UCD‘s Innovator, Teacher and Researcher LORD DAVID PUTTNAM:...... Filmmaker and educator DR. JULIE MAGUIRE:...... Headed up the research and development team at BMRS 5 DAILY EVENTS A TASTE OF SYRIA MOLLY’S CAFÉ TASTE OF WEST CORK PLATTER Bayleaf Bistro, St Patrick’s Place, Bandon Molly’s Café, O’Donovans Hotel, Clonakilty DAILY | €20 (INC A GLASS OF WINE) | 023 8842589 1.00PM - 9.00PM | BOOKING ADVISED | 023 8833250 The Bayleaf Bistro’s Taste of Syria is a feast of traditional Daily during the festival, Molly’s Cafe in the O’Donovan’s Hotel Syrian homemade appetisers including falafel, hummus, offer the ‘Taste of West Cork Platter’ - showcasing locally made oriental salad, mutabbel (blended smoked aubergine with cheeses and locally baked breads accompanied by Clonakilty tahini, natural yogurt and tomato salsa), rice stuffed vine and West Cork brewed beers. In addition to the platter, Molly’s leaves, marinated pitted olives, lebneh (thick natural creamy Cafe present a special festival menu featuring local produce. yogurt garnished with mint and olive oil), crisp fried chillal cheese samosa and warm pitta bread. Everything is suitable for vegetarians and vegans can also be catered for. This daily DINTY’S SEAFOOD CASSOULET festival special is available during lunch and the evening service Dinty’s, Union Hall - one not to be missed. DAILY | €22 (INC A GLASS OF WINE) | 028 33373 Dinty’s delicious seafood cassoulet - with West Cork scallop, prawns, mussels, hake and smoked haddock, enveloped in SUGÁN SEAFOOD PLATTER a delicious saffron sauce, will be available throughout the An Sugán Restaurant, Clonakilty festival. Sit back and savour this delectable dish, sipping on a DAILY | €50 (INC A GLASS OF WINE) complimentary glass of wine. BOOKING ESSENTIAL: 023 883 3719 In a festival special An Sugán Restaurant offer festival visitors a West Cork half lobster and seafood platter with a THE GARDEN OF RE-IMAGINATION complimentary glass of wine. TWO GREEN SHOOTS AND THE EWE EXPERIENCE TASTE TOURS The Ewe Experience, Glengarriff HOT CHOCOLATE AND BROWNIE SPECIAL THREE TIMES A DAY | WEEK DAYS ONLY Apple Betty’s Café, The Square, Skibbereen €15 ADULTS | €10 (ACCOMPANYING CHILDREN) DAILY | €5 BOOKING ESSENTIAL: 027 63840 Apple Betty’s Café in Skibbereen will offer a festival special of Taste local wild and wonderful plants, discover their stories and delicious steaming hot chocolate partnered with a scrumptious explore a lost garden re-imagined. Includes a sweet or savoury brownie - pop in for an indulgent break! homegrown dish and drink in the garden. Tours available three times daily on weekdays. ARUNDELS BY THE PIER SEAFOOD SPECIAL Arundels by the Pier, Ahakista DAILY | €23.50 | 027 67033 In a festival special, Arundels by the Pier menu will feature a WEEKEND EVENTS delicious seafood special of grilled halibut and sauce vierge. BOX OF FROGS BREAKFAST & BRUNCH TAP YOUR TOES WITH TAPAS Box of Frogs, Bridewell Lane, Bantry The White House Gallery & Wine Bar, Kilcrohane (1 mile 7.30AM - 2.00PM | €12 (INC TEA OR COFFEE) | 027 56344 west of the village) For both weekends of the festival (Friday, Saturday and DAILY FROM 2.00PM - 6.00PM | MUSIC FROM 4.00PM - 5.30PM | €25 Sunday), Box of Frogs offer an extended version of their BOOKING ADVISED 086 818 0730/087 272 1090 legendary breakfast and brunch menu to festival visitors. From EMAIL [email protected] porridge to pancakes, French toast, fruit and chorizo to the best Throughout the festival The White House Gallery & Wine Bar full Irish in town, the menu is chock full of fresh local West Cork will offer a festival special of a mixed tapas platter for two, produce. served with two glasses of house wine and live music from 4pm (pass the hat). The platter showcases the wonderful produce available in West Cork, including produce grown in the gardens RIVER ILEN CRUISE at the White House. The White House wine list has been created Baltimore Sea Safari, Baltimore by Frank Schiltkamp, Sommelier of Greene’s Cork. Musicians 5.30PM | €20 | BOOKING ESSENTIAL: 028 20753 OR 087 240 9761 performing at The White House during the festival include Take a scenic boat trip up the beautiful Ilen River from Baltimore Miranda McCarthy, Fintan Lucy, Bean Dolan, Debra Wallace, to Old Court, visiting seal colonies, looking for wildlife and a Brendan Connolly, Kenny Dread, Brian Casey, Chris McDonald chance to see the many wonderful and iconic homes, buildings and Lea Miklody. Visit www.thewhitehouse.gallery for full and gardens along the river. Saturday 8th, Sunday 9th and details. Monday 10th September.
THE STUFFED OLIVE’S SEASONAL SPECIAL ROARINGWATER BAY CRUISE The Stuffed Olive, Bridge Street, Bantry Baltimore Sea Safari, Baltimore 8.30AM - 6.00PM MONDAY TO SATURDAY | €6-10 5.30PM | €20 | BOOKING ESSENTIAL: 028 20753 OR 087 240 9761 The Stuffed Olive in Bantry showcase different West Cork Take a scenic boat trip around Roaringwater Bay. Visit suppliers daily in delicious lunchtime seasonal specials - with the emphasis on seasonal! Using specially selected ingredients Roaringwater Bay Mussel Farm, view Jeremy Irons’ beautifully from local farmers, fishermen and cheese suppliers, the Stuffed restored Kilcoe Castle and pass the seal colonies along the way. Olive will offer a daily Seasonal West Cork Special throughout Friday 14th and Saturday 15th September. the festival. NEW HAVEN’S TASTE OF WEST CORK HART’S TRADITIONAL IRISH STEW & CRUMBLE The New Haven, Main Street, Schull Hart’s Coffee Shop, 8 Ashe St, Clonakilty 7.00PM | €30 | 028 28642 DAILY | €13 | 023 8835583 For one weekend - from Friday 7th to Sunday 9th September - As a festival special - Hart’s Coffee Shop will serve traditional The New Haven presents a festival special - over four delicious O’Neill’s Irish Lamb Stew and Ashe St. Apple & Blackberry courses, enjoy varieties of seasonal game, seafood and fruit - Crumble - comfort food at its best. food that makes West Cork a haven for food lovers. 6 MIDWEEK EVENTS EXHIBITIONS
EXHIBITION BOTANICAL BLISS FREE Inchydoney Island Lodge & Spa, Inchydoney event DAILY | €265 PP SHARING | BOOKING ESSENTIAL: 023 883 3143 “UNDER SHELTER” WEST CORK CREATES A stay in Inchydoney Island Lodge and Spa is always both The O’Driscoll Building, Levis’ Quay, Skibbereen relaxing and rejuvenating. Indulge in a botanical boost with their gorgeous signature Botanical Ritual, inspired by the rich OPENING SATURDAY, 11TH OF AUGUST, 1PM marine botanicals available on the West Cork coast. Relax in MONDAY TO SATURDAY | 11.00AM - 5.00PM | FREE the seawater therapy pool, sauna, steam room and ocean view AUGUST 11TH - SEPTEMBER 16TH 2018 relaxation areas, either before or after your treatment, and “Ar scáth a chéile a mhaireann na daoine” throughout your stay. After your treatment it is time to indulge (under shelter of each other, people survive) your taste buds with a fresh and zingy Botanical Afternoon Tea ‘Under Shelter’ - The West Cork Creates exhibition explores in the lounge which includes savoury and sweet delights using ‘coming home’ - in an immersive show around the theme the perfect balance of delicious botanical ingredients. Sip on of the evolution of the Irish home in a variety of media, that refreshing elderflower cordial, try the rosemary and sea salt is both nostalgic and timeless, evocative of the struggles of brioche, rose flavoured macaroons, grapefruit meringue pie the past and desirable for homes of today. Artists living and and more. In the evening, a further feast awaits with the Taste working in Cork County have created innovative works which of West Cork Menu in the Gulfstream Restaurant. Inchydoney’s consider the significance of ‘home’ to us all. These works may chefs will showcase the best of West Cork ingredients and relate to ideas of spiritual home, family or the man-made/ artisan producers from Ummera Smokehouse, the famous natural environment. This exhibition compliments the visiting Clonakilty Black Pudding, Molaga Honey and Bushby’s exhibition, hosted by Uillinn West Cork Art Centre, ‘Coming Strawberries, among many others. Top off of this exquisite Home - Art and the Great Hunger’. The ‘Under Shelter’ relaxing, indulgent experience with an overnight stay in a exhibition will feature sculpture, photography, ceramics, fine contemporary guest room overlooking the ocean. art and craft of the highest standard. COMING HOME: ART AND THE GREAT HUNGER
UILLINN: WEST CORK ARTS CENTRE | JULY 20 TO OCTOBER 13, 2018 OPEN MONDAY TO SATURDAY | 10.00AM TO 4.45PM OPEN SUNDAY JULY 29 AND AUGUST BANK HOLIDAY SUNDAY & MONDAY | 11.00AM TO 4.00PM
Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre is a hub of arts This is a unique opportunity for the people activity right in the heart of Skibbereen. The of Cork and visitors to the region alike to two main galleries house contemporary art experience this art collection in Skibbereen, exhibitions that intrigue and inspire, and a described as ‘ground zero’ of the Great Irish programme of guided tours, gallery talks and Famine. Skibbereen Heritage Centre’s Famine free gallery resources. This summer Uillinn hosts Story exhibition provides the historical context Coming Home: Art and the Great Hunger (20 to the visiting art exhibition, as Skibbereen is the July to 13 October) a world class exhibition from most important and significant town in Ireland in Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum, USA, which has terms of its Famine heritage. the largest collection of Great Hunger-related art Several West Cork festivals including in the world. Skibbereen Arts Festival, West Cork History The exhibition includes work by major Irish Festival and A Taste of West Cork are also and Irish American artists of the past 170 years involved, putting famine related events into such as Daniel Macdonald, Paul Henry, Jack B. their programmes this summer and autumn. The Yeats, William Crozier, Hughie O’Donoghue, exhibition and the accompanying programme Dorothy Cross and Alanna O’Kelly, and is has caught the imagination of the local accompanied by a rich and diverse programme communities, festivals and individual artists and is of performances, talks, lectures and events at a major cultural, educational and tourist event. We Uillinn, and off-site in other locations in West hope that you will participate, learn and enjoy. Cork. These resonate with the history and A major publication related to the collection legacy of the Great Hunger and also amplify the and its exhibition in Ireland with commissioned contemporary themes explored in the exhibition. essays and a foreword by President Michael D. The programme includes a County Cork- Higgins has also been produced. This publication wide School’s Programme; a series of Artists’ is kindly supported by Morgan O’Driscoll, Fine Residencies; a unique Performance Event by Art Auctioneers and Valuers. acclaimed Irish artist Alanna O’Kelly for Schull Workhouse; and an Arts for Health project Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre acknowledges celebrating the legacy of the 110 Skibbereen girls the financial support of the Arts Council/An who emigrated to Australia after the Famine. Chomhairle Ealaíon and Cork County Council.
Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen, West Cork | t: +353 28 22090 | e: [email protected] | www.westcorkartscentre.com 7 FRIDAY, 7th SEPTEMBER
FESTIVAL GRAND OPENING FREE THE CLONAKILTY FOOD TOUR BANTRY MARKET FAIR DAY event WITH FOOD WRITER KATE RYAN OF FLAVOUR.IE Bantry Market, The Square, Bantry Meet upstairs in Arís Café, Astna Square, Clonakilty 9.30AM - 2.00PM | FREE 11.00AM - 3.00PM | €45 | BOOKING ESSENTIAL: 086 205 9360 To mark the official start of the 2018 A Taste of West Cork WWW.FLAVOUR.IE/CLONAKILTYTOUR-FOOD-TOUR, [email protected] Food Festival, Bantry Market will host a September Fair Day, This wonderful tour of Clonakilty visits a wide range of food featuring food tastings at the market stalls, live music, dancing producers from the iconic Clonakilty Black Pudding, to a brief and many other activities. It promises to be fun for all the history of West Cork cheese, meat, ice cream, beer, chocolate, family, in fact all the fun of the fair at Bantry Market! Bantry bread and of course the wonderful Clonakilty Farmers’ Market. Market has a long established history and continues to offer an This tour is an ideal opportunity to meet the producers, learn eclectic mix of goods, as well as being the home and showcase about their food stories, history and traditions – a chance to of many of West Cork’s artisan food and craft producers. get a real sense of the people behind some amazing, and often unique, food being produced in the town. Please note this tour GUEST CHEFS is not suitable for children under 13 and the first and last stops FREE are not wheelchair accessible. FREE event THE HAPPY PEAR event AND MEET THE PRODUCERS SKIBBEREEN COUNTRY MARKET O’Keeffe’s SuperValu, Bantry FREE Abbeystrewry Hall, Skibbereen event 9.30AM - 1.00PM | FREE 11.30AM - 2:00PM | FREE In celebration of the opening day of A Taste of West Cork Food Visit the Skibbereen Country Market which takes place every Festival, O’Keeffe’s SuperValu Bantry host The Happy Pear, Friday in the Abbeystrewry Hall. On both Fridays during the Dave and Stephen Flynn, for an in storeFREE cookery demonstration event festival the market will have demonstrations taking place with lots of delicious vegan tastings. O’Keeffe’s SuperValu will throughout the morning and face painting for the little market be a hive of activity with food producers and suppliers in store goers! This country market offers a large selection of delicious at the same time - offering tasting samples of their delicious homemade goodies for sale - breads, scones and cakes, as products. After a stop at the Bantry market why not call past for well as jams, marmalades and chutneys, fresh farm eggs, the Happy Pear cookery demonstration, tastings and meet the organic seasonal vegetables and plants, and a wide selection local producers and learn about their products first hand. Have of beautifully made crafts! There is a tea room where you can a coffee in the lovely sunny coffee shop while listening to (and enjoy a cup of tea and home made cakes after your purchases. seeing) the C103 outside broadcast. Visit their Facebook page @SkibbereenCountryMarket CORK TODAY WITH PATRICIA MESSENGER C103 OUTSIDE BROADCAST LOUGH HYNE TO THE SEA Lough Hyne main car park O’Keeffe’s SuperValu, Bantry 12:30PM - 4.00PM | €65PP USING DOUBLE KAYAKS 10.00AM - 1.00PM BOOKING ESSENTIAL: [email protected] To mark the opening day of the festival C103, as media partners Take advantage of the tide on this kayaking journey, setting with A Taste of West Cork Food Festival, come to West Cork for off from from Lough Hyne - Northern Europe’s only inland an outside broadcast of the Cork Today show hosted by Patricia saltwater lake - through a short channel called “The Narrows” Messenger from the coffee shop in O’Keeffe’s SuperValu. Call out to sea. Explore the caves and islands along the sea shore past and say hello to the team as they host various interviews and return to Lough Hyne on the turn of the tide. with market personalities, food producers and businesses in Bantry. AFTERNOON SEA TASTE OF WEST CORK PLATE Seaview House Hotel, Ballylickey, Bantry FEATURING WEST CORK PRODUCE 2.00PM - 5.00PM | €29 | BOOKING ESSENTIAL: 027 50462 Organico Cafe, Bantry Seaview House Hotel in Ballylickey present afternoon tea with ALL DAY | €15 (INC A GLASS OF WINE) a difference - Afternoon Sea, featuring a selection of the finest and most delicious seafood savouries. Instead of the usual Relax after a wander round Bantry Market. Call into Organico suspects, you’ll find fresh cod croquettes, delicate crab salad for a special Taste of West Cork tasting plate featuring West Cork on seaweed scones, Irish smoked salmon open sandwiches local producers with a glass of delicious organic wine. on soda bread with mayonnaise, oysters and a smoky little haddock tartelette. As the pièce de résistance, instead of CLONAKILTY FARMERS’ MARKET FREE coffee or tea, enjoy a cup of gorgeously creamy lobster bisque Recorders Alley, Clonakilty event to complete your Afternoon Sea. The only traditional element 9.00AM - 2.00PM | FREE | 087 - 677 5600 of this afternoon adventure is the three-tiered stand on which Clonakilty Farmers Market takes place every Friday in Recorders it’s served! After enjoying Afternoon Sea, why not spend the Alley. This regular market offers a wide range of locally grown night in this award winning hotel. The Seaview House Hotel organic produce, delicious hot food, fresh home baking, plants offers a special overnight rate for Afternoon Sea guests. Quote and locally made crafts. Afternoon Sea when making your overnight reservation.
A TASTER OF BANDON FREE TRADITIONAL FISHING: BOATS, POTS AND LINES Bandon Indoor Country Market, Weir Street, Bandon event CUAS: THE WEST CORK MARITIME HERITAGE COMPANY 9.00AM - 1.30PM | FREE Baltimore Pier, Baltimore FREE The Bandon Country Market has been in operation for over 40 FROM 2.30PM | FREE event years and is renowned for its fresh produce. The market has The Cuas project presents an exhibition – Traditional Fishing: an array of produce - fresh vegetables, fruit, local honey, jams Boats, Pots and Lines. Visit the Cuas marquee on the pier and and cordials; fresh baked breads including sourdough, spelt see a photographic display showing how traditional boats have and brown loaves; hummus, veggie burgers and falafel, not to been designed and built over the centuries specially for catching mention delicious cakes and gluten free goodies. Everything the fish that abound in West Cork waters – including salmon, - including a large variety of plants and flowers - is produced mackerel, herring and lobster. Learn how these boats were within a five mile radius of the town. Be sure to visit this vibrant built and how they were used for fishing. See the traditional indoor country market where samples of the produce and more local heritage boats that will be moored in the harbour for the will be available for tastings in a festival atmosphere. exhibition. 8 FRIDAY, 7th SEPTEMBER MEDIEVAL FEASTING SENSATIONAL WEST CORK SEAFOOD PLATTER Dun na Sead Castle , Baltimore The Lookout Restaurant, The Waterfront Hotel, Baltimore 3.00PM | €5 ADULTS, CHILDREN UNDER 12 FREE 6.30PM | €40 | BOOKING ESSENTIAL: 028 20600 BOOKING ESSENTIAL: 028 20735 OR 087 290 3236 Indulge your taste buds at the Look Out Restaurant with In this beautifully restored castle which dates back to 1215, panoramic views across Baltimore Harbour to the islands, dining Bernie McCarthy presents an informative talk and slide show on their famous West Cork Seafood Platter which the Jacob providing a fascinating insight into the custom of feasting and family have been serving in their restaurant for over 30 years. the lavish gatherings that took place in the Great Hall of Dun na Delicious West Cork seafood simply prepared and spectacularly Sead Castle during the Middle Ages. A number of interesting served to show off the deliciousness of the fish! archaeological discoveries were made during the renovation works on the castle that directly relate to the feasts held at Dun na Sead and the food from that period. These relics will form 21 YEARS A GROWING part of the presentation. Kalbos Café, North Street, Skbibereen FROM 6.30PM | AL A CARTE | BOOKING ESSENTIAL: 028 21515 In celebration of ‘coming of age’ Kalbos Café commemorates WEST CORK GOURMET BURGERS turning 21 with a nostalgic look back over the years - recreating Manning’s Emporium, Ballylickey, Bantry some of their favourite feature dishes from past menus - 5.00PM - 7.00PM | €10-15 | BOOKING RECOMMENDED 027 50456 updated with a modern twist. Head to Manning’s Emporium in Ballylickey for a special West Cork Gourmet Burger meal, specifically created for the festival SHEEP’S HEAD PHOTOGRAPHY by the newly launched West Cork Burger Company working EXHIBITION BY DONAL O’CONNELL with the team at Manning’s Emporium. The West Cork Burger The Old Creamery, Kilcrohane Company, launched in 2017, uses beef fromS Westervin Corkg gr farmerseat foo d all made on site or sourced locally, some of which is who rear cattle especially for the burger company. Manning’s FROM 7.00PM | €5 | 027 67139 either reared or grown on our organic farm. 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PIZZA FOR THE SOUL Winner of Today FM 'Best Brunch in Ireland' 2015 Connolly’s of Leap, Main Street, Leap Open Monday - Saturday 9am - 5pm serving breakfast until 11:30 am 6.00PM - 12.00AM | €10-20 (EXC DRINKS) A TASTE OF MALAYSIA BOOKINGS: 086 1048377 OR [email protected] Lunch 12pm - 4:30pm Harbour Bar, Leap Join Connolly’s of Leap to celebrate the inauguration of their 7.00PM | A LA CARTE | 028 - 34111 brand new wood fired pizza oven! Enjoy 2delicious6 Nort hpizza Stre toe tthe, S kibbereen, Co. Cork | 028 2151Prepare5 | kalb toos embark@eirco onm .an culinaryet journey as James and the soulful sound of live band Bear Bojack (AKA Chris McDonald). team at The Harbour Bar prepare a tantalising and delicious Various tasty cocktails will be served and award winning craft aromatic Malaysian feast, presenting an authentic menu of brewers ‘Rascals’ do a tap take-over. What more do you need - spicy and flavourful dishes, all prepared with West Cork’s finest pizza, drink, music - Food for the soul! @ ingredients. Uillinn West Cork Arts CDISCOVERentre DUNMANWAY’S TASTE OF WEST CORK ECHOES OF IRELAND TuesdFREEay - Saturday serving our great cakes, soups West Cork Art Centre, Uillinn, Skibbereen event Mirabelle’s Restaurant, Market Square, Dunmanway 6.30PM | FREE | BOOKING ESSENTIAL: 028 22090 and sandwiches 7.00PM | €25 | BOOKING ESSENTIAL: SARAH CAHALANE 087 7931807 As a festival special the Skibbereen Drama Group will present The Dunmanway Playground Redevelopment Group, together two performances of the award winning play Echoes of Ireland, with Mirabelle’s Restaurant, present a tapas night featuring a four act monologue by Brian C. Petti at the Uillinn. This West Cork produce sourced from around the region. The moving play follows the saga of a single Irish family from County restaurant has significant history as it is housed in the Sheriff Cork in 1860 to present day New York City. Beginning five years of Norwood’s home, a beautiful building on the site of the first after the end of the potato famine in Ireland, Echoes of Ireland recorded building in Dunmanway. follows the Cunyngham clan through their journey across the ocean to the ports of Manhattan, through the lowly existence GUEST CHEF of immigrant life in the States, to the assimilation and rebirth of their family as American citizens who never forget from whence SING FOR YOUR SUPPER FREE they came. The journey is part tragedy, part comedy, part Levis Corner House, Ballydehob event history lesson and all undeniably human. This play, performed 7.00PM | €45 | BOOKING ESSENTIAL: 028 37118 surrounded by the art of the Coming Home: Art and the Great Are you prepared to stand up and sing for your supper? Just Hunger exhibition is an event not to be missed. three years old but already one of the most popular events in the Taste of West Cork programme, Singing For Your Supper returns once more to set up shop in Ballydehob’sFREE legendary GUEST CHEFS Levis Corner House pub (IMRO Munster Live Musicevent Venue of the Year 2016), the unique family pub now being run by third BIA BISTRO SCITUATE USA, COMES TO BIA BANTRY generation family member Joe O’Leary (formerly, lead singer Bia, The Bantry Bay, Bantry of Fred) and partner Caroline O’Donnell who have transformed 7.00PM | €50 | BOOKING ESSENTIAL 027 55789 FREE it into one of the very best small venues in Ireland. With Brian Houlihan, restaurateur and chef, originallyevent from food writer Joe McNamee hosting and also reaching into his Ballincollig, now long time resident of Scituate Massachusetts legendary little black book to procure the cooking skills of yet (recently twinned with West Cork) will guest chef at Bia another fine Irish chef, it promises to be another splendid night Restaurant in The Bantry Bay. Brian owns Bia Bistro in Scituate of fine food and wonderful homegrown entertainment with (and a number of other restaurants) so where better for him to musical accompaniment from internationally-renowned Irish showcase his skills than the Bia in Bantry. Brian will co-chef the composer Maurice Seezer, diners are offered the chance to evening with Joe Nolan (also resident of Scituate),FREE fishmonger event stand up and sing a song of their choice with the best performer and chef, for an evening of great entertainment and delicious winning their ‘supper for free’! (Unfortunately, it will not be seafood. possible to cater for any special dietary requirements.) 9 FRIDAY, 7th SEPTEMBER SATURDAY, 8th SEPTEMBER
GUEST CHEF BERE ISLAND PARKRUN FREE ITALIAN ARGENTINIAN FUSION FREE GAA club in Rerrin village, Bere Island. event WITH FLORENCIO FONS event FERRY DEPARTS CASTLETOWNBERE AT 9.00AM. PARKRUN 9:30AM-10:45AM Mary Ann’s Bar and Restaurant, Castletownshend PARK RUN: FREE | BUS AND FERRY: €10 | BOOKINGS: 086 242 3140 7.00PM | €39.95 | BOOKING ESSENTIAL: 028 36146 Every Saturday the Bere Island Parkrun takes place at 9.30am. Award winning Mary Ann’s Bar and Restaurant hosts A 5km run - it’s you against the clock. The event takes place at Argentinian chef Florencio Fons for an evening of Argentinean the GAA club in Rerrin village, Bere Island. And it’s free! Please and Italian fusion. The menu has been carefullyFREE selected to register online before your first run. Meet in the Bakehouse Café showcase Florencio’s Argentinian background,event with Italian after the run for coffee and home baked treats. influences. www.parkrun.ie/bereisland
GUEST CHEF RESPONSIBLE WHALE AND DOLPHIN WATCHING Baltimore Harbour, Baltimore FREE 9.30AM | €50 | BOOKING ESSENTIAL: 086 120 0027 LOBSTER GARDEN PARTY event AN EVENING BY THE SEA WITH DIANA DODOG OR EMAIL [email protected] The Lifeboat Inn Gastropub, Courtmacsherry The coastal waters off the southwest of Ireland are a feeding 7.30PM |€55| BOOKING ESSENTIAL: LOBSTERGARDENPARTY.EVENTBRITE.IE ground for a number of whale species and a year round home Courtmacsherry Seafood Feast, in co-operation with local for several resident dolphin species including the Harbour fishermen present the inaugural Lobster Garden Party hosted Porpoise. Baleen Whales commonly seen off the south coast by Travara Lodge and The Lifeboat Inn, Courtmacsherry.FREE In the include Fin Whales and Minke Whales, which makes whale event relaxed surrounds of a seaside garden, Diana Dodog (Winner watching in West Cork some of the best whale watching in - Masterchef Ireland, 2014) and Martin Buckley (Head Chef - Europe. Humpback whales feed in Irish waters for over seven The Lifeboat Inn and formerly of Cliff Townhouse, Dublin and months of the year on a variety of small shoaling fish and may two-Michelin Star, Le Gavroche, London) will collaborate to be seen just a few kilometers offshore. Join marine zoologist host a garden party with a difference. Lobster, freshly landed Nic Slocum on board Voyager for a memorable and informative on Courtmacsherry Pier - a mere 500 yards away, will be cooked four hour whale and dolphin watching tour off the West Cork to perfection. Delicious oysters, prawns and tasty lobster bisque coastline. Half way through the tour, visit North Shore, Cape will also feature on the menu for this wonderful evening garden Clear for refreshments. On the return journey cruise along the party. Dine on delicious, local seafood and enjoy a drink, while beautiful West Cork coastline and around the islands viewing savouring the spectacular views of Courtmacsherry Bay. the castles, harbours and inlets that have changed little since the days of the old clan chiefs of O’Mahony and O’Driscoll.
SKIBBEREEN FARMERS’ MARKET FREE The Fairfield, Bridge Street, Skibbereen event 9.30AM - 2.00PM | FREE This iconic market takes place every Saturday morning. Meander through a wide selection of stalls and discover a wonderful selection of fresh local produce, including organic Taste a bit of West Cork Magic fruit and vegetables, herbs, plants, eggs and honey, preserves, Locally sourced, expertly bread, olives, cakes, organic meat, cheese, fish and shellfish. prepared,utterly delicious There are numerous stalls that cater to everyone’s tastes - from delicious bacon baps to vegan salads and veggie burgers - come hungry!
AA Awarded Rosette Restaurant BANDON FARMERS’ MARKET FREE Rosscarbery • 023 8848722 Bandon Farmers Market, Bandon event www.celticrosshotel.com 9.30AM - 1.30PM | FREE Set up in 2006 by a local voluntary organisation who based the market around their love of fine food, and it certainly doesn’t disappoint. Visitors to the market are treated to an abundance of local and artisan produce including fruit and vegetables, fish, cheese, chocolate, cakes, organic lamb and many other homemade delights. PENCIL TO GARDEN TO PLATE DRAWING CLASS WITH ANNABEL LANGRISH Heron Gallery Cafe & Gardens, Ahakista Open Tues-Thurs 9.30-5.00pm Fri-Sat 9.30-9pm Open 7 days 10.00AM - 2.00PM | €50 (INC LUNCH) Closed Sundays and Mondays BOOKING ESSENTIAL: NUMBERS LIMITED 027 67278 Serving Breakfast, In the picturesque setting of the Heron Gallery, overlooking Lunch & Snacks Dunmanus Bay, join renowned local artist Annabel Langrish for a drawing class. The drawing class begins with an introductory ome coo e locally pro ce oo Scally’s SuperValu, Faxbridge, Clonakilty talk to drawing, followed by a drawing lesson to get you started. 46 Bridge Street, Skibbereen, Co. Cork | 028-22019 023 8821872 After tea and delicious home made scones, meander through the magnificent garden (part of the West Cork Garden Trail) for inspiration and ideas of what to draw. The garden is bursting www.emmethotel.com Tel : 023 8833394 with colour and quirky ideas bound to inspire creativity - collect flowers or vegetables to draw, with Annabel to support and guide your hand. After the class enjoy lunch in the cafe, Guided half & full day nature safaris • Moonlight / starlight tours prepared with produce fresh from the garden. After lunch walk Seaweed discovery tours • Kayaking courses through the Pamela Leonard exhibition in the gallery. Please Multi day & international tours • Rental kayaks & sups FOOD SERV ED UNTIL 10PM DAILY bring your own sketchbook and pencils. CLONAK ILTY - W EST CORK 028 21058 • www.atlanticseakayaking.com 10 SATURDAY, 8th SEPTEMBER THE ANCIENT CRAFT OF BLACKSMITHING ROAM WITH THE BUFFALO Pat O’Driscoll & Sons Ironworks, Durrus Macroom Buffalo Cheese Products, Clonclud, Macroom 10.00AM - 5.00PM | €150 11.00AM - 12.30PM | €7 | BOOK ONLINE: WWW.LEEVALLEYTASTETRAILS.IE BOOKING ESSENTIAL: 086 2603874 086 8539744 OR EMAIL [email protected] In this one day introduction to blacksmithing course, learn Macroom Buffalo Farm and Lee Valley Taste Trails invite you to a the key techniques of this age old craft, with the highly skilled unique opportunity at the home of Ireland’s only milking herd of and creative team in Durrus. Make beautiful fireside tools or a water buffalo. Walk through the fields and see the magnificent decorative piece for your home - hand crafted and designed to 170 strong water buffalo and be introduced to a few new arrivals last a lifetime. All materials and lunch provided. in the herd. Tour the creamery and observe the delicious fresh Irish buffalo mozzarella cheese being expertly made. Sample the award winning cheese and taste delicious barbecued buffalo HIDDEN EDIBLES skewers. TWO GREEN SHOOTS AND THE EWE EXPERIENCE The Ewe Experience, Glengarriff 10.00AM - 11.00AM | €12.50 (INC ENTRY TO THE EWE EXPERIENCE) DISCOVER KILCROHANE AND THE SHEEP’S HEAD BOOKING ESSENTIAL: 027 63840 Meet at the Old Creamery, Kilcrohane Discover the tasty treats hiding around the gardens at The Ewe 11.00AM - 1.00PM | FREE | 027 67139 Experience. The Two Green Shoots team will take you on a tour Discover the history of Kilcrohane and explore the beauty of of discovery with a difference, around the gardens exploring the the Sheep’s Head peninsula in the expert hands of a local guide. fantastic flavours of many common garden plants! During the walk, learn about the fascinating historic sites along *Combi ticket available - see Wild Tea Feast at 12.30pm. the way including the O’Daly Bardic School and a number of ring forts. Delight in the stunning Wild Atlantic Way scenery - a MINDFUL EATING – FOOD FOR THOUGHT great day out for all the family. Dzogchen Beara, Garranes, Allihies 10.30AM - 3.00PM | €35 | BOOKING ESSENTIAL: 027 73032 OR [email protected] A TASTE OF WEST CORK IN BANDON FREE Situated in the beautifully dramatic Beara Peninsula, Dzogchen Caulfields SuperValu, Riverview Centre, Bandon event Beara sits high on the rugged cliffs overlooking the Atlantic 11.30AM - 1.30PM | FREE | 023 8829944 Ocean. In this unique place of peace and inspiration, rejuvenate Enjoy a family fun day at Caulfields SuperValu with lots of your mind and body with a one hour introduction to meditation, children’s entertainment and a food fair focused on promoting followed by a guided tour. Enjoy a delicious vegetarian lunch in healthy back to school eating - with lots of ideas for lunchbox the café with sweeping panoramic views of sea and sky. meals.
CONFERENCE CARAVINO OUR FARMS, OUR FOOD, OUR FUTURE… Vintage Caravan, Astna Square, Clonakilty Town Hall, Skibbereen BOOKING TIMES: 12 NOON, 2.00PM, 4.00PM, 6.00PM AND 8.00PM (EACH 10.30PM - 6.00PM | €25 | BOOKING ESSENTIAL: EVENTBRITE OR SITTING LASTS APPROX 1.30 HOURS) | €40 PP (MIN 4 PEOPLE, MAX 6). [email protected] BOOKING ESSENTIAL: FIONNUALA 086 8533758 OR MAEVE 087 6810189. The interdependence between the health of all life on the Take a virtual journey around the vineyards of the world, planet has been well established. As beings at the top of enjoying the food and wine you would enjoy at the winemaker’s the food chain we have a responsibility to protect it and to kitchen table. This intimate setting is ideal for a group of close safeguard our health and our future. Can Ireland’s farming and friends. Savour delicious tasty tapas dishes expertly matched food production practices lead the way? with gorgeous wines in this cute, unique and atmospheric little DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS: space under the trees in Astna Square. Professor Giles Eric Séralini: Professor of Molecular Biology, at the University of Caen, France and researcher. Jérôme Douzelet: Author and head chef. Ib Pedersen: Danish researcher and pig farmer. WILD TEA FEAST Representative From Teagasc TWO GREEN SHOOTS AND THE EWE EXPERIENCE Representative from APC Microbiome University College Cork The Ewe Experience, Glengarriff Majella O’Neill: Nutritional Therapist and Natural Health 12.30PM - 2.00PM | €20 (INC FULL AFTERNOON TEA & WORKSHOP ON Practitioner, qualified State Registered Nurse. WILD TEA MAKING) | BOOKING ESSENTIAL: 027 63840 Adam and Kloe, the Two Green Shoots will be brewing up a wild tea feast – afternoon tea with a difference! Expect seaweed THE HONEY BEE bread dipped in hearty nettle soup, fuchsia muffins and TALK BY EXPERIENCED BEEKEEPER steaming scones with fresh berry jams, all washed down with Organico Café, Bantry a selection of wild teas. A mini-workshop on how to make your 11.00AM | €10 | BOOKING ESSENTIAL: 027 55905 own tasty wild tea is included as well as entry to the Garden of Bees are critical to our survival - do you want to hear about Re-Imagination. them from someone who actually works with them? Come *Why not make a day of it - Hidden Edibles’, the Wild Tea and meet Jerry, the local beekeeper, and find out all about Feast and workshop. Full experience 10am to 2pm for €30. bees, beekeeping and what we can do to help the bees. Enjoy a delicious cup of coffee and take home a free jar of Jerry’s delicious local honey. STONE CARVING FREE Sheep’s Head Producers Market, Kilcrohane event SHEEP’S HEAD PRODUCERS MARKET FREE 1.00PM | FREE Market Shop, The Old Creamery, Kilcrohane event BOOKING ESSENTIAL: [email protected] OR 086 3030991 11.00AM - 5.00PM | FREE | 087 1491549 Victor Daly, an experienced stone carver, highly skilled in the Visit the Sheep’s Head Producers Market which is a wonderful traditional mallet and chisel methods which have been relied on place to find local produce made or grown on the beautiful by stone-cutters for centuries, will demonstrate the art of stone Sheep’s Head Peninsula. This market is run by a pioneering carving at the Sheeps Head Producers Market in Kilcrohane. group of foodies, crafts people, growers, designers and community activists. 11 FREE event SATURDAY, 8th SEPTEMBER West Cork's Best Dining Experience Bakery Food & Wine Store GUEST CHEF Cafe | Catering ISLANDERS REST BARBEQUE FREE Open Mon-Sat 8.30am - 6pm WITH DERRY CLARKE event A little shop you love to go to!!! The Islanders Rest, Sherkin Island 1.00PM - 5.00PM | FROM €20 | 028 20116 Award winning chef, Derry Clarke, will once again be behind the coals cooking up a feast at the annual fundraiser barbeque in aid of the RNLI Baltimore Lifeboat Station. This is an afternoon of excellent food and entertainment in a spectacular setting - with dramatic views from the island across to the Baltimore Beacon.
2a Bridge Street, Bantry, Co.Cork 027 55883 Call: 028 -23625 LAZY LUNCHTIME TREAT Bridge St, Skibbereen E: [email protected] www.TheChurchRestaurant.ie www.thestuffedolive.ie WEST CORK FISH BUFFET Annie May’s Bar and Restaurant, Bridge Street, Skibbereen 1.00PM - 5.00PM | €16.95PP OR €30 FOR TWO | BOOKING: 028 22930 After meandering through the stalls at the Skibbereen Farmers’ Bushe’s Bar Market, call into family run Annie May’s Bar and Restaurant for a scrumptious lazy lunch time treat in this friendly and relaxed traditional pub. Enjoy a festival lunchtime special of Annie May’s famous Union Hall fresh fish, cooked to perfection and served in a selection of fish and salad plates incorporating the best of local ingredients, for a true Taste of West Cork experience!
Eugene & Helena Hickey Skeaghanore, Ballydehob, West Cork DRIMOLEAGUE HERITAGE GOURMET WALK Collins’ Centra, Drimoleague 2.00PM | €30 | BOOKING ESSENTIAL: 028 31331 Baltimore Organised by the Collins family at Centra Drimoleague, the Drimoleague gourmet walk is one of the most popular events Visit www.skeaghanoreduck.ie 028/ 20125 for recipes and more in the festival, with rave reviews each year. Drimoleague, in the T: 028 37428 heart of West Cork, has much to offer - scenic walks, wonderful local food producers such as Tim’s Table Bakery and Kitchen,
Union Hall Union Glenilen Farm, Peppermint Farm, Bumblebee Flower Farm, Peter Ross vegetables, Vince Collins organic potatoes and even Union Hall Hall Union a wild fermentation specialist in April Danann. Enjoy a guided LETTERCOLLUM walk along some of West Cork’s most spectacular, tranquil kitchen project and hidden places. This walk combines four of life’s greatest Main St nion all o ork pleasures - eating, walking, listening to music and dancing - into SPECIALITY FOOD & WINE SHOP one fabulous afternoon. Meet at Collins’ Centra for a starter Gourmet Food with a Healthy Attitude of Tim’s Table brown bread topped with Union Hall smoked 22 Connolly St, Clonakilty | Tel: 023 8836938 fish or pate to get you on your way. Walk a little, pause in an [email protected] | www.lettercollum.ie idyllic location, enjoy local musicians and sample a tasty treat Protect what matters. from Tim’s Table confectionery range. Continue walking to the Visit your FBD branch today. next stop and enjoy Glenilen yogurt and lemonade. The walk finishes at Traleebawn, famous for its cross road dancing. Be entertained by local set dancers and traditional musicians while you feast yourself on barbecued ribeye steak, Vince Collins organic potatoes, Peter Ross vegetables, Tim’s Table apple tartlets and a Stag Ban beer (Walk is 10 km approx. on quiet Pick up a picnic! roads). Barbecue is open air (marquee if it rains). Transfer back to Drimoleague around 6pm.
COOKOUT Business • Car • Home RNLI BBQ Connolly’s of Leap, Main Street, Leap Farm • Life and Pensions Sherkin Island 2.00PM - 1.00AM| ALL DAY BBQ | €10-20 Hosted by Derry & Sallyanne Clarke BOOKINGS: 086 1048377 OR [email protected] Skibbereen Sales office (celebrity chef) Founded in 2015, Cookout was the joining together of selectors Townshend Street, Skibbereen, Co. Cork Sat 8th Sept 1pm • For info tel: 028 20116 and DJs from all ends of the musical spectrum, brought together with a vision of running 12 hour street parties with (028) 21688 fbd.ie four main elements - music, food, drink and dance. Four years on and Cookout’s founders - Big Daddy Can, Bilbo Bongo and JusMe - continue to curate these now legendary parties over the course of the summer months, armed with crates of records, they will take you from Jamaica to London, Columbia to Protection. It’s in our nature. St. Patrick's Place Brooklyn. Connolly’s of Leap are extremely excited to bring this party to West Cork’s home of music for the first time! The chefs Bandon FBD Insurance Group Ltd trading as FBD Insurance will be manning the flames all day with plenty delicious BBQ is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland. T: 023 8842589 food available to keep you sustained!