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Real Food, New Tastes, Fresh Tales and Great Craic From the Land and Sea 16th - 19th APRIL 2020 WWW.WESTWATERFORDFESTIVALOFFOOD.COM Contents I’m delighted to welcome you to the 13th annual West Waterford Festival of Food weekend. The Industry Sessions 2 This year our programme is even bigger than ever and brings you lots of exciting events. Festival Events 4 The weekend markets will bring a wide range of food to sample and buy direct from the producers, and give our visitors the chance to discover what is so tasty about this unique part of Festival Markets 30 - 31 Ireland: nestled between the mountains and the sea, on some of the finest, and most beautiful WELCOME agricultural land in Ireland. We believe West Waterford has been a tourism secret for too long Book Directly For 32 - 34 and we want to reach as many people as possible, both locally and beyond and to truly put West Waterford at the centre of the Irish foodie map. Festival Night Life 35 As conversations around sustainability, the environment, and how we protect and love the landscape we call home become ever more urgent, we are exploring what it means to be Festival Art Trail 36 - 37 Sustainably Irish in this year’s Festival. We want to shine a spotlight on our naturally produced, healthy and wholesome food and by inviting talented chefs to show how delicious such food can At a Glance 38 - 39 be, we want to provide an antidote to fad diets and unhealthy food trends. A new strand, the Industry Sessions also supports those whose hard work makes it all possible, as well as inspiring and helping anyone who has ever dreamed of starting their own food business. Accommodation 40 We hope you will find this year’s festival programme enticing and fun whatever your age and Upcoming Events 41 tastes are. With discovery events for children, foraging walks, deliciously decadent feasts, and some new and quirky ways to get you talking over food, we know there’s something for Festival Map 42 - 43 everyone to enjoy. None of this would be possible, without the generous support of Waterford City and County Hopper Bus Route 44 Council, or the producers, chefs, makers, supporters, funders, sponsors, venue hosts, friends and volunteers, and all those who have stayed with us, or more recently joined us on our journey. Partners / Friends Circle 45 Like a Festival, the production and creation of food is a team effort, and so we are hugely proud of all who came together to help make Waterford the current winners of Ireland’s Number One Foodie Destination award. It’s time to celebrate! Kindly Sponsored by: Funded by: It is a great honour to welcome you to this year’s festival. It’s going to be a great party weekend and I hope you all enjoy every minute of it! Anita Geoghegan Chair, West Waterford Festival of Food Festival Tickets - Tickets on sale: Wednesday 18th March, 2pm Dungarvan Tourist Office, 51 Main Street, Dungarvan, Tel: 086 0262017 Designed by: Duck to Water Design www.westwaterfordfestivaloffood.com 1 Storytelling Café Confidential: The Industry Lawlors Hotel The reality of setting up your 11.00 – 1.30pm / €50 inc Vat own food business. Passion brings many people into the food business, but as Sessions Merry’s Gastropub 17TH FRIDAY practical pressures take hold, it can become easy to forget Welcome to a new strand of why you’re doing it, and lose the thread of your storytelling, 3pm – 5pm / €10 programming for our 2020 Festival. which is at the heart of connecting with your market. Everyone loves the dream of running their own café or Presented by Jenni Hedderman, this workshop shows you Presented in partnership with LEO, the Industry food retail business, and a 2018 study by DIT researchers how to tell the best and most engaging stories about your shows that the failure of restaurants in Year One is actually Sessions are aimed at all those working in the business or product. Includes tea / coffee and a how-to food business, and all those who have ever just 15%. By Year Three, this has risen to 53%. So what guide to take home with you. happens in between? dreamed of making food into a way of life THURSDAY 16TH THURSDAY for the future. If you follow most chefs on Instagram, it looks like hard, but Food Styling entirely satisfying work – much like a well made cake. Providing practical support, as well as sharing So what is the reality? How many hours a day do you stories from those whose wealth of experience Lawlors Hotel really work? What training do you need and is it the provides valuable insights, the Industry Sessions 2.00pm – 3.30pm / €50 inc Vat preserve of the young? Is it a good way to strike a better will also create an information resource, work/life balance and make an impact on mental health? available at the events, as well as online We buy with our eyes, and whether it’s Instagram, for And what can the good businesses teach, and learn from print, or for real, how you present your produce can make year round. other small business owners. Our panel of food makers and the world of difference. This hands-on practical workshop industry experts discuss their craft, and their experience. gives you tips and tricks, and includes tea / coffee and The How To Workshops a how-to guide to take home with you. Presented by writer and editor, Laurence Mackin, with Irish Times Food Critic Catherine Cleary, Stephen Cass of Four workshops for those with stories Presented by Erica Ryan. Cass & Co, Colin Harmon of 3FE, and more, this relaxed, to tell and products to sell. conversational and informative session includes a glass of Dealing with the Media wine to conclude. Food Photography Lawlors Hotel 2.00pm – 3.30pm / €50 inc Vat Lawlors Hotel 11.00am – 1.30pm / €50 inc Vat How do you get your story out there? Who do you approach and what information does an editor or journalist “Show not tell” is the mantra for good marketing, but how need? From press release to jpegs, deadlines to subject do you get your product or produce to look media-ready? lines, to how to handle tricky questions, this workshop aims This hands-on practical workshop gives you tips and tricks, to give you an edge. Includes tea / coffee and a how-to and includes tea / coffee and a how-to guide to take guide to take home with you. Presented by Tim Magee home with you. Presented by Harry Weir. Booking Details: these workshops are limited to 12 places per workshop. To apply for your place, please email [email protected] 2 before March 30th to let us know about your business or project, and the number of tickets you are requesting. Places will be allocated by April 6th. 3 Natural Wellness at Sólás Na Mara Sólás Na Mara 10am – 2pm / €75 Sólás na Mara and the Sea Gardener team up to share 17TH FRIDAY a half day of rest and relaxation, while learning about the benefits of our native and local seaweed plants. This is a hands-on opportunity to discover how to use seaweed to nourish and restore your body, soul and skin. You will enjoy a seaweed bath at gorgeous Sólás na Mara, learn how to make your own skin treatments, FRIDAY 17TH FRIDAY cook with seaweed and enjoy lunch, which will of course incorporate seaweed. All proving that you just can’t get enough seaweed for health! Cycle and Forage on the Greenway Meet at Walton Park 2pm / €15 The Greenway has put Dungarvan on the map, but whether you’re a regular or a new visitor, you’ll see it through fresh eyes with acclaimed forager Andrew Malcolm. A long-time friend of the Festival, Andrew shows you how to discover incredible edibles along the way. Start with a cycle from Dungarvan to Durrow and then continue by foot and learn how to pick out special finds. Then enjoy a brew made from the fruits of your labours once back at base. With no car traffic, leaves on the Greenway are some of the purest you’ll find. The great outdoors has never tasted so good. Festival Own bike required, see website for bike hire info, over 13’s only. 4 Events 5 Family Farm Mimouna: Opening Ceremony Bus Route One A Moroccan Party Grattan Square / 4pm / Free Meet Shandon Car Park, Dungarvan The Lady Belle Join us as we launch our 13th West Waterford Festival 2pm – 5pm / €5 adults €15 children 3.30pm / €40 of Food with our opening party in the town square, with (To include short children’s pony ride) Join the Mezze team for a Moroccan-themed party music and merriment to get you into the Festival mood. 17TH FRIDAY The first couple of stops on your country adventure will be and enjoy savoury bites, sweets, Moroccan inspired Add chats, a warm welcome and thanks all round, we’ll in An Sean Phobal where the children can enjoy a short teas and drinks at the Lady Belle, where you will be be delighted to see you as we get ready to truly throw pony ride and grooming at Amanda’s Pony Trekking and welcomed with a delicious pomegranate mimosa to set ourselves into what promises to be a very delicious, Therapeutic Riding Centre before moving on to Keating’s the scene. Mimouna is a North African ritual in which tasty, and fun celebration of the very best this wonderful farm to meet the cows and calves with National Dairy Jews living in Israel open their houses to all and prepare region has to offer.