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Food & Drink Experience Kerry has never tasted so good

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www.tastekerry.ie has a long standing tradition for its quality produce. Although these traditions have Tarbert modernised for the 21st century, the emphasis is still on delivering a quality food offering. This is evident in almost every pocket of the County and this booklet N69 provides you with a taste of what we coined the Kerry ƿ© Food and Drink Experience.

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The Kerry Food and Drink Experience is more than a © listing of quality food businesses and establishments ᕡ© ᕢ© in the area – it aims to highlight the journey your food ƾ© N22 takes from farm to fork. The Kerry Food and Drink Peninsula N70 N23 N86 Castlemaine ƽ ᕤ© ᕥ© Experience also allows one to get a real hands on Dingle ᕣ© N86 ᕦ© experience by visiting a number of visitor ready food Milltown ᕧ© adventures. N72 R563 ᕨ© Ƽ©

Those listed in the Kerry Food and Drink Experience N70 have signed up to be a “Food Ambassador” by N71 agreeing to take a keen interest in food culture and ᕩ© µ© N71 Midleton heritage, share their knowledge of the regions food N25 N70 ¸© ƺ© history and support the local artisanal food businesses. Cobh ¹© N70 Ƹ© Waterville We welcome and invite you as a visitor to our county Bonane ©ƻ and as an interested consumer of quality food to join us ƹ© and get involved in our Kingdoms food story.

Kerry has never tasted so good! breakfast Aghadoe Heights Hotel 17 experiences Aghadoe, Killarney T: 064 663 1766 As the saying goes, breakfast is E: [email protected] the most important meal of the W: www.aghadoeheights.com day. Taste Kerry have provided a listing of establishments that guarantee local Kerry produce in their breakfast offerings.

Aghadoe Heights Hotel & Spa boasts the luxury of contemporary comfort with the warmth of Irish hospitality and some of the finest food you will find in Kerry – Killarney Oak Smoked Salmon; local artisan cheese, Dingle crab meat and Spillane’s Smoked Trout feature on the menu.

2 • Kerry Food and Drink Experience Breakfast Experiences • 3 Ballygarry House Hotel Benners Hotel Leebrook, Tralee 1 Upper Castle Street, Tralee 1 T: 066 712 3322 T: 066 712 9486 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.ballygarryhouse.com W: www.bennershoteltralee.ie

Ballygarry House hotel and Spa is an award winning Benners is a family owned hotel conveniently located luxury 4 Star country house Hotel in Tralee and boasts in the commercial and shopping heart of Tralee town. a beautiful countryside setting overlooking the glorious A warm welcome, and traditional Kerry hospitality Sliabh Mish Mountains. Whilst visiting Ballygarry House welcomes guests to this charming and comfortable you will discover a superb dining experience, whether Superior 3*Standard Hotel with its spacious and well it’s a mid-week lunch in The Brasserie, Afternoon Tea appointed bedrooms and excellent cuisine. in our Lounge or an intimate evening meal in the Restaurant, Ballygarry House is renowned for good food and outstanding service.

Ballygarry’s superb casual dining venue, The Brasserie offers menus for lunch, afternoon and evening dining with an emphasis on fresh, season, locally sourced produce.

4 • Kerry Food and Drink Experience Breakfast Experiences • 5 Castlewood House, Dingle Unplugged Bed T: 066 915 2788 3 and Breakfast 14 E: [email protected] Caherdaniel W: www.castlewooddingle.com T: 087 717 3575 E: [email protected]

Style, elegance and attention to detail is exemplary Spectacular views overlooking beaches, harbours, at Castlewood House in Dingle. Food is our passion peninsulas, islands and patchwork green fields. Spend and great Breakfasts are our forte. Renowned Food a few days – take day trips out and return to the beauty writer Lucinda O’Sullivan from the Sunday Independent and peace in the evening. described it as the Best Breakfast in Ireland and our awards include an AA Breakfast Award. The many activities from our doorstep include: beaches, horseback riding, walks/hikes, boat trips to the Skelligs, fishing from the rocks, sea and lake, stargazing - this is a designated Gold Tier Dark Sky area, Daniel O’Connell’s historic house, National Park and delightful tea room, Derrynane Abbey ruins, stone forts, megalithic stone and wedge tomb, and great local pubs with good music.

6 • Kerry Food and Drink Experience Breakfast Experiences • 7 The Listowel Arms Hotel The Rose Hotel The Square, Listowel 20 Road, Tralee 1 T: 068 21500 T: 066 719 9100 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.listowelarms.com W: www.therosehotel.com

Whether it is an intimate dinner for two or a wedding Newly refurbished, The Rose Hotel in Tralee offers celebration, this elegant hotel in the centre of Listowel an escape with family-friendly packages, a breakfast offers a magnificent setting. Imaginative cuisine and featuring local ingredients, a fine dining experience fine wines are served in the delightful setting of our in The Park Restaurant or The Rose Room, featuring Georgian Restaurant, overlooking the local seasonal produce. Relax in the Herbs & Roses and the green rolling country beyond. Freshly caught Spa and Leisure facility. Salmon from the Cashen, tender West Kerry Lamb, Mussels and Ballylongford Oysters straight from the quaysides. The fertile fields, rivers and seas of Kerry provide an bountiful supply of wholesome food. The kitchen team at the Listowel Arms led by Head Chef Mary Julian have created a fabulous menu based on local fresh seasonal produce.

8 • Kerry Food and Drink Experience Breakfast Experiences • 9 dining Allo’s Seafood Bar & Townhouse 20 experiences 41 Church Street Listowel T: 068 22880 Looking for an authentic taste E: [email protected] of Kerry? Then look no further W: www.allosbarbistro-townhouse.com as these Restaurants, Cafés and Bars are committed to sourcing and serving fresh local produce and providing their customers with a memorable dining experience to suit any budget.

Allo’s seafood Bar, Restaurant and Townhouse is situated in the heart of lovely Listowel – a heritage town full of charm and wonderful places to explore.

Armel Whyte, Helen Mullane and their team have made Allo’s a renowned Irish food establishment over the last 21 years – picking up many awards for their contribution to Irish food hospitality along the way.

Their success is based on using the best of local Irish produce, cooking everything to order, with great attention to detail. They pride themselves in creating a memorable visit for all their guests.

10 • Kerry Food and Drink Experience Dining Experiences • 11 Home & Garden Benner’s Hotel and Café, Ballyseedy, Tralee 1 Main Street, Dingle 3 T: 066 712 2305 T: 066 915 1638 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.ballyseedy.ie W: www.dinglebenners.com

Where possible we use only locally sourced ingredients. Our culinary expertise along with a commitment to quality food being produced daily on site has made the Café a bustling and vibrant restaurant in Kerry. Food is Benner’s Hotel is located in the heart of Dingle town. our passion and our chefs, bakers and their team are A member of Manor House Hotels, the hotel is steeped always on hand to create exquisite culinary delights for in history, with a heritage dating back over 350 years you in the beautiful surroundings of the Garden Centre. and has welcomed many of Dingle’s legendary visitors. Our promise is that everything will be fresh, beautifully The hotel offers a genuine Irish welcome and is the presented and bursting with flavour. perfect base to explore the town itself with its quaint shops, craft and artisan producers and wonderful We offer garden-to-table fresh vegetables and fruit, and pubs. Favoured for its old world charm each of the the finest local meat and fish. Why not try it yourself, we 52 bedrooms are luxuriously appointed providing an are sure you will enjoy it! intimate cosy atmosphere for a relaxing stay.

12 • Kerry Food and Drink Experience Dining Experiences • 13 Blind Piper Pub and Restaurant Carrig Country House 7 Caherdaniel 14 , Killorglin T: 066 947 5126 T: 066 976 9100 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.blindpiperpub.com W: www.carrighouse.com

Carrig Country House and Restaurant is a meticulously restored Victorian Manor sitting on the shores of Caragh Lake between Killorglin and Glenbeigh now The Blind Piper Pub is situated in Caherdaniel Village celebrating 21 years in business! The panoramic along the and close to Derrynane Lakeside Restaurant has earned an impressive beaches, Daniel O’Connell historic house and reputation for consistently wonderful food and service. National Park. Multi - award winning Head Chef, Patricia Teahan and her dedicated Team are constantly “raising the bar” We are a family business, trading since 1991, and through commitment to quality and innovation, offering have built our reputation around a warm friendly modern Irish and European cuisine using local products atmosphere in traditional surroundings, serving a variety where available. The Lakeside Restaurant welcomes of locally sourced and home-made meals. We are non – residents and residents alike. open for lunch all year round. Hotel & Catering Gold Medal Award winners 2015/16

14 • Kerry Food and Drink Experience Dining Experiences • 15 Daroka Restaurant, Éabha Joans 21 20 Cliff Road, Ballybunion 21 Market Street, Listowel T: 068 27911 T: 068 57430 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.daroka.ie

Located in the scenic seaside resort of Ballybunion, County Kerry, Daroka is a restaurant run by husband and wife team Daniel and Emily Devine O’Brien.

“Our motto is real food, real simple and we tried to create a space where we could be truly conscious of where our ingredients come from and how they Éabha joans is a local restaurant in Listowel. We use are produced. One saying we try to live by is that local seasonal and wild food. Our cooking techniques ‘you can’t hide behind simplicity’. If you have three involves traditional methods with a modern twist. ingredients on a plate, all three have to be perfect. You Diverse menu with something for everyone. Modern could, of course, just cover the whole lot with a generic décor and the place to go for a warm welcoming. We sauce, but that is what we try to avoid at all costs!” pride ourselves in offering great value for money.

16 • Kerry Food and Drink Experience Dining Experiences • 17 Idás Restaurant The Global Village 3 John Street, Dingle Main Street, Grove, Dingle 3 T: 066 915 0885 T: 066 915 2325 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.idasdingle.com W: www.globalvillagedingle.com

Savour the sights, sounds and aromas of the Dingle Ranked as the best emerging Irish cuisine in 2014 and peninsula, or Corca Dhuibhne as it is known in Irish. best restaurant in Kerry in 2013, by the Restaurant Idás celebrates the flavours of the locality with a unique Association of Ireland. Our Michelin recommended West Kerry dining experience. Our food endeavours to restaurant can be found in the heart of Dingle. All celebrate the on a plate. We forage our vegetables are grown on a sandstone bedrock many wild ingredients locally and work constantly and washed by fresh Atlantic rain. Our fresh fish and with local suppliers and food producers, all the while seafood are sourced from inshore local fisherman progressing with the seasons. and our meat is sourced from farmers who operate a sustainable farming policy on the Dingle Peninsula.

18 • Kerry Food and Drink Experience Dining Experiences • 19 Gregory’s Garden Restaurant/ McMunns Ballybunion 21 Coffeehouse 2 Main Street, Ballybunion Main Street, Castlegregory T: 068 28845 T: 086 362 1984 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.mcmunns.com

McMunn’s is a traditional gastro pub located on the charming main street of Ballybunion, Ireland, and Chef Greg O’Mahoney brings his philosophy of using serving only the finest food, wines, and whiskeys. Our high quality, local produce to create the dishes for breath-taking views of the Atlantic and the famous cliffs his menus. As the name suggests Gregory’s Garden of Ballybunion form the perfect backdrop for a fabulous Restaurant is set in a large garden, which is used to meal and relaxing drink. McMunn’s also offers a warm grow organic herbs and vegetables along with pears, and inviting place to stay during your time in Ireland. rhubarb, berries and apples all of which are used in Our 10 lovely en-suite rooms are perfect for the traveller his dishes as well as providing a lovely outdoor dining that would appreciate the experience of staying above space for customers with special attention paid to lawn a traditional Irish pub with open peat fire and live areas and scaled down furniture for little people. music from local traditional musicians.

20 • Kerry Food and Drink Experience Dining Experiences • 21 The Moorings Packie’s Food & Wine 11 15 Portmagee Henry Street, Kenmare T: 066 947 7108 T: 064 664 1508 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.moorings.ie W: www.packiesrestaurant.ie

The Moorings Guesthouse is situated in Portmagee, Packie’s Food & Wine, is a long established award County Kerry which is located in the gateway to the winning restaurant set up by Maura Foley and has been . This delightful bar, restaurant and bed run by Chef Martin Hallissey for the last 13 years. They and breakfast is open all year round and offers fresh serve exquisitely fresh fish and seafood along with a seafood and a real commitment to the best standards selection of meat dishes to cater for every palate. that Irish hospitality has to offer, with traditional music at weekends.

Trips to , where two of the Star Wars movies were filmed, can be arranged and packages are available all year round.

22 • Kerry Food and Drink Experience Dining Experiences • 23 Sheen Falls Lodge, Kenmare The Smugglers Inn T: 064 664 1600 15 Cliff Road, Waterville 13 E: [email protected] T: 066 9474330 W: www.sheenfallslodge.ie E: [email protected] W: www.thesmugglersinn.ie

On an estate beside Kenmare Bay, this elegant hotel Henry Hunt and his team at The Smugglers Inn have offers visitors a truly memorable dining experience. The earned a devoted following for their seasonal menus. Falls Restaurant offers both fine and informal dining The dishes are inspired by Ireland’s changing seasons options – a culinary feast of fresh, local Irish produce and offerings. The Smugglers Inn Restaurant philosophy along with a fine selection of wines. The Sun Lounge is to create a menu that is not only exciting and serves refreshments, light snacks and afternoon tea. innovative, but also sources the finest of sustainable seafood as well as grown ingredients which are locally sourced. There is an abundance of regional produce on our doorstep such as fresh seafood and shellfish from Daly’s, Cromane, local fishermen and organic vegetables from local suppliers all creating dishes full of flavour and aroma.

24 • Kerry Food and Drink Experience Dining Experiences • 25 Sol Y Sombra Spillanes Bar Bridge Street, Killorglin 7 , Castlegregory 2 T: 066 976 2347 T: 066 713 9125 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.solysombra.ie W: www.spillanesbar.com

The beautiful historic setting of Sol y Sombra creates the perfect backdrop for a buzzy tapas fusion experience – marrying the Spanish tradition of sharing lots of dishes with wonderful local and Irish artisan produce. We have a full bar serving wine, beers, premium spirits and Marilyn and Mike have been serving up great food dangerously good, made to order cocktails. at Spillane’s for nearly 40 years. From crab claws delivered from the local pier, to Cromane Mussels, to homemade burgers, to legendary char-grilled steaks, the extensive menu suits all tastes and budgets.

Situated overlooking Brandon Bay, it’s the perfect spot to sample some fresh Kerry food and watch the sunset over Brandon Mountain.

26 • Kerry Food and Drink Experience Dining Experiences • 27 The Tankard Bar and Restaurant Food stores Kilfenora, Tralee 1 T: 066 713 6164 You will find individual E: [email protected] speciality farm and food stores in almost every small town and village in Kerry, from artisan bakeries to wholefood and organic stores, guaranteeing a uniquely local shopping experience.

The O’Sullivan family have owned and operated The Tankard Bar and Restaurant since 1976. Originally they sold beverage only but in 1982 expanded to offer their customers more choice when it came to local produce. The restaurant was very successful from the outside and today boasts an extensive Bar Food Menu and a mouth-watering a la carte Menu which customers can enjoy while taking in some of Kerry’s famous views of the .

Adrian in the Kitchen ensures that the specials such as John Dory or Seared Scallops are always up to standard while Enda and Mary look after guests’ every need attentively.

28 • Kerry Food and Drink Experience Food Stores • 29 An Siopa Feirme | The Farm Shop Bácús Bakery, Castlegregory Waterville 13 T: 087 318 5453 2 T: 066 401 0431/ 066 947 8029 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.bacus.ie

When does ‘local’ really mean local? When it’s called Bácús is a scratch bakery on the Dingle Peninsula An Siopa Feirme! This farm shop in Waterville, County specialising in Irish and European artisan breads that Kerry is remarkable in that it sells only food and drink are finished by hand and baked in our stone-floored produce made in Kerry. Run by Lucia McGuirk and deck ovens. We source the finest flour for each Mattie Doody, they trace the map of Kerry in food and individual bread and use fresh ingredients avoiding drink and stock the products they find in their shop, so preservatives and additives. Our handcrafted breads that people can find the bounty that is on their doorstep are hearty looking and somewhat rustic with a deep in one place. golden crunchy crust, a soft airy crumb and a very distinct taste and texture.

30 • Kerry Food and Drink Experience Food Stores • 31 Eugie’s Fine Foods Store Jack’s Bakery 17 Killarney Lower Bridge Street, Killorglin 7 T: 087 998 3044 T: 066 976 1132 E: [email protected] E: [email protected]

Eugie’s Fine Foods in Killarney has been in business with three years and prides itself in stocking local products. Cheeses from Kenmare, herbal teas, olive oils and local vegetables and strawberries. Adding new products as requested by customers.

Jacks Bakery and Deli is located in Killorglin. We are a bakery and Deli dedicated to using the most natural of products and ingredients. The store is also a showcase for Irish Artisanal Products. Our ovens are fired up from 2am each morning. Come visit for an authentic flavour of Kerry and Ireland.

32 • Kerry Food and Drink Experience Food Stores • 33 Little Cheese Shop Manna Organic Store Grey’s Lane, Dingle Island of Geese, Tralee 1 T: 087 6255788 T: 066 712 5699 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.mannaorganicstore.ie W: www.thelittlecheeseshop.ie

Manna Organic Store can be found on the Island of Geese, Strand Street, Tralee. It is a fully certified Organic Shop, selling a wide range of delicious organic fruit, vegetables and organic whole foods. With produce from our own farm, and other local Swiss-born cheesemaker Maja Binder of Dingle organic farms, Manna is a shop with a difference. Peninsula Cheeses makes a range of semi-hard and hard cheese. The jewel in the crown is her Dilliskus It is ALL about the taste. At Manna we sell all kinds of flavoured cheese with hand-picked dillisk seaweed and organic fruit and vegetables, some depending on the made using morning and evening milk. She matures season. We bring in as much stock as possible from them in a 200-year old stone building whose natural the local organic farms, including our own. And we flora adds to the fermentation process and the final have a buying policy to get our non-Irish stock from as flavour of the cheese. close to Ireland as possible.

34 • Kerry Food and Drink Experience Food Stores • 35 Milltown Organic Shop visitor ready 6 Castlemaine Road, Milltown food adventures T: 066 976 7869 E: [email protected] Discover the best of what W: www.milltownorganicstore.com Kerry has to offer. From chocolate making to foraging along the seashore to fishing for your supper, Kerry has it all. Remember to book in advance to avoid disappointment!

Milltown Organic store is located on the Castlemaine road in the village of Milltown, County Kerry. Our products include; Local vegetables and fruit in season and a full display of organic fruit and veg all year round. Organic wholefoods and products catering for vegans and people with food sensitivities. Garden supplies, vegetable seeds, potato seeds, gardening books. Organic and natural supplements and skincare.

36 • Kerry Food and Drink Experience Visitor Ready Food Adventures • 37 Atlantic Irish Seafood Beoir Chorca Dhuibhne Caherdaniel 14 Baile ’n Fheirtearaigh | Ballyferriter 4 T: 086 106 2110 T: 087 682 2834 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.atlanticirishseaweed.com W: www.westkerrybrewery.ie

Established in 2008 just one mile from Baile ’n Fheirtearaigh / Ballyferriter and seven miles from An /Dingle on the Wild Atlantic Way, Beoir Chorca Dhuibhne / West Kerry Brewery are Kerry’s first micro brewery and at present its only Brew Pub. We produce high quality beers using water from our well and botanicals in our seasonal beers. We serve Husband and wife team, John and Kerryann Fitzgerald cask conditioned (traditional have been offering a series of Seaweed Walks, Talks, dispense through hand pumps with and Gourmet Tastings from their base in Caherdaniel no added gas) and keg along for the last eight years. Advance booking only. with bottled beers. Our beers are available throughout Chorca Gourmet Fishing Trips Dhuibhne and beyond. Tours of the You can also Join skipper John Fitzgerald at Derrynane brewery by appointment. Emphasis Harbour and voyage forth to catch and eat your own is put on the pairing of beer and Sashimi and Ceviche around the Islands of Derrynane food, we serve food from our Bay. Advance booking only. Brewers Kitchen seasonally.

38 • Kerry Food and Drink Experience Visitor Ready Food Adventures • 39 The Dingle Whiskey Distillery, Element Outdoor Training and 3 Farranredmond, Dingle 3 Adventure, Dingle T: 086-777-5551 T: 087 215 3758 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.dingledistillery.ie

The Dingle Distillery is an artisan company dedicated to the tradition of independent distilling in Ireland. They make a pure pot-stilled malt whiskey from the finest malted barley, then store it in casks to mature.

You need patience to make a good whiskey so while they are waiting, the distillery makes an exceptionally pure vodka; Element Outdoor Training and Adventure offer half distilled five times to no enhance day workshops in seaweed foraging and cooking. its creamy and slighty sweet Learn all about the various types of edible seaweeds taste on the palate. common on our shoreline, how to identify them and harvest them sustainably. Foraging takes place during Dingle Gin is an artisan gin a short walk on the spectacularly beautiful Smerwick flavoured and scented with Kerry harbour on the Dingle Peninsula. Cooking and eating botanicals which are foraged is held at a pop-up cooking/dining area above the locally for a taste of the Kerry shoreline, with historical anecdotes and interesting landscape. facts about seaweed.

40 • Kerry Food and Drink Experience Visitor Ready Food Adventures • 41 Gortbrack Organic Farm Killarney Brewing Company, Ballyseedy, Tralee 1 Muckross Road, Killarney 17 T: 066 713 7042 T: 064-6636505 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.gortbrackorganicfarm.com W: www.killarneybrewing.com

Gortbrack Organic Farm is an award winning, innovative centre for Environmental Education, Local Organic Food Production, Training and Development, Eco Landscaping and Cabin Accommodation, based Killarney Brewing Company have restored the old on a nine acre site overlooking Tralee Valley. Killarney Mineral Water drinks facility and it is now one of Ireland’s most exciting new independent craft The farm has a diverse range of ecological and breweries and tap rooms. All of our craft beer is native Irish habitats, ranging from ponds to wild bog additive and preservative free and is produced in small land, wildlife habitats including native hedgerows, batches in Killarney. We use only the finest quality woodlands, ditches and stonewalls, to organic ingredients during the brewing process, thus ensuring vegetables, herbs, tunnels (all weather), composting, a premium quality, consistent, and exceptional flavour. willow features, reed bed systems, cabins and ducks Our mission is to bring a new level of excellence and and donkeys. appreciation to beer drinking the world over.

42 • Kerry Food and Drink Experience Visitor Ready Food Adventures • 43 Lorge Chocolatier Skelligs Chocolate Factory Tours 16 Bonane, Kenmare The Glen, Ballinskelligs 12 T: 064 667 9994 T: 066 947 9119 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.lorge.ie W: www.skelligschocolate.com

Chocolate making classes available for everybody Located on The Lonely Planet’s Top 10 Regions to visit to enjoy from children’s and family workshops to hen in 2017 – The Skelligs Ring. Our factory overlooks parties. Discover Benoit’s passion for chocolate and the UNESCO World Heritage site; Skellig Michael. share the fun together. We cater for all your needs. We welcome visitors from February to December to Advance booking is required for all courses see our Award-Winning chocolates being made, taste the freshly made treats and learn all about chocolate. Avisit to Skelligs Chocolate forms part of a perfect visit to South Kerry. Smaller private tours only (max capacity of 20 people).

44 • Kerry Food and Drink Experience Visitor Ready Food Adventures • 45 cookery schools Nourish by Nature Gortacrossane, Listowel 20 Whether you are a complete Contact: Sid & Angela Sheehan beginner, or want to improve T: 087 3848818 your culinary skills, these E: [email protected] cookery schools will enhance W: www.nourishbynature.ie your foodie credentials. A must do activity!

Nourish by Nature is run by husband and wife team Sid and Angela Sheehan. Sid is a Chef and Nutritional Therapist. The Cookery School is situated on the outskirts of Listowel town and offers a unique range of dietary specific cookery classes. With Sid’s combined knowledge of food and its relationship with one’s health, visitors to the school receive so much more than just a cookery class. All of the classes focus on inspiring people to make positive changes to their health through correct food choices in an enjoyable and relaxed atmosphere.

46 • Kerry Food and Drink Experience Cookery Schools • 47 Dingle Cookery School An Choill, Dingle 3 Contact: Muireann Nic Giolla Ruaidh/Mark Murphy T: 086 8723521 E: [email protected] W: www.dinglecookeryschool.com Dingle Cookery School is located in the beautiful seaside town of Dingle, a town well known for its food and hospitality and the school adds to this on many levels. Mark Murphy and Muireann Nic Giolla Ruaidh run this amazing business and both have a love for Irish food and are passionate about hospitality.

The ability to create an experience to exceed customer expectation is evident through the quality tailored classes. Using local quality ingredients in a comfortable purpose built space makes Dingle Cookery School a fantastic place to learn how to cook or to perfect a craft.

The school offers a vast variety of activities from Sunday Brunch to Fermentation, from Sensational Seafood to Sourdough Bread Making and many other unique culinary experiences. One of the most unique, and most popular, is our ‘Catch and Cook’ experience where participants get to go out on a fishing boat, bring back their bounty then learn how to prepare and cook it, and of course to enjoy it all at the end of the class.

48 • Kerry Food and Drink Experience Cookery Schools • 49 Just Cooking Kerry 18 Bohereens, Firies Contact: Mark & Bernie Doe T: 066 979 3660 E: [email protected] W: www.justcooking.ie

Just Cooking was founded in 2007 by Mark and Bernie Doe who are professionals in the food and hospitality industry, each with over 20 years’ experience. Their passion for fine food and the joy of sharing that knowledge is the driving force behind Just Cooking. What began as a few Cookery Classes quickly turned into a Cookery School with a full schedule of courses. Their vast industry experience resulted in regular requests for assistance by Restaurants and Hotels, which led to setting up of the food consultancy service dealing with all aspects of the trade. Mark and Bernie have an aptitude for imparting their knowledge not only through the Cookery Classes but through consultations with food establishments and offering advice on the many different aspects of a good food business.

50 • Kerry Food and Drink Experience Cookery Schools • 51 KERRY FARMERS’ MARKETS Dingle Farmers’ Market 3 Address: Holy Ground, Dingle Date/Time: Fridays 9.00 – 2.00 Facebook: Dingle Farmers’ Market

Glenbeigh Farmers’ Market 8 Address: Towers/Centra Carpark Glenbeigh Date/Time: Sunday’s 10.00 – 2.00 (June – Aug) Facebook page: Glenbeigh Summer Market

Listowel Farmers’ Market 20 Address: The Square, Listowel Date/Time: Fridays 9.00 – 2.00

Milltown Farmers’ Market Ardfert Farmers’ Market 6 23 Address: Old Church, Miltown Address: Community Centre, Ardfert Date/Time: Saturday 10.00 – 2.00 Date/Time: Sundays 10.00 – 1.00 (June – Dec) Facebook page: Milltown Farmers Market

Caherdaniel Farmers’ Market Kenmare Farmers’ Market 14 15 Address: Community Centre, Caherdaniel Address: The Square, Kenmare Date/Time: Friday’s 10.00 – 1.00 (June – Aug) Date/Time: Wednesday 10.00 – 5.00 Facebook: Caherdaniel Country Market Tralee Farmer’s Market 1 Castlegregory Farmers’ Market Address: Princes’ Quay, Tralee 2 Address: Strand St, Castlegregory Date/Time: Saturday 10.00 – 2.30 Date/Time: Sundays 10.00 – 1.30 Facebook: Tralee Farmers’ Markets Facebook: Castlegregory Market

52 • Kerry Food and Drink Experience Farmers Markets • 53 KERRY FOOD & DRINK FESTIVALS JULY Valentia King Scallop Festival Enjoy dining on some of the finest scallops Festivals give you the chance to enjoy the food and drink in the world while enjoying the beauty of of Kerry in a relaxed, convivial family-friendly atmosphere. Valentia Island, a secluded location on the Wild Atlantic Way. MAY Killarney beer festival Craft beer drinks know all about the Address: Valentia Island Killarney Beer Festival – it’s one of the 9 Website: www.valentiaisland.ie best-kept secrets in the food and drinks Facebook: Valentia Island King calendar. Follow them on their Facebook Scallop Festival page for regular updates and news news. JULY Féile an Phráta 17 Address: INEC Killarney Celebrate the life of the humble spud. Website: www.inec.ie Facebook: Killarney Beer Fest Address: Ballyferriter 4 Facebook: Féile an Phráta JULY Ballylongford Oyster Festival Now in its 25th year, The Ballylongford september Flavour of Killorglin Oyster Festival celebrates Kerry’s oyster The Flavour of Killorglin celebrates local bounty – while the oysters are available in food producers, restaurants and the sense of restaurants throughout the county year-round community that makes Kerry the best county when they are in season – this is the time to in Ireland to live in. For those of you who really savour them. have never visited, you’ll find Killorglin on the Ring of Kerry on the Wild Atlantic Way. Address: Ballylongford 22 Facebook: Ballylongford Oyster Festival Address: Killorglin 7 Website: www.flavourofkillorglin.com Facebook: Flavour of Killorglin

54 • Kerry Food and Drink Experience Food Festivals • 55 september Tralee Food Festival This programme for the Tralee Food Festival includes an Artisan Food Market, Cooking Demonstrations with local chefs, a Taste Trail, a Craft Beer Trail among Tralee’s fine selection of pubs and a Farmer’s Market. A special set dinner menu option is available especially for the Tralee Food Festival weekend offered at a competitive price from a selection of restaurants showcasing the best of local ingredients.

Address: Tralee 1 Website: www.tralee.ie Facebook: Tralee Food Festival september Dingle Food Festival There’s a reason that Dingle won Foodie NOVEMBER Listowel Food Fair Town of the Year 2014 – and we’re sure Over 21 years old now, the Listowel Food that hosting the Dingle Food and Wine Fair is iconic in the calendar of Irish food Festival played its part in that. Come for the events: you’ll find cooking and tastings, chef cookery demonstrations, food markets, family events, competitions and a welcome wine-tasting, foraging, food workshops, the that will make you feel like you never want Taste Trail, the craft beer… and stay for the to leave Kerry. (Keep in touch via their craic! Facebook page.

Address: Dingle Address: Listowel 3 20 Website: www.dinglefood.com Website: www.listowelfoodfair.ie Facebook: Dingle Food Festival Facebook: Listowel Food Fair

56 • Kerry Food and Drink Experience Food Festivals • 57 Here are some more DINING EXPERIENCES Q Heather Restaurant 3 Dingle Food Hall Gap of Dunloe, Killarney breakfast, dining, shopping 3 Ashes Bar/Restaurant Crinkle Stores Main Street, Dingle T: 064 664 4144 T: 0857669251 and visitor experiences T: 066 915 0989 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] worth considering. E: [email protected] W: www.moriartys.ie T Listowel, Delicatessen, John R’s W: www.ashesbar.ie T: 068 21249 /087 9259674 BREAKFAST EXPERIENCES 5 Phoenix Keel E: [email protected] Q Dromhall Hotel J Camos Shannahill West, Castlemaine W: www.johnrs.com Muckross Rd, Killarney Main Street, Cahirciveen T: 066 976 6284 T: 064 663 9301 T: 066 948 1122 E: [email protected] Visitor Ready Food E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: thephoenixrestaurant.ie Adventures W: www.dromhall.com W: camos.ie 3 Murphy’s Ice Cream, Dingle O Poffs Café Strand Street, Dingle, Co. Kerry Q The Malton 9 The Coffee Dock New Road, Kenmare T: 066 9152644 East Avenue Road, Killarney Knightstown, Valentia Island T: 064 664 0645 E: [email protected] T: 064 663 1262 T: 087 298 0199 E: [email protected] W: www.murphysicecream.ie E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.themalton.com 1 Spa Seafood 3 Crean’s Brewery, Dingle S The Country Market Spa Rd, Knockanush West, Tralee Spa Road, Dingle 3 Milltown House B & B Main Street, Castleisland Tel: 066 713 6901 Tel: 066 9150743 The Wood, Dingle T: 066 714 1517 E: [email protected] Email: hello@ T: 066 915 1372 E: [email protected] W: www.spaseafoods.com dinglebrewingcompany.com E: [email protected] www.dinglebrewingcompany.com W: www.milltownhouse.com Q The Hotel & Resort Food Stores Muckross Road, Killarney 1 Spa Seafoods 9 Valentia Island Farmhouse O Ardtully House B & B T: 064 667 1300 The Spa, Tralee Dairy, Valentia Island Ardtully, Kenmare E: [email protected] T: 066 7136901 T: 086 8068062 T: 064 668 5518 W: www.theeurope.com E: [email protected] W: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.spaseafoods.com Q Gaby’s J Sheep Shearing Farm Visit 1 Cliff House Hotel Killarney 1 Tralee Food Hall Direen, Caherciveen Cliff Rd, Dromin, Ballybunion T: 064 663 2519 Kingdom Food Hall (Booking Required) Tel: 024 87800 E: [email protected] T: 066 711 8562 T: 087 6983732 E: [email protected] W: www.gabys.ie E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.thecliffhousehotel.com W: www.kingdomstore.ie

58 • Kerry Food and Drink Experience Directory • 59 credits etc Comhairle Contae Chiarraí