JR_Press_Ad_A4_FebruaryFA.pdf 6 20/02/2018 15:51 .ie Meet the FFT Coffee People April 2018 Call our expert team on 01 880 9300 or visit javarepublic.com to discover our story. The Official Publication Of The Restaurants Association Of Ireland Java Republic FFT Ad 136x26mm FA.indd 1 23/03/2018 09:21 Food For Thought C M | | Y FOOD DRINKS HOSPITALITY CM MY CY CMY K Coffee for the People by the Coffee People The coees and teas we help you This hospitality needs a superb serve are more than just hot drinks and consistent product, served – they reflect the spirit of welcome with expertise and care. that unites us all. That’s where we come in. We want They fuel business meetings, to help you oer your customers wake your customers on the the best possible coee and way to work, and help healthy tea experience. It’s our business conversations flourish. to make your business better. Fancy a coffee with the Coffee People? Call our expert team on 01 880 9300 or email [email protected] to arrange a time that suits you. Food on the Edge Initial list of speakers confirmed for October ....................................p3 In Memoriam: Pearse Lyons r Thomas Pearse Lyons of six children, his mother ran Midleton Distillery, a facility was a man who looked a grocers, and it is she who that was to become central to Dbeyond the surface. he credits with his drive and the battle to save Irish whiskey Many business empires are entrepreneurial spirit. Aged from annihilation during the built on marketing and spin, just 14 he started working in lean years of the 1980s. but Dr Lyons, a consummate the laboratory of the local Harp But while his education and scientist, spent his career Brewery - his parents were experience in Ireland and the looking deeper into animal both teetotallers, but on his UK laid the groundwork for Irish Pubs Global nutrition, brewing and distilling. mother’s side he came from his success, it was in America Anticipation builds as Galway event His death on March 8th 2018 five generations of coopers to that he achieved his most launched ...................................p6 left behind a vast empire, with the great distilleries of Dublin. remarkable feats. Emigrating a business that employed more On the insistence of to Kentucky in the 1976, he than four thousand people in his mother, he studied worked with local ethanol ninety countries and spanned biochemistry in University distillers to help improve their agrifoods, brewing, and College Dublin. Later, in processes. After four years, distilling - a fitting legacy for a 1971, he received his Phd he finally made the move that man who had an endless thirst in Biochemistry from the would define his life’s work, for knowledge, and a mind like University of Birmingham, and, using a loan of $10,000, a razor. after which he worked for Irish he started a company in the Thomas Pearse Lyons (1944- Distillers, playing a pivotal garage of his house. At this 2018) grew up in Dundalk. One role in the design of the new stage he was married to cont. p17 Restaurants Association of Ireland Latest updates from the industry’s association ..............................p17 Le Souffle du Nord Kilcullen Team Ireland Food for Thought has an update on Enda O’Coineen’s progress in the Souffle du Nord Kilcullen Team Ireland boat as he attempts to make his way home across the atlantic. ast autumn this publisher by further positive news. The nevertheless ring a bell. As the was lucky enough to Restaurants Association of first Irishman to participate in Lreceive a significant Ireland appointed us their the celebrated Vendee Globe investment from Dun Aengus Official Publication; a very busy solo round-the-world yacht Invest Ltd, a vehicle of Irish & productive period ensued. race, he made headlines in entrepreneur Enda O’Coineen. For those of our readers January of 2017 when he lost This very welcome vote of not certain if they’ve heard of his mast in a storm 200 miles Java Republic € confidence was swiftly followed O’Coineen, the following may off the coast of New Zealand. Company undergoes 500k brand refresh ....................................p20 cont. p9 Super Duper Ice Cream Glastry Farm is delighted to announce that its ice creams are officially going global. The coming weeks will see them crossing international boundaries to be enjoyed by customers as far away as The United Arab Emirates. But you won't have to go that far to get some for your customers, just call or email us today. ISSN 25655876_01_01.pdf 1 27/03/2018 17:32 www.glastryfarm.com | [email protected] | 028 4273 8671 01 9 772565 587012 Are you a member of the Restaurants Association of Ireland? If not, call: Jacqui Simpson – Membership Sales Manager – [email protected] (for restaurants/establishments interested in joining) €4.90 / £3.95 Laura Kelly – Business Development & Sponsorship Manager – [email protected] (for businesses interested in partnering and becoming an approved supplier) Food For Thought Apr18.indd 1 28/03/2018 09:27 2 Guest Editor @FFTresource | April 2018 Grace O’Shaughnessy, Managing Director of Java Republic passionate about our envi- ronment and sustainability. We created the world’s first purpose-built carbon neutral roastery. We also spend real money to buy carbon credits from developing countries. We have a simple name for this philosophy: Coffee with a Con- science. Now it’s time to grab a cup of your favourite coffee, take time out and enjoy the informative t’s an honour to be the guest over 1200 venues across Ire- more than 100 competitors We are a premium food articles we have compiled for editor of Food For Thought land serving over 100,000 cups on the island, and so we have service supplier, offering our you in this month’s edition of I for April 2018 and to have of Java Republic product daily. rebranded to stand out in a customers insights and tailored Food For Thought. the opportunity to tell you some Today we are a fiercely inde- crowded marketplace and solutions to ensure they are al- more about Java Republic, Ire- pendent, Irish-owned company bring our coffee story to life. ways ahead of the curve when land’s leading coffee supplier, offering Ireland’s most excep- Our brand refresh aims to it comes to new opportunities. offering tailored solutions to the tional coffee and an incredible appeal to a new generation of Our two cafes in Ballycoolin food service market. selection of 46 organic teas. coffee and tea consumers with and Molesworth street act as This year marks our twen- Over the last five years, we clients across all sectors of the test labs to enable us to really tieth birthday. In the last 20 have seen exponential growth hospitality sector, including understand some of the chal- years, Java Republic has gone in the number of competitors travel, hotel, restaurant & of- lenges our clients go through. from strength to strength, with in the Irish market. It now has fices. Most importantly, we are Contacts: In this Issue... For any editorial, pr or content related queries please Food on the Edge contact: [email protected] Tel: +353 1 254 9860 Initial list of speakers confirmed for October ...................p3 For subscriptions, accounts or general enquiries please contact: [email protected] Tel: +353 1 254 9860 Irish Pubs Global Anticipation builds as Galway event launched ................p6 Queries with relation to advertising should please be addressed to: [email protected] Tel: +353 1 254 9860 Restaurants Association of Ireland The latest from the industry’s association .......................p16 All material copyright 2018. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior consent of Wine Trends in 2018 the Publisher. Opinions and comments herein are not necessarily those of the Publisher. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that all information contained in this A look at what to expect over the coming year .............p19 publication is factual and correct at time of going to press, the Publisher cannot be held responsible for any inadvertent errors or omissions contained herein. Java Republic Company undergoes €500k brand refresh ...................p20 FFT.ie, Top Floor, 30 Francis St, Dublin 8 Weird News This Month’s Poll: Some of the stranger news stories from this month ......p22 Is Dublin slipping into a tourism bubble that’s about to burst? 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Clear Designs Telephone: 01 445 9363 [email protected] www.cleardesigns.ie Clear Designs Food For Thought Apr18.indd 2 28/03/2018 09:27 April 2018 | @FFTresource Food News 3 Kinsale is Choosing the 2018 Chowder Champion he annual All-Ireland 25 restaurants across Ireland, ner. rants Association of Ireland, has become a hugely pop- Chowder Cook-Off, competing to win prizes val- Over a thousand people said: “Kinsale looks forward ular one on the town’s busy Tsponsored by Clona, ued at thousands of euro. attended last year’s cook-off, to welcoming the chowder annual calendar.” is set to take place at Acton’s Members of the public will and the event is attracting chefs and members of the The All-Ireland Chowder Hotel in Kinsale on Sunday be the judges at the All-Ire- visitors from America and public to this year’s All-Ire- Champion 2018 will be pre- 22nd April from 2pm - 4pm.