Tag: West Cork Food

Much Food For Thought From Ireland and West Cork

February 7th, 2013 by West Cork Hotel Ireland

Here at the West Cork Hotel, we are dedicated and passionate about good honest food. Promoting local artisans, producers and farmers on our own menus and dishes that are served in our Bar and Restaurant in Skibbereen, as well as in many events that we are involved in, be this the West Cork Food Festival, our very own Celtic Cook Off or our associations to West Cork Food of the Firehouse Bread School.

West Cork is somewhat of a foodie’s heaven and we really are spoilt for choice in both quality and the produce selection available. Fanatical about food here, when we are not sampling the delightful foods of the area we are talking or writing about it, so it’s no surprise that we enjoy reading about food too!

Some of our favourite food blogs in Ireland and West Cork are:

The Irish Food Bloggers Association: A place to find plenty of tips and techniques, as well as lots of information about food in Ireland, the IFBA aims to act as a hub for all the food bloggers in Ireland, pulling in to one place all in the information about events, meet-ups and other foodie happenings taking place throughout the country as accessible as possible to all Food lovers!

Food Culture West Cork: Promoting the Fuchsia Brand and the regional producers and farmers of West Cork, the ethos of the blog is simple report on the local rural area of West Cork and the invaluable role that our farmers, producers, shoppers, chefs and grocers can play in maintaining communities and the natural environment.

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West Cork Hotels New Head Chef and New Menus

August 8th, 2012 by West Cork Hotel Ireland

Here are the West Cork Hotel we are delighted to welcome new head chef; Aidan O’Driscoll, who brings with him a vast range of experience from his time working in some of Ireland’s leading restaurants and hotels.

Aidan has family links to West Cork and said of his appointment “I’m thrilled to be here as West Cork is food lover’s paradise. I want to build on the fantastic reputation that The West Cork Hotel has for serving locally sourced, high quality food.”

He got to work fast and Aidan’s first job was to design a new menu for our Kennedy’s Restaurant in Skibbereen and if you have not yet had the chance to see what is on offer, here it is: Restaurant Evening Menu. The bar menu has also had a revamp and has been developed to bring some back old favourites, again if you have not been in either our snug bar or Ilen bar in Skibbereen recently, here it is: Bar Menu.

We welcome Aidan and are all truly excited about our new menus and look forward to sampling all of his wonderful creations!

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This June visit West Cork for the Food

April 12th, 2012 by West Cork Hotel Ireland

A must for food enthusiasts everywhere, is the forth coming West Cork Food June Break, brought to you by West Cork Food. This special weekend brings you the best in artisan food production and a chance to the meet the producers, as well as dining and staying here at our hotel in West Cork.

Programme of events commences Friday 15th June, Arriving here at the West Cork Hotel on Friday 15th June, the programme of events commences at 6:30pm, with Meet the Producers; An informal chance to meet, talk and eat with some of our leading artisan producers in West Cork, including Sally Barnes from Woodcock Smokery. Who you shall meet again the following day, as on Saturday 16th June at 10:30am, you will go to Woodcock Smokery to ‘Smoke your Own’ – an opportunity to learn filleting skills and prepare you own fish to be smoked. Lunch will also be served at Woodcock Smokery. After lunch about 2:30pm, you will visit Manning’s Food Festival in Ballylickey, held at the famous Manning’s Emporimum and with over 40 fresh food, drink and craft producers presenting their exquisite selection of produce! Tea will be served at Manning’s Emporium and later that night on your return here to the West Cork Hotel; dinner will be served in our Kennedy restaurant in Skibbereen. Focusing on locally sourced produce, our house specialities include Bantry Bay Mussels and Castletownbere Crab and Salmon Cakes. Your final day, Sunday 18th June will begin with seaweed hunting and foraging with Sally McKenna, well known cookery editor and publisher of the Bridgestone Guides, followed by lunch at Glebe Gardens before departing from West Cork at 3pm.

The cost for this amazing food experience weekend is just 380 euro per person and price includes – accommodation, breakfast, evening meals (on 2 days), collection and return to Cork Airport/Station and transport to and from venues. For more information about this fantastic weekend and how to book, visit our: West Cork Food June Break

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