Looking back to A Taste of Ondine at The West Cork Hotel

This week will look back, relive and enjoy the wonderful highlights from A Taste of West Cork events that took place here at our hotel in West Cork. Starting with the sell out event – A Taste of Ondine, which took place last Tuesday evening and saw last year’s Celtic Cook Off winner and this year’s Celtic Cook Off judge Roy Brett, with the help of three of his brigade from Ondin, whom were brought over with him especially for the occasion, cook a meal that represented his multi award winning restaurant Ondine. Using the very best of West Cork and helped by our Head Chef Aidan O’Driscoll as well as this year’s Celtic Chef Competitor Tony Singh, who volunteered his help to an old friend, A Taste of Ondine Menu was served within our Kennedy Restaurant in Skibbereen to 80 diners as part of A Taste of West Cork Food Festival. Since winning the inaugural Celtic Cook Off in 2011, Roy has been a great champion of the regions World Class produce and A Taste of Ondine gave diners a tantalising 7 course seafood tasting menu, which teamed the very best of West Cork produce with some of the finest foods from his home in Scotland, including some Scottish hand dived scallops, which were shipped in at the last minute. The menu, which is shown below, showcased the best of the West Cork and dishes included the use of Stonewell Cider, Cheese from Manning’s Emporium Ballylickey, Rosscarbery’s Recipes Puddings, Woodcock Smokery’s fish and Union Hall’s catch of the day. A Taste of Ondine Menu Goujeres & Sparkling Wine Woodcock Smokery Cullen Skink Smoked Pollock, Leek & Potato’s Sally Barnes Smoked Salmon Soda Bread, Shallots & Capers Hand Dived Scallops in the Half Shell With Avril’sWhite Pudding Union Halls Grilled Fish of the Day Black Cabbage, Girolles & Whipped Potato Stonewell Cider Jelly Buttermilk Ice Cream Mannings Emporium Cheeseboard With Fig Jam & Oatcakes Neil Grant, our General Manager summed up the spirit of the evening, remarking on the service and comradery between Ondine and West Cork Hotel kitchen teams considering they had not previously worked together; “There was an unbelievable togetherness and a real passion towards giving the guests an unbelievable experience. The sense of achievement was incredible and it was great to see Roy, Aidan and the Chef’s be piped in to the room to acclaim from an appreciative audience”. Our thanks to all who were involved and attended, we look forward to similar events taking place in the future.

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