Savour Kilkenny Festival of Food Brochure 2012 by Savour Kilkenny

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Our Partners Sponsors

Thank you to all Savour Kilkenny sponsors.

WHEN

We could not do this without your generous support.

Wednesday October 24th to Monday October 29th. From 11am daily.

Main sponsors

WHERE

Events, demos & activities will take place in the following key locations: The Parade, Castle Yard, Canal Square & Participating Venues. (See brochure or website for full details.)

Event sponsors

HOW

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Festival Office, 11 Patrick Street, Kilkenny. Info@savourkilkenny.com (086) 021 7465 www.savourkilkenny.com 2012 Committee: Ger Mullally, Ian Brennan, Marcus Connolly, Ann Marie Hogan, Marie Langton, Joy Moore. Festival Director: Marian Flannery.

Book your Tickets Online at www.savourkilkenny.com or in person at the Festival Box Office 11 Patrick Street from October 1st weekdays 9.am to 5.30pm daily.

all about kilkenny food, hospitality and artisan producers Savour Kilkenny is now in it’s 6th year. Taking place over the October Bank Holiday weekend, a wonderfully atmospheric time of year for food-lovers’ when we dip back into the recipe books for comfort food to share in darkening Autumnal evenings with family and friends. It’s a festival with a true community heart run by a voluntary committee of Kilkenny people who are passionate about food. Growing it, making it, cooking it, sharing it and eating it – all will be celebrated this year in a rainbow programme. Yours Ger Mullally Chairperson

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Wednesday 24th

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Saturday 27th

Kids Agri-Tour

10.30am-2.30pm

The Mart, Cillin Hill

Free but ticketed. Book online.

Liam O’Hanlon (Cafe Sol)

4pm

Chef’s Table, Parade Plaza

Free

Game & Burgundy Evening

From 7pm

Campagne

€70 - To book call 056 777 2858

Richenda Talbot (Eden Hall)

5pm

Chef’s Table, Parade Plaza

Free

Craft Beer & Tapas Tasting

2pm-4.30pm

The Grapevine

€25. To book call 056 7712956

Young Food Producers’ Market

2pm-5pm

MacDonagh Junction

Free

Food Art Competition

All weekend

Parade Plaza

Free

Garden Tour & Talk

3pm

Rothe House

€5. To book call 056 7722893

Street Food Saturday

From 4pm

Billy Byrne’s

From €6.50.

Café Challenge

4.15pm

Demonstration Marquee, Parade Plaza

Free

Focus on France (Wine Tasting)

6pm

Pembroke Hotel

€10. To book call 056 7783500

Titanic Tribute

7.30pm

River Court Hotel

€48. To book call 056 7723388

Thursday 25th Taste of Thursday

From 6.30pm

Mount Juliet Hotel

€65-€90. To book call 056 7773000

Irish Food and Film – by Design (All w/end)

From 6pm

Kilkenny Design Centre Restaurant

€35. To book call 056 7722118

Health & Wellbeing Evening

7.30pm

Kilkenny Ormonde Hotel

Free but ticketed. Book online.

Taste Bud Emancipation

7.30pm

Mug Shot Cafe

€23. To book call 056 7777798

Jazzy Tapas

From 8pm

Billy Byrne’s

Menu from €3. No booking required.

Friday 26th Food Camp

9am-2pm

Kilkenny Ormonde Hotel

Free but registation required.

Sunday 28th

Kids Agri-Tour

10.30am-2.30pm

The Mart, Cillin Hill

Free but ticketed. Book online.

Utensils Exhibition

10am-6pm

Castle Yard

Free

€11. No booking required.

Savour Food Market

12pm-5.30pm

Savour Food Market

Free

11.30am-5.30pm

Parade Plaza

Free

Head Chef Meats Craft Butcher (All w/end)

12pm-6pm

Kyteler’s Inn

Food Sustainability

2pm

Kilkenny Ormonde Hotel

Free but ticketed. Book online.

Edible Books

Delicious Healthy Eating

2pm

Eden Hall, Ballyragget

€20. To book call 087 2858753

Forgotten Food Skills

11.30am-5.30pm

Parade Plaza

Free

Fajita Friday

From 6pm

Billy Byrne’s

Menu from €5. No booking required.

GIY – Grow it Yourself

11.30am-4pm

Parade Plaza

Free

Local Artisan Food & Craft Beer Fest (All w/end)

6pm-10pm

City Bar & Grill @ Kilkenny Hibernian Hotel

€20-€25. To book call 056 7771888

Savour Science

11.30am-4pm

Parade Plaza

Free

Free but ticketed. Book online.

Tasty Tweet Up

12pm-3pm

Parade Plaza

Free

€15. To book call 087 7672656

Mad Hatter’s Tea Party

12pm-5pm

Castle Yard

€10 per child. Book online.

12pm-6pm

Kyteler’s Inn

€11

Design Goat ScareFest – Tours

6.30pm 7pm-Midnight

National Craft Gallery Shankill Castle

Long Table Dinner

7.30pm

Pembroke Hotel

€40. To book call 056 7783500

Head Chef Meats Craft Butcher

Dine in Dunnamaggin (All w/end)

7.30pm

Creative Catering

€55. To book call 087 7565376

Arun Kapil

12.30pm

Demonstration Marquee

Wristband required.

Taste of India (All w/end)

From 5.30pm

Royal Spice

€35. To book call 056 7712646

Rozanne Stevens

1.30pm

Demonstration Marquee

Wristband required.

Kilkenny Tasting Menu

7.30pm

Zuni

€65. To book call 056 7723999

Anne Neary & Edward Hayden

2.30pm

Demonstration Marquee

Wristband required.

Kevin Dundon

3.30pm

Demonstration Marquee

Wristband required.

Domestic Goddesses’ Cook-off

4.30pm

Demonstration Marquee

Free

Saturday 27th Utensils Exhibition

10am-6pm

Castle Yard

Free

Mary McEvoy

5.30pm

Demonstration Marquee

Wristband required.

ScareFest

10am-11.30am

Shankill Castle

€10. To book call 087 7672656

Edward Hayden

1pm

Chef’s Table, Parade Plaza

Free

Foraging Walk

11am

Meeting at Chef’s Table, Parade Plaza

Free

Mark Gaffney (Kilkenny Ormonde Hotel)

2pm

Chef’s Table, Parade Plaza

Free

Savour Food Market

10.30am-5.30pm

Parade Plaza

Free

Maria Rafferty (Zuni)

3pm

Chef’s Table, Parade Plaza

Free

Forgotten Food Skills

10.30am-5.30pm

Pavillion, Parade Plaza

Free

Garrett Byrne (Campagne)

4pm

Chef’s Table, Parade Plaza

Free

Get Crafty

Drop-in

National Craft Gallery

Free but ticketed. Book online.

Ken Walsh (Hotel Kilkenny)

4.45pm

Chef’s Table, Parade Plaza

Free

Savour Taste Buds

10am-5pm

Moroccan Tent, Castle Yard

Free but ticketed. Book online.

Food Producers Roll Call & Award

1.30pm

Left Bank

Free

Rozanne Stevens

12.30pm

Demonstration Marquee, Parade Plaza

Wristband required.

Kiddies’ Cook off

2pm-5pm

Springill Court Hotel

€5. To book call 056 7721122

Catherine Fulvio

1.30pm

Demonstration Marquee, Parade Plaza

Wristband required.

Kilkenny Gospel Choir

3.15pm

Parade Plaza

Free

Rory O’Connell

2.30pm

Demonstration Marquee, Parade Plaza

Wristband required.

Sensory Dining

7.30pm

Club House Hotel

€50/€38. To book call 056 7721994

Anne Neary & Edward Hayden

3.30pm

Demonstration Marquee, Parade Plaza

Wristband required.

Delicious Duo – Wine & Cheese

6pm

Langtons

€10. To book call 056 7722907

Mona & Ron Wise

5.30pm

Demonstration Marquee, Parade Plaza

Wristband required.

Wild & Foraged Feast

From 7.30pm

Billy Byrne’s

€40. To book call 056 7721783

Antonia Botini (Mug Shot Cafe)

12.30pm

Chef’s Table, Parade Plaza

Free

Phillippe Gauthier (Pembroke Hote)

2pm

Chef’s Table, Parade Plaza

Free

Matus Pollak (Hibernian Hotel)

3pm

Chef’s Table, Parade Plaza

Free

3pm

Concert Hall, Thomastown

€4 p/p. Family Ticket for 4 €15

Monday 29th The Gingerbread Man

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SAVOUR COOKERY DEMONSTRATIONS

CELEBRITY DEMONSTRATIONS Come along to our Celebrity Chefs demonstrations taking place in the marquee in the heart of the Food Market, where we have gathered some of the most talented and versatile chefs working in Ireland today! We are delighted to welcome the cream of the crop along to Kilkenny where they will be cooking up a storm for your education and entertainment. Celebrity Demonstrations take place over Saturday 27th & Sunday 28th from 12.30pm to 6pm. You may purchase a one-day or two-day wristband. €15 for one day, €20 for two days. Purchase online at www.savourkilkenny.com (booking fee applies) or call to Savour Kilkenny Office, 11 Patrick St, Kilkenny. (Pembroke Hotel). Demonstrations will be available on a maximum capacity basis, so come early to get your seat to avoid disappointment!

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KEVIN DUNDON Dunbrody House

Kevin Dundon is an award-winning Irish celebrity chef, television personality and author, known for featuring on television series such as Guerrilla Gourmet and Heat. He is also the Chef/Proprietor of Dunbrody Country House Hotel & Restaurant. Dunbrody was established in 1997 by Kevin and his wife Catherine and has very quickly become a must-see for all foodies. It is now considered to be one of Ireland’s Premier Hotels & Restaurant. Kevin runs a cookery school at the hotel as well which already recognised as one of the most respected in the country. Back to Savour Kilkenny by popular demand, Kevin will use the best of local ingredients and food products from our local food heroes to create delicious dishes. Kindly Sponsored by:

Saturday 27th October 12.30pm Rozanne Stevens – The Pat Kenny Show – Baked Filled Pumpkin 1.30pm Catherine Fulvio – Ballyknocken House – Eat Like An Italian 2.30pm Rory O’Connell – Ballymaloe House – Warm Winter Flavours in the Cool Marble City 3.30pm Anne Neary & Edward Hayden – Country Style Cooking 5.30pm Mona & Ron Wise – Thanksgiving Feast Sunday 28th October 12.30pm Arun Kapil – Green Saffron – Spice Things Up 1.30pm Rozanne Stevens – The Pat Kenny Show – Monica’s Caramel Sponge 2.30pm Anne Neary & Edward Hayden – Let’s Bake! 3.30pm Kevin Dundon Dunbrody House – Wholesome & Local 4.30pm Domestic Goddess’ Cook-off – with TV Chef Catherine Leyden 5.30pm Mary McEvoy – Desserts, Simple to Sesational!

CELEBRITY DEMONSTRATIONS TAKE PLACE IN MARQUEE ON THE PARADE PLAZA

CATHERINE FULVIO Ballyknocken House & Cookery School

Savour is delighted to welcome back Catherine Fulvio to Kilkenny after her hugely enjoyable demonstration last year. One of Ireland’s top culinary stars, Catherine is an award-winning food writer, TV Chef and proprietor of Ballyknocken House & Cookery School, in Co. Wicklow. Catherine has a passion for good quality ingredients and a flair for writing uncomplicated yet delicious recipes. She will host her demonstration on Saturday lunchtime and give us a little taster of how to Eat Like an Italian! Kindly Sponsored by:

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Rory O’Connell Ballymaloe house

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Edward Hayden TV Chef & Anne Neary, Ryeland House Edward Hayden: Well known freelance chef from TV3’s Ireland AM and author of the best selling, ‘Food To Love’ (2011 Kerry Food Book of the Year award) and ‘Edward Entertains’, Edward has a wealth of culinary experience. As well as lecturing in culinary arts, hospitality studies and adult education at WIT, our Kilkenny native works extensively on the cookery demonstration circuit.

Having spent more than twenty years cooking in the world’s finest kitchens, Rory O’Connell is uniquely equipped to share his expertise and knowledge with others. Rory trained at Ballymaloe House with Myrtle Allen, the grand-dame of Irish country house cooking, and helped found the Ballymaloe Cookery School with his sister, Darina Allen. Having worked in some of Europe’s top restaurants and in hospitality and tourism all over the world, today he can be found teaching at the Ballymaloe Cookery School while consulting for other restaurants throughout the country. Rory will be demonstrating how to make the most of our local produce to whip up some warming delights this Winter in his demo “Warm Winter Flavours in the Cool Marble City”

Anne Neary: In addition to running the Ryeland House Cookery School, Anne is a published author. Her first cookery book, ‘A Country Kitchen’ was published in October 2009 and ‘Food For Sharing’ was in October 2011. She also presents a regular cookery slot live on air on KCLR 96FM as well as lecturing in culinary courses with the Waterford VEC. Anne is well known on the demonstration circuit as well having spent the last number of years working with AGA, Stanley & Rayburn cookers.

Rozanne Stevens THE PAT KENNY SHOW

South African born cookery tutor and broadcaster Rozanne Stevens is best known for her foodie slot on RTE Radio 1, Today With Pat Kenny. She also writes a weekly nutrition based food column for the Irish Independent. Rozanne qualified as the youngest ever food and wine lecturer with the prestigious Cape Wine Academy in South Africa in 1996. Savour 2012 are delighted to welcome Rozanne to Kilkenny where she will share with us some exciting recipes from her wonderful new cookbook, Delish, including Baked Filled Pumpkin and Monica’s Apple Caramel Sponge.

Country Style Cooking With Anne & Edward

Anne & Edward have set about turning breakfast into lunch and dinner. They have joined forces, for Savour Kilkenny, with Country Style Foods and in this special demonstration they will use the traditional breakfast items in a variety on interesting and innovative ways in some of their warming main course options, suitable for all your family & friends.

Let’s Bake With Anne & Edward

Do you spend your week flicking through books and magazines for inspiration for the perfect Sunday dessert?… If so well join festival favourites Anne & Edward as they get their ‘just desserts’ and introduce you to some of their favourite ‘treats and sweets’, in what could only be described as a series of sugar coated gastronomic explosions! Kindly Sponsored by:

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Arun Kapil

Green Saffron

Following on from his debut at Savour last year, we are delighted to welcome back Spice Specialist Arun Kapil to Kilkenny where he will show us how to whip up a simple but delicious Indian meal in minutes, and how to incorporate fresh spices into everyday cooking. Having honed his skills at Ballymaloe House and kitchens in London, Arun’s passion for flavour and desire to use the freshest, most authentic ingredients culmintated in the foundation of his award winning spice company Green Saffron in 2007. Arun will be demonstrating Pan fried Hake, Spiced Chickpeas, Masala Butter and Tamil Chicken, Lemon Chilli Rice, Smoked Banana Riata.

Mary Mcevoy

A slice of heaven Mary McEvoy is the proprietor of the award winning A Slice of Heaven which is situated on the High Street in Kilkenny, Mary is formerly pastry chef of L’Ecrivain and The Kilkenny Ormonde Hotel. Mary specialises in celebration cakes and delicious pastries which are available from her High Street shop. Tuesday to Saturday. Mary will demonstrate her wonderful talent with “Desserts – Simple to Sensational. How to transform the simply delicious into the simply amazing!”

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Domestic Goddesses’ Bootcamp CAN THE MUMMIES OF 2012 COOK LIKE THE MAMMIES OF 1971?? MC: John Murray, RTE Radio 1 Judges: Catherine Leyden, TV Chef & Breda McDonald, ICA They say too many cooks spoil the broth…what about too many Mammies? This year, Savour asks the question – Can the yummy mummies of 2012 cook alongside their own mammies to compete in a mystery bag cook off? Two teams of modern day yummy mummies and their own lovely mammies will compete to see who can work together the best to pull off the most nutritious, creative and appetising meal in 30 minutes from a mystery bag of ingredients! Mummies and Mammies will be given three lifelines to help them on their way. They can ask one question from either local chef heroes Anne Neary and Edward Hayden or our trusty audience. Come along and witness the battle of the festival! After tasting their produce, the audience will vote for the best pair of the contest! For the winners of this Bootcamp: A fabulous pair of Boots – Runners up get fabulous wellies! With compliments from Paul from The ShoeBox on Ormonde Street, Kilkenny. Day: Sunday October 28th Time: 4.30pm

MÓna & Ron Wise Back to basics

Husband and wife team Móna and Ron Wise will make their Savour debut at this year’s festival. As a Creative Writing student, Móna has combined her passions for food and writing and is now one of Ireland’s most popular food bloggers. Móna also writes a column in the Sunday Times, and has recently published a book with chef husband Ron, “The Chef and I”, which depicts their life together and the many wonderful meals they have shared with friends and family. Móna and Ron will demonstrate how to throw the perfect Thanksgiving Feast, and will also showcase a menu for the Halloween holidays.

Venue: Demonstration Marquee Kindly Sponsored by:

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Café Challenge

THE CHEFS’ TABLE - MEET KILKENNY’S CHEFS

Watch a café being built before your eyes. Have you ever wondered what it takes to make a great café? Now’s your chance to take part in the great Café Challenge at Savour Kilkenny. Blathnaid Bergin is the Restaurant Advisor (www. restaurantadvisor.ie) and she will challenge teams led by Kilkenny’s own restaurant industry superstars to build a café in 60 minutes. Watch and marvel while the teams piece together all the crucial parts of a great café. Will they make the deadline, will their café be in NAMA before the hour is up? Will it be more Fawlty Towers than the Ritz? Fast, furious and fiercely competitive, the chips are down for Kilkenny’s restaurateurs. And when the café is complete will they be up for the greatest challenge yet – the customer from hell? Cast your votes to sink or float the 60 Minute Café and enjoy the hilarity that is The Great Kilkenny Café Challenge’. Prizes for winning team kindly sponsored by MADE TO SAVOUR. Day: Saturday October 27th

Our local gurus of gastronomy take time out from their busy schedules to bring their kitchens to you. Watch and enjoy as they share with us some of their favourite recipes, signature dishes and distinctive styles. Pick up some handy tips, taste some delicious samples, and gain a backstage pass into the inner workings of Kilkenny’s top dining spots! All happening at The Chefs Table in the Food Market on the Parade Plaza.

Time: 4.15pm Venue: Demonstration Marquee All are welcome to attend

Saturday 27th October : 12.30pm – Antonia Bottini (Mug Shot Café) 2pm – Phillippe Gauthier (Pembroke Hotel) & Mary White 3pm – Mateus Pollak (Hibernian Hotel) 4pm – Liam O’Hanlon (Café Sol) 5pm – Richenda Talbot (Eden Hall Cookery School) Sunday 28th October: 1pm – Edward Hayden (Edward Entertains) 2pm – Mark Gaffney (Kilkenny Ormonde Hotel) 3pm – Maria Rafferty (Zuni) 4pm – Garrett Byrne (Campagne) 4.45pm – Ken Walsh (Hotel Kilkenny) Kindly Sponsored by:

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SAVOUR Food Market

Food Market

Savour Kilkenny are proud to bring our increasingly popular Food Market back to the Parade Plaza for the third year. Featuring stalls from the best of local and regional food suppliers, the market is a wonderfully vibrant pop-up venue where you can taste, sample and buy the most delicious, fresh and wholesome food produce available in Ireland today. Open on Saturday 27th from10.30am and Sunday 28th 12 noon, Savour Kilkenny’s Food Market is the perfect place to spend your October Bank Holiday weekend. Featuring all types of food, as well as Cookery Demonsatrations, the Kilkenny Chefs’ Table and much much more, soak up the incredible atmosphere and immerse yourself in all that Savour Kilkenny has to offer.

Foraging walk

find it, pick it, cook it

A walk with a difference! Join Mary White of Blackstairs Eco Trails, and Kilkenny City Mayor Seán O hArgáin on a fabulous foraging walk along the banks of the River Nore. On the walk, you will be on the look out for seasonal berries, sloes, haws, hips and guelder rose berries. The search will also take in edible leaves, hairy bitter cress, dandelion leaves, sorrel and much, much more. Participants will get a chance to enjoy the fruits of their walk as Sous Chef Phillippe Gauthier from the Pembroke Hotel cooks the ingredients into sumptuous dishes at the Chef’s Table in the Parade Plaza. Day: Saturday October 27th Time: 11am Venue: Chefs’Table at the Food Market. All Welcome to Attend.

forgotten skills

Join food entrepreneurs and traditionalists and learn the art of traditional food production. Apple Pressing, Yeast Bread Making, Milling, Chick Hatching, Chicken Keeping, Cheese making and Butter-making and Bee Keeping– all at the Forgotten Skills marquee at the Food Market on the Parade Plaza.

savour science

Fun, exciting science demonstrations with a food flavour. Join Waterford Institute of Technology award winning Calmast team. A feast of fun physics, kitchen chemistry with flaming and freezing displays.

gospel choir

Singing Home the Harvest – Join the Kilkenny Gospel Choir on Sunday 28th October at 3.15pm on the Parade Plaza as they sing in gratitude for the harvest and in blessing of the harvest for the year ahead.

GIY Gathering – ‘Grow It Yourself’ – How to get started!

GIY’s vision is for a healthier, more sustainable and more connected society where people grow their own food. They inspire and empower people to grow their own by bringing them together in community groups and online to share tips, ideas and produce. Come meet some of our local growers at the Food Market on the Parade Plaza.

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kilkenny’s food producers

roll call and awards with john murray

This celebration brings together our Local Food Producer Heroes – the people who have put Kilkenny on the map as a food producing city and county of the highest calibre. Hear their stories, learn the secrets of their success and sample some of their delicious produce, with RTE Radio One’s John Murray as host.

Mary McEvoy – A Slice of Heaven

A Slice of Heaven creates celestial treats from wedding and occasion cakes to cupcakes and chocolate treats. Mary, former pastry chef at L’Ecrivan Restaurant and a highly qualified cake decorator, uses natural ingredients, sourced locally where possible. A Slice of Heaven won Best New Producer for 2009 and Best in Ireland 2010 by the Bridgestone Guide. The flourishing patisserie recently opened a shop front on High Street Kilkenny. A Slice of Heaven, Ballygown, Piltown, Co. Kilkenny – www.asliceofheaven.ie

Mag Kirwin – Goatsbridge Trout Farm

This year, for the first time, Savour Kilkenny want to applaud our Local Food Heroes by honouring and recognising their achievements and innovation by crowning one of them Savour Kilkenny’s Food Producer of the Year. Our esteemed judges will determine which Local Food Hero should be named Savour Kilkenny Food Producer of the Year and be presented with a specially commissioned piece of pottery by Mark Campden, Bridge Pottery. Come along and join in this wonderful celebration of Kilkenny’s finest home produced food.

Based near Thomastown, the Goatsbridge Trout Farm was established in 1961 and since then has proven itself to be an exceptionally successful company, winning awards such as The Good Food Ireland Highly Commended Food Producer of the Year presented by An Taoiseach Enda Kenny, JFC innovation award and The South East Female Entrepreneur of the Year in 2010. Priding itself on its “farm to fork” philosophy, the Goatsbridge Trout Farm supplies truly local products to customers, restaurants and wholesalers and launched Ireland’s first trout caviar in March 2012, a product which has been gaining momentum and much acclaim at home and abroad. Goatsbridge Trout Farm, Thomastown, Co Kilkenny – www.goatsbridgetrout.ie

Sunday at 1.30pm –1st Floor, Left Bank, The Parade.

Julie Calder-Potts – Highbank Organic Farm Originally a 17th century farmyard, the Calder-Potts family built their farmhouse in the 19th century and the first apple orchards in 1969. The Kilkenny soil, rich in limestone, is perfectly suited to producing delicious apples. This soil, accompanied with the Calder-Potts artisan touch, ensures no chemicals are used, delivering a 100% organic product. Julie Calder-Potts brings us more than delicious apples, she brings ingenuity with the development of Ireland’s answer to maple syrup; Highbank’s Orchard Syrup. The Highbank Organic Farm provides vision and quality as artisan producers and has won many awards such as the Environmental and Food Innovation Awards. Highbank Orchards, Farmley, Cuffesgrange, Co Kilkenny – www.highbankorchards.com

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Kitty Colchester – Happy Heart Oil

Mary Walsh – Kilkenny Free Range Poultry

Drumeen Farm, The Islands, Urlingford, Co. Kilkenny – www.secondnatureoils.com

Shellumsrath Goose, Callan Road, Co Kilkenny – www.kilkennyfreerange.com

Kitty is an inspirational figure for organic and rural businesses, having produced the county’s first truly Irish and organic culinary oil. Kitty’s Happy Heart Rapeseed Oil is grown on her parents’ farm, Drumeen Farm, established in 1976, one of the oldest existing organic farms in Ireland. Kitty has shown, by avoiding the use of any synthetic chemicals, it is possible to produce an indigenous alternative to imported olive oil that is kind to your body and to the environment. The Happy Heart Rapeseed Oil has won many awards since its debut in 2009, including the Bridgestone and Euro-Toque honours for taste and the Bord Bia gong for most sustainable product.

Billy Keogh - Keogh’s Model Bakery

Keogh’s Model Bakery pride themselves on their old fashioned baking style, using old-style stone ovens rarely seen in other bakeries in Ireland today. Started by William Keogh in 1838, a great grandparent of today’s owners Billy, Claire and Kevin Snr, Keoghs is one of the oldest bakeries in the country. Every product, whether it is a wedding cake or sliced pan, is produced using tried and tested recipes, passed on through the generations. Keoghs Model Bakery, Lower Bridge Street, Callan, Co. Kilkenny – www.keoghsmodelbakery.com

Rearing a small number of free range chickens, ducks and geese began as a hobby for Mary. Kilkenny Free Range Poultry can be found in the townsland of Shellumsrath, and this is where Mary manages the chicks and goslings from day one up all the way to the end customer. She has built the business around a strong ethos of quality for the consumer as well as quality for the lives of the birds. The feed for the birds is sourced locally and of the highest quality, derived from natural products with no added antibiotics or chemicals. Kilkenny Free Range has featured on RTE Radio One with Damien O’ Reilly, The Sunday Business Post and the Irish Food Guide Blog.

Olivia Goodwillie - Lavistown Sausages Lavistown House celebrated it’s 200th year anniversary in 2010 and has been a centre for creative living for the past 33 years. After many an evening spent experimenting around the kitchen table with various natural spices and wine and mini tasters, Roger and Olivia started producing a variety of fine gourmet sausages. They have been making sausages at Lavistown house for more than twenty years, with a variety of delightful flavours on offer. With all the pork provided by a local farmer, the options on offer include Garlic, Chilli, Breakfast, and even Italian style cocktail sausages. Lavistown House, Kilkenny – www.lavistownhouse.ie

Helen Finnegan – Knockdrinna Cheese Helen Finnegan has come a long way since experimenting with a neighbour’s milk in her kitchen, to being one of the finest artisan cheese makers in the country. Knockdrinna Farm House Cheese, based in Stoneyford, produces well-established favourites such as Knockdrinna Snow, as well as the award-winning Kilree Goats Cheese, which featured on the cheeseboard served to Her Royal Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II at the State Banquet held in Dublin Castle last year and went on to win the “Supreme Champion” award at the British Cheese in September 2011. Knockdrinna Farm House have a range of Sheep, Goat and Cow’s milk cheeses to meet a variety of tastes, from the mildest gentlest goats cheese flavours to the most robust mature sheep’s cheese and lots more in between.

Knockdrinna Farm House Cheese, Stoneyford, Co. Kilkenny – www.knockdrinna.com

SARAH GOUGH – MILeevEN FINE FOODS

Established in 1988, Mileeven Fine Foods was initially set up through Sarah’s Mother Eilis’ hobby of beekeeping. Their extensive product range includes Organic Honey, Single Source Honeys, Organic Preserves, Fruit Cakes, Christmas Puddings and a wide variety of sauces. The Goughs range has proven popular worldwide – renowned stores such as Harrods and Selfridges stock the Mileeven products. Mileeven Fine Foods has received much recognition, winning Great Taste Awards on a regular basis over the last decade. The Goughs also were The South East Women in Business Award winners for Excellence in Food in 2010 as well as the Kilkenny County Enterprise Award winners 2010. Mileeven, Owning Hill, Piltown, Co. Kilkenny – www.mileeven.com

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Joy Moore- Oldtown Hill Bakehouse Kilkenny dairy farmer Joy Moore began her bakery venture as a means to use up surplus fresh milk from the farm in 1999. Today, the Oldtown Hill Bakery, located on the family farm has a County Enterprise Award under its belt and produces a delicious range of breads, cakes and other baked goods. Joy recently expanded the business to include the production of home-made donuts, Dolly’s Donuts, which have been going down a treat nationwide. Oldtown Hill Bakehouse, Tullaroan, Co. Kilkenny – www.oldtownhill.ie

Mary Teehan – The Truffle Fairy

Award winning chef Mary Teehan set up her chocolate business in Thomastown in 2005. ‘The Truffle Fairy’ produces high quality chocolates with the best and ethically sourced ingredients and natural flavours. The chocolate delights are truly handmade, the artisan way of bringing the chocolate to life and unleashing its deepest and richest flavours for the public to indulge in. The Truffle Fairy has proved itself not just in the South East but on the international stage also, winning the Great Taste Award 2012 Gold Star as well as numerous Gold Stars at the International Great Taste Awards 2011. Chapel Lane, Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny – www.trufflefairy com

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SAVOUR Talks Tours and exhibitions foodcamp

“Taking Back Our Food – Avoiding a delicious disaster!”

How we can regain control of the food we eat? And re-establish a sustainable relationship with the land? We are living through an era when we are being bombarded with food from all over the world, in all sorts of combinations. The average supermarket carries thousands of different processed product lines. It is time to take back control of our food chain to avoid a “delicious disaster”…which will leave a very bad taste… This is a day where food professionals (chefs, producers) mix with foodies (journalists, bloggers, consumers) and agency heads (Bord Bia, Bord Iascaigh Mhara, Fáilte Ireland) and through 24 speaking sessions learn and share with each other. Enjoy this free event and bring your lunch and enough to share with others! Chaired by John Mc Kenna. All are welcome to attend but places are limited. Please register on-line at www.savourkilkenny.com Friday October 26th – 9am to 2pm at the Kilkenny Ormonde Hotel.

Origin green –

EMBRACING SUSTAINABILITY FOR COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE WORKSHOP.

Paul & Theresa Doyle – Tess’s Bakery Tess’s Bakery was opened in 2005, by chef of 25 years Paul Doyle and his wife Theresa, who has over 14 years experience in the baking industry. The bakery provides the county with fantastic traditional produce such as soda and three seed loafs as well as tarts, crumbles and sponges. The key attractions for the Doyle’s products are that they are yeast, sugar and preservative free. The baking is done so under great care, using only quality ingredients in the old style traditional way. Tess’s Bakery – 73 B Hebron Industrial Estate, Kilkenny.

This session is designed for artisan and small companies who are looking to understand more about the advantages of sustainability and how their businesses could start engaging with the challenges of sustainability for competitive advantage. Una Fitzgibbon, Marketing Services Director, Bord Bia will outline Bord Bia’s industry strategy for enhancing our international reputation by becoming a world leader in sustainable food & drink production through the recently launched Origin Green sustainability development programme. Padraig Brennan, Senior Analyst, Bord Bia will highlight the reasons for all food & drink companies to embrace the challenges of sustainability with a focus on small businesses: explaining what sustainable production is, outlining the 3 pillars of sustainability and giving case study examples of how small companies are benefiting from being more sustainable. Attendance is limited to 150 spaces so we urge you to register your interest soon to avoid disappointment. Day: Friday October 26th | Time: 2pm | Venue: Kilkenny Ormonde Hotel Admission: FREE EVENT. Register online www.savourkilkenny.com Kindly Sponsored by: Bord Bia and Origin Green

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Design goat

National Craft Gallery | Fri 25th Oct 2012, 6.30pm Dublin based Product Designers DesignGoat discuss their ‘Eating Objects’ project; a design exploration of food, molecular gastronomy and eating experiences. Using food as a material they have created a series of food ‘products’ that would be constructed by the diner in a restaurant. Using the processes and techniques of molecular gastronomy to form food in new ways, they intend to control different tastes, colours and textures; thus challenging peoples pre-conceptions towards food and the habits they have grown up with. | Booking required: call 056 7796147 or email events@nationalcraftgallery.ie

food lovers’ trail

rothe house Garden tour

Join a guided tour of Rothe House Garden where you can meet the gardeners and discover 17th century food growing – what they grew and how they ate it. (3pm – 4pm) Focus on the story of your Ancestors (4pm – 5pm) Irene Graham, Author of The Memoir Writing Workbook, Founder of The Creative Writer’s Workshop & The Memoir Writing Club delivers Memoir Writing Lecture at Rothe House & Garden. Day: Saturday 27th October | Time: 3pm to 5.30pm Venue: Rothe House, Parliament Street | Admission: €5 includes admission for both events

National Dairy Council HEALTH & WELL-BEING Paula Mee will speak about DAIRY GOODNESS – Paula is one of Ireland’s leading independent dietitians and also a presenter of RTE TV’s Health Squad programme which ran for five years. Paula makes regular appearances on TV and radio programmes advising on nutrition and health issues. Also, specialist Fiona Hoban, a popular Counsellor & Wellbeing Coach, is well known for engaging her audience with a presentation which has a track record for being popular and enjoyable. Fiona will give the Top Ten Tips for Feeling Good. There will be special guest appearances and the event will be MC’d by Kieran O’Connor, Glanbia. Day: Thursday October 25th | Venue: The Kilkenny Ormonde Hotel Time: Doors 7.30pm. Presentations starts at 8pm. Refreshments on arrival. Admission: Free Event with gift bag for all who attend. Sponsored by: National Dairy Council For further information please contact Glanbia 056 7772200 or The National Dairy Council on 01 2902451 www.ndc.ie

Utensil exhibition

Utensil: Current Approaches to Tableware

Utensil exhibition at National Craft Gallery, brings together 21 European applied artists and product designers who present alternative approaches to tableware. Aimed at stimulating the senses, the exhibition brings together a collection of intriguing objects ranging from the functional to the fantastic. Playful, provocative and interactive, dinnertime may never be the same! Time: Open daily – 10am to 6pm – 25th to 29th October 2012 Venue: National Craft Gallery, Castle Yard | Admission: Free Event

Follow our trail of tasty delights around Kilkenny! Local restaurants and eateries are getting into the spirit of Savour by hosting special events and offers galore. For more information on each of the events go to www.savourkilkenny.com – Food Lovers Trail. Kindly Sponsored by:

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Wednesday 24th Campagne: Game & Burgundy Evening

5-course Game and Burgundy Dinner with guest chef Peter Byrne, Head of Gordon Ramsay Restaurant at the Ritz Carlton Hotel and former Sous Chef at Chapter One Restaurant, Dublin. Time: From 7pm. | Price: €70. | Booking: 056 777 2858

Thursday 25th Mount Juliet: Taste of Thursday

Sample the exquisite delights of the Lady Helens’ 8 course Tasting Menu at Mount Juliet Estate. Time: From 6.30pm | Price:€65 – €90 | Booking: 056 777 3000

Kilkenny Design Restaurant: Irish Food and Film

A feast of Irish food and film! Traditional dishes are re-worked with a modern, elegant twist using the best local ingredients. Dinner each night is followed by a showing of ‘Once’ – the Academy Award winning Irish movie. Time: From 6pm (Also Fri 26th & Sat 27th) | Price:€35 | Booking: 056 772 2118

Mug Shot Café: Taste Bud Emancipation

Free your taste buds in an evening of tasting sensation! A delicious mixture of dishes that are all vegan friendly and gluten free. Time: 7.30pm | Price: €23 | Booking: 056 777 7798

Billy Byrne’s: Jazzy Tapas

Enjoy some lively jazz music & savour tapas Kilkenny style! Time: From 8pm | Price: Menu from €3

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Creative Catering: Dine in Dunnamaggin

An artisan food experience - nightly tasting menu for 10 using food sourced within 15 miles of Dunnamaggin. Time: 7.30pm (Also Sat 27th & Sun 28th) | Price: €55 | Booking: 087 756 5376

Royal Spice: Taste of India

An Indian Feast with a Kilkenny twist! Some real treats are in store as Head Chef Nuran and his team dig deep into their cultural heritage to bring you a 5 course Taste of India Menu with a local flavour. Time: From 5.30pm (Also Sat 27th & Sun 28th) | Booking: 056 771 2646

Zuni: Kilkenny Tasting Menu

A sumptuous celebration of locally produced food, with Champagne reception. Time: 7.30pm | Price: €65 | Booking: 056 772 3999

saturday 27th The Grapevine: Craft Beer & Tapas Tasting with 8 Degrees

An afternoon of 5 deliciously different beers from 8 Degrees with tasting by Caroline Hennessy (Including limited edition Ochtoberfest) paired with 5 festival inspired tapas dishes…with live music to boot! Time: 2pm - 4.30pm | Price: €25 | Booking: 056 771 2956

Billy Byrne’s: Street Food Saturday

The Bula Bus will be open from 4pm serving the BEST OF THE BEST from Street Food Saturdays. Time: 4pm | Price: €6.50

Pembroke Hotel: Focus on France (Wine Tasting)

Friday 26th

Place your palate in the palms of leading wine expert Mary Gaynor of the Wine Academy of Ireland, who will guide you through some fragrant French wines. Time: 6pm | Price: €10 | Booking: 056 778 3500

Kyteler’s Inn: Head Chef Meats Craft Butcher

Kilkenny River Court Hotel: Titanic Tribute

Kyteler’s Inn & M.Mullins Family Butchers present a delicious showcase of locally sourced meats accompanied with our finest Kilkenny beers. Includes roast of the day with local beer. Time: 12pm-6pm (Also Sat 27th & Sun 28th) | Price: €11

Eden Hall, Ballyragget: Delicious Healthy Eating

A variety of delicious healthy cooking demonstrations by Cordon Bleu Richenda Talbot using fresh produce from Kilkenny. Time: 2pm | Price: €20. | Booking: 087 2858753

Billy Byrne’s: Fajita Friday

Relive the grandeur of the Titanic (minus the iceberg!) in the perfect riverside location overlooking Kilkenny Castle with a fabulous 7 course banquet paired with matching wines based on the original last meal. Dinner jacket required. Time: 7.30pm | Price: €48 | Booking: 056 772 3388

Sunday 28th The Club House Hotel: Sensory Dining

Full Mexican Menu – hot and spicy, cool and delicious delights. Time: From 6pm | Price: From €5

A journey of taste which will challenge the palates of blindfolded guests. 7 course meal using the best of local ingredients, with wine and drinks to accompany each course. Time: 7.30pm | Price: €50/€38 | Booking: 056 772 1994

City Bar & Grill @ Kilkenny Hibernian Hotel: Local Artisan Food & Craft Beer Fest

Langton’s (Brought to you by the Wine Centre & Knockdrinna Cheese): Delicious Duo – Wine & Cheese

Enjoy a selection of great dishes ‘made for sharing’ celebrating all that is great about regional produce accompanied by a selection of locally crafted beers from the Carlow Brewing Company. Time: 6pm-10pm (Also Sat 27th & Sun 28th) | Price: €20 - €25 | Booking: 056 777 1888

Pembroke Hotel: Long Table Dinner

Experience a delicious evening of local seasonal delights at the Pembroke Hotel! This very special event celebrates Kilkenny’s finest local food produce in a distinctively prepared rustic feast. Time: 6pm-10pm| Price: €40 | Booking: 056 778 3500

A collection of wonderfully harmonized wine and cheese pairings from award winning Knockdrinna and Wine specialist the Wine Centre. Time: 6pm | Price: €10 | Booking: 056 772 2907

Billy Byrne’s: Wild & Foraged Feast

Wild & Foraged Feast Including Herbal Walk. Time: 7.30pm | Price: €40 | Booking: 056 772 1783

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the gingerbread man

SAVOUR youth

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Miriam Lambert Puppetry Presents “The Gingerbread Man” in the Concert Hall, Marshes Street, Thomastown at 3.00pm on Monday October 29th Entrance €4.00 each, Family Ticket of 4 for €15.00. Tickets on the door.

Kiddie’s Cook-a-long

Kiddie Cook-a-long – Fun, interactive children’s cookery demonstration. Learn how to make some fiendishly good treats for Halloween, followed by a competition for best reproduced dish! Children will receive goody bag with chef’s hat, apron, recipe card and treats. €5, Sunday 28th – 12pm and 2pm at the Springhill Hotel, Waterford Road, Kilkenny. To book call (056) 772 1122

There’s plenty in store for children at Savour Kilkenny this year…from cook-offs to creative competitions, Mad Hatters to markets, we have a host of educational, interactive and fun events this October Bank Holiday weekend!

young FOOD producers

Fresh thinking young producers (age 10-17) create and sell their homemade produce in a buzzing indoor market. Join Kilkenny’s budding foodies sample and purchase their delicious produce at their market stalls in MacDonagh Junction. These young foodies have all taken part in Food Safety Training with the support of Kilkenny County Enterprise Board as well as product presentation and marketing. Saturday October 27th from 2pm – 5pm, MacDonagh Junction.

Clay Café Fabric Feast

This Clay Play workshop will use forks, potato mashers, rolling pins, garlic crushers and more to create clay objects. Using air-dry clay, participants can take their creations away!

Join Carrie Lynam in creating a fabric feast where scale and proportion is turned on its head. Expect an explosion of colour! This workshop is suitable for all the family. Contact the National Craft Gallery on 056 779 6147 or events@nationalcraftgallery.ie Day: Saturday 27th October | Venue: Castle Yard