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Wexford takeaway – best in Ireland!
What a night for Mangans Traditional Fish & Chips takeaway, Wexford town, at the Irish Takeaway Awards on 21st February 2022 held in the Radisson Blu Hotel, Athlone. Mangans, which was established in 1963, took home five fantastic awards:
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❶ Best Takeaway Ireland Overall ❷ Fish & Chips Takeaway of the Year ❸ Best Fish & Chips in Leinster ❹ Best Burger in Leinster ❺ Sustainability Award Other Co. Wexford establishments did well at the awards also.
In the Chinese takeaway category, the Lotus House, Wexford, was Highly Commended. American takeaway of the Year: Yeah Burgr, Wexford, was Highly Commended. Food Truck of the Year 2022: Highly Commended was Pot Belly Café, Wexford. Café Takeaway of the Year 2022 Winner: Westgate Design, Wexford. And Highly Commended: Kate's Coffee Shop & Deli, Gorey. King of the Wings 2022: Highly Commended was Yeah Burgr, Wexford.
Vegetarian Takeaway of the Year 2022 Winner: The Cracked Teapot Café, New Ross. Sweet Treat of the Year 2022 Highly Commended: Kate's Coffee Shop & Deli, Gorey. The Sustainability Award 2022 Highly Commended: The Cracked Teapot, New Ross. n Geraldine and Eunice from Mangans with their awards.
New Wexford location for The Tin Roof
The popular Tin Roof coffee and food truck which was previously stationed at a site between Enniscorthy and Clonroche, now has a new home at the former Kate’s farm shop on the New Line Road just off the Whitford Hotel roundabout, Wexford town.
So make sure when nearby to call in for your coffee fix and to say hello. You’ll be glad you did! n
Your local Slimming World Consultants in Enniscorthy Providing you with a huge choice of sessions throughout the week:
Tuesdays @ 6.30pm The Salt n Pepper Pot, Community Workshop Call Tony on 087 1785384 Wednesdays @ 9.30am, 11.00am, 5.30pm and 7.00pm Enniscorthy Rugby Club Call Trish on 087 3607615
Saturdays @ 9.00am and 10.30am The Salt n Pepper Pot, Community Workshop Call Tony on 087 1785384
Killowen wins national award (and prize valued at €150,000)
Killowen Farm in Courtnacuddy, Enniscorthy, which produces yoghurt and cream cheese, has been named the winner of the Love Irish Food Brand Development Award for 2022. The award is run in partnership with Global, one of the country’s leading outdoor advertising companies, and is supported by Checkout Magazine as trade media partner. The prize includes a creative bursary, product development package and business ‘healthcheck’. brand to be aligned with Love Irish Food and the work they do to support and highlight local food brands that are made in Ireland. With this award, we are excited to share the Killowen Farm family story with our customers and further promote our wonderful product within the Irish market.”
Congratulations to all the team at Killowen Farm.
www.killowen.ie www.loveirishfood.ie n
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The award will provide Killowen Farm with €150,000 towards a campaign throughout 2022 that will optimise their business and marketing objectives. The main focus of the campaign will consist of three bursts of advertising across Global’s PurchasePoint and dPod Retail network. The prize also includes: a creative bursary offered by Owens DDB Advertising; a product development package by Innovate Solutions; and a financial wellbeing business health check by Bank of Ireland.
Killowen Farm is an award-winning producer of delicious yogurts and cream cheese which are packed full of gut healthy cultures. Led by ninth generation dairy farmer Nicholas Dunne, Killowen Farm started producing its award-winning yogurts in 2004 after Nicholas was inspired to create something new with his wonderful herd’s milk. With their herd’s milk travelling metres not miles to the yogurt plant, it really is a pasture-to-pot story which they look forward to sharing with you.
Accepting the Brand Development Award, founder of Killowen Farm Nicholas Dunne, said: “We are thrilled to win the 2022 Love Irish Food Brand Development Award. As a family-owned Irish business it is very important for our
Some of Ireland’s top chefs are ‘WASTED’! GIY has launched ‘WASTED’ with some of Ireland’s top chefs on board helping to reduce the 200,000 tonnes of food going to waste in the Irish foodservice sector each year. The GIY (Grow It Yourself) organisation has joined forces with some of Ireland’s top chefs to launch ‘WASTED’ –a national, peer-to-peer education programme for chefs to reduce food waste in the foodservice industry. The initiative is supported by the Department of Environment, Climate Action and Communications and Environmental Protection Agency as part of the Circular Economy Innovation Grant Scheme.
Presently, the Irish foodservice sector wastes over 200,000 tonnes of food worth €300 million per annum and the aim of ‘WASTED’ is to create a network of informed and proactive chefs and foodservice teams advocating for zerowaste food initiatives.
With approximately one-third of the world’s food supply going to waste, international climate research organisation Project Drawdown ranks Reduced Food Waste as one of the top 3 climate solutions. Commenting on the launch of WASTED, Founder of GIY Mick Kelly says, “This programme can have a significant impact on not only the environment but also business efficiency. We have been striving to make GROW HQ a zero waste restaurant over the last 5 years and we really want to help participants in identifying and managing their food waste, while continuing to learn from our peers in the industry.” The free 8-lesson ‘WASTED’ course is delivered online and one can sign up at https://giy.ie/programmes/wasted/ The WASTED educational programme is a mix of food learning and action, with a free 8-lesson online course that explores ways to reduce the amount of food waste leaving the kitchen. Anyone working in the foodservice industry that is interested in learning about how to
L-R: JB Dubois (Head Chef at GROW HQ), Janice Casey Bracken (Executive Head Chef at Dunbrody Country House Hotel), Conor Spacey (Culinary Director at FoodSpace Ireland and the UK), and Maurice McGeehan (Performance Chef at the IRFU) who have joined forces with GIY to launch ‘WASTED’ a national, peer-to-peer education programme for chefs to reduce food waste in the foodservice industry.
reduce, or even eliminate, food waste is encouraged to take part. “One of the very black and white ways in which we can help identify waste levels is by encouraging participating chefs and business owners to weigh their current food waste at the start of the course,” says Kelly. “Once all lessons have been watched and some of the suggested ways to reduce food waste actioned, participants will be asked to weigh their food waste again in the hope that their food waste weight (and bills) will have reduced. It's a very simple action but one which so far has absolutely shocked every participant who has taken the challenge.” Participants will be able to follow each lesson at their own pace through the GIY app, while also having the opportunity to implement some of the suggested actions provided by the guest presenters who include Conor Spacey – Culinary Director at FoodSpace Ireland & the UK, Maurice McGeehan – IRFU Performance Chef, Janice Casey Bracken – Executive Head Chef, Dunbrody Country House Hotel and JB Dubois – Head of Food at GROW HQ. Each chef showcases ways to reduce food waste in a range of innovative ways. At the end of the ‘WASTED’ programme, participating chefs will be invited to host their own Wasted Supper Club, a dining experience showcasing the best of food that is usually discarded. The Wasted Supper Club aims to reduce food waste in commercial settings whilst creating a network of inspired, educated, food literate and empathetic food producers sharing skills and knowledge, creating and supporting local, zerowaste food networks. Wasted Supper Clubs will be hosted by participants over a weekend where food diverted from waste is celebrated as the main ingredient on menus.
To join the ‘WASTED’ programme and start making lasting changes around food waste see https://giy.ie/programmes/wasted/ n Ferrycarrig launches new Sunday Afternoon Tea Menu and a Vegan Afternoon Tea Menu
Sunday afternoons will be for Afternoon Tea at the Ferrycarrig Hotel in Wexford as it launches a brand new Sunday Afternoon Tea menu starting on 13th March and, in addition, a brand new standalone Vegan Afternoon Tea menu. Everything on each menu is created in-house or locally sourced from the region's top-quality artisanal producers. Each Sunday afternoon the beautifully appointed Reeds Restaurant at Ferrycarrig will be transformed into a haven where guests can enjoy the new menus, the cosy atmosphere, the majestic views of the River Slaney and live piano music. Full details in next month’s Slaney News.
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ORIS Grants 2022
Call for “Expressions of Interest”
Wexford County Council is now seeking “Expressions of Interest” from community groups to apply for Outdoor Recreational Infrastructure Scheme (ORIS) grants in County Wexford. Funding is from the Department of Rural and Community Development under the Rural Development Investment Programme. Funding is aimed at projects that provide outdoor recreation facilities to a diverse range of users including people with disabilities and older adults. There are four measures of funding available:
Scheme Measure Grant Closing Date
Project Development Measure –strategic infrastructure
Measure 1 – maintenance & repair of existing infrastructure
Measure 2 – up-grade & development of new infrastructure €50,000 21st March
€30,000 21st March
€200,000 21st March
Measure 3 – development of strategic infrastructure €500,000 21st March
Email Expression of Interest to rory.omahony@wexfordcoco.ie with a brief outline of the proposed project by 5pm, Monday 21st March 2022.
For further information on the scheme and qualifying criteria, visit
https://www.gov.ie/en/service/d14e1-outdoor-recreation-infrastructure-scheme/
Wexford County Council invites applicants for the following posts:
Craftworker (Mechanic) General Operative
Selection for all posts will be by means of interview and candidates may be shortlisted based on applications submitted. Panels may be formed from which future vacancies may be filled.
Qualifications, application forms and further particulars for these posts are available from: Customer Service (Block F), Wexford County Council, Carricklawn, Wexford. Phone 053 919 6000 or visit our website at www.wexfordcoco.ie
Closing date for receipt of completed application forms:
Craftworker Mechanic – 5.00pm on Thursday, 10th March, 2022. General Operative – 5.00pm on Thursday 31st March, 2022.
Wexford County Council is an Equal Opportunities Employer.
Street Lights Broken? Report on www.deadsureapp.com Outside office hours call: 053 919 6000 Register on www.mapalerter.com for free text and email alerts about service disruptions in your locality Planning app. lists available at www.wexfordcoco.ie/planning
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Community Employment Scheme
Wexford County Council has vacancies in the following areas of our Community Employment Scheme: Duties to include:
Environmental Worker – General maintenance, cleaning, weeding and planting etc. To apply for these positions and for further information please contact:
Job Description
Environmental Worker –4 positions
Environmental Worker –2 positions
Environmental Worker –3 positions
Location
New Ross
Wexford
Duncannon Sean O’Neill, CE Scheme Supervisor, Wexford County Council at 086 947 8001 during office hours 9.00am – 5.00pm or email: sean.oneill@wexfordcoco.ie The closing date for applications is 4.00pm Friday, 25th March
2022.
Please note that persons applying for these positions must satisfy the Department of Social Protection criteria to participate in the Community Employment Scheme. Wexford County Council is an Equal Opportunities employer.
Street Lights Broken? Report on www.deadsureapp.com Outside office hours call: 053 919 6000 Register on www.mapalerter.com for free text and email alerts about service disruptions in your locality Planning app. lists available at www.wexfordcoco.ie/planning
