Fingal Food Village at Flavours of Fingal
Fingal Food Village at Flavours of Fingal
Fingal’s contemporary food and drink offering, linked with its rich heritage, is showcased at the Flavours of Fingal show on Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th July. This wonderful free event takes place in the magnificent grounds of Newbridge House and Farm near Donabate.
The hub for all things food-related at Flavours of Fingal is the Fingal Food Village in the Farmers Field. Visitors can taste, try and buy a wide range of produce—enjoy food on-site or take it home to savour later. PLUS fabulous chef demonstrations and entertaining Meet the Maker interviews. It’s a food lovers heaven.
Food and Drink Market
Fingal Food Circle and the Fingal Farmers are out in force this year. The marquee is crammed with food stalls of all types from delicious baking, jams and chutneys to the freshest of vegetables and fruit from Fingal, the traditional market garden of Ireland. Meet old friends and make new ones.
Chef Demos
Everyone loves a good cookery demonstration and this line up of Fingal chefs is sure to please. The MC is well known personality Simon Delaney, a true local whose entertaining style always packs the house. Headed up by TV celebrity chef Erica Drum, there’s a full programme of demos on both Saturday and Sunday. Discover tricks of the trade and learn new techniques from the experts.
Joining Erica Drum on the demonstration stage are members of Fingal Food Circle: Joe Savage (Joe’s Smokehouse), Lorraine Fitzmaurice (Howth Cookery School), James Gabriel Martin, Lewis Girvan (Cakes by Emma), Jeremy Cuevas (La Cocina Cuevas), Kevin Arundel (The Brooklyn, Swords) and Kelly Keogh (Whitestown House).
Chef demos run every hour on the hour from 11am to 4pm on Saturday and Sunday.
Meet the Maker Interviews
Back this year by popular demand is food writer and authority Dee Laffan chatting to food and drink producers and makers. This informal interview is an entertaining and educational way to discover more about the fascinating world of Fingal food and drink and the people who are involved in it.
Dee will be talking lots of people over the two days including: Wim de Jong (Hope Beer), Niamh McNally (McNally Family Farm), Thomas Murphy (Country Crest), Ross Keogh (Keogh’s Farm), Laura Duffy (La Cocina Cuevas), Graham Parkes (Bee Keeper), Denise Buckley (Lispopple Apples), Mark Hynes (Java The Hut Coffee Roasters), Denise Dunne (The Herb School) and Fingal Farmers, representatives of the market gardening and agri industry which Fingal has traditionally been famous for.
Meet the Maker interviews run at quarter to the hour from 11.45am to 4.45pm.
- Flavours of Fingal, Newbridge House and Farm, Donabate
- From 11-6pm on Sat 4th and Sun 5th July
- Free event
- For further details and to buy car park ticket please visit the Flavours of Fingal website.
Watch out for eye-catching Explore Fingal around the showgrounds. Fingal is quite literally hidden in plain sight. The invitation is for everyone to explore Fingal – you might be surprised at what you discover.
Festival website (click here)
