Paladar’s ethos
brings top cocktail honours
Paladar in Cork has been announced as a 2023 Spirited Awards Regional Top 10 Honoree for Best New Cocktail Bar for Europe. Paladar is a Latin American-inspired cocktail bar and kitchen with a rotating menu of classic and signature cocktails based around rum, cachaça, agave and pisco. Paladar’s bar manager, Oisín Wolfe, who is a finalist in this year’s Diageo Reserve World Class Bartender of the Year, curates the cocktail menu. Sustainability is high on the bar’s list of priorities. From reusing tequila bottles for water bottles to using all of their coffee grounds to make coffee liqueur, they take the issues of plastic and food waste seriously and take as circular an approach to their menu as possible.
Paladar in Cork has been announced as a 2023 Spirited Awards Regional Top 10 Honoree for Best New Cocktail Bar for Europe.
The ultimate winners of the 2023 Spirited Awards will be announced at a ceremony on 27 July in New Orleans.
paladar.ie
Ballymaloe Relish’s
long history with sustainability
Ballymaloe Relish can be traced back to the 1930s, when Ivan Allen was growing tomatoes in his glasshouses in Shanagarry, Co Cork. Ivan’s wife Myrtle began to create a relish, naturally preserving the tomatoes so they could be enjoyed all year round.
Since 2018, Ballymaloe Foods has cut plastic packaging by 22%, electricity usage by 28% and their overall waste output by 19%.
Using her mother’s recipe, Yasmin Hyde, Myrtle’s daughter, began producing Ballymaloe Relish in her own kitchen and established Ballymaloe Foods in 1990. Since 2018, the company has cut plastic packaging by 22%, electricity usage by 28% and their overall waste output by 19%. An active member of the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan, Ballymaloe Foods also works with Food Cloud to re-distribute surplus food to community groups. In 2022 alone, Ballymaloe Foods donated approximately 3,333 meals through this initiative.
ballymaloefoods.ie
Kate Ryan wins big
for championing Irish food
Kate Ryan, award-winning food writer and founder of Flavour.ie, has been named Blas na hÉireann’s Producers’ Champion for 2023. The Producers’ Champion is selected annually by Blas na hÉireann producers, based on a survey that goes out to the entire Blas network – a network that covers every county in Ireland with producers from across the food industry. Kate’s platform is dedicated to promoting Irish food and drink and also features her blog, The Flavour Files, where she writes about great local produce, seasonality, wild and foraged food, and craft drinks of all kinds.
flavour.ie
Two Green Shoots launch ‘Garden of Re-imagination’
Two Green Shoots crafts experiences, feasts and outdoor spaces that aim to reconnect guests with nature. Based in Glengarriff, Co Cork, designer Kloë Wood Lyndorff and gardener Adam Carveth work together to craft biodiverse gardens that taste as good as they look while creating a lasting home for local wildlife.
On Saturdays throughout June, July and August, Two Green Shoots are opening the doors to their bountiful 2.5ac ‘Garden of Re-imagination’, which is home to over 200 rare plant species, to offer a range of edible experiences, including a new Forage & Fireside Feast as well as Breakfast and Afternoon Tea Tours, plus an immersive feast for the senses Garden Tour & Three Course Lunch Feast.
twogreenshoots.com
Dead Centre Brewing launches
new all-natural lemonade
Athlone’s Dead Centre Brewing are making waves with the launch of their sister soft drinks operation, The Irish Craft Soda Co.
The innovative new venture’s flavoursome first release is a small-batch handmade lemonade – among the first of its kind to be produced in Ireland.
Crafted from just four all-natural components (carbonated water, pure lemon juice, sugar, and citric acid) The Irish Craft Soda Co’s select list of ingredients may be small, but the lemonade delivers big on flavour and is completely free from sulphites, preservatives, and flavour or colour enhancers.
Three other year-round soda flavours are set to be unveiled in the coming months.
deadcentrebrewing.com
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Light bites: golden bunnies, crispy onions and tasty chocolates
Light bites: Airfield youth committee, Drumshambo gin and Good Fortune Cookies
Paladar’s ethos
brings top cocktail honours
Paladar in Cork has been announced as a 2023 Spirited Awards Regional Top 10 Honoree for Best New Cocktail Bar for Europe. Paladar is a Latin American-inspired cocktail bar and kitchen with a rotating menu of classic and signature cocktails based around rum, cachaça, agave and pisco. Paladar’s bar manager, Oisín Wolfe, who is a finalist in this year’s Diageo Reserve World Class Bartender of the Year, curates the cocktail menu. Sustainability is high on the bar’s list of priorities. From reusing tequila bottles for water bottles to using all of their coffee grounds to make coffee liqueur, they take the issues of plastic and food waste seriously and take as circular an approach to their menu as possible.
Paladar in Cork has been announced as a 2023 Spirited Awards Regional Top 10 Honoree for Best New Cocktail Bar for Europe.
The ultimate winners of the 2023 Spirited Awards will be announced at a ceremony on 27 July in New Orleans.
paladar.ie
Ballymaloe Relish’s
long history with sustainability
Ballymaloe Relish can be traced back to the 1930s, when Ivan Allen was growing tomatoes in his glasshouses in Shanagarry, Co Cork. Ivan’s wife Myrtle began to create a relish, naturally preserving the tomatoes so they could be enjoyed all year round.
Since 2018, Ballymaloe Foods has cut plastic packaging by 22%, electricity usage by 28% and their overall waste output by 19%.
Using her mother’s recipe, Yasmin Hyde, Myrtle’s daughter, began producing Ballymaloe Relish in her own kitchen and established Ballymaloe Foods in 1990. Since 2018, the company has cut plastic packaging by 22%, electricity usage by 28% and their overall waste output by 19%. An active member of the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan, Ballymaloe Foods also works with Food Cloud to re-distribute surplus food to community groups. In 2022 alone, Ballymaloe Foods donated approximately 3,333 meals through this initiative.
ballymaloefoods.ie
Kate Ryan wins big
for championing Irish food
Kate Ryan, award-winning food writer and founder of Flavour.ie, has been named Blas na hÉireann’s Producers’ Champion for 2023. The Producers’ Champion is selected annually by Blas na hÉireann producers, based on a survey that goes out to the entire Blas network – a network that covers every county in Ireland with producers from across the food industry. Kate’s platform is dedicated to promoting Irish food and drink and also features her blog, The Flavour Files, where she writes about great local produce, seasonality, wild and foraged food, and craft drinks of all kinds.
flavour.ie
Two Green Shoots launch ‘Garden of Re-imagination’
Two Green Shoots crafts experiences, feasts and outdoor spaces that aim to reconnect guests with nature. Based in Glengarriff, Co Cork, designer Kloë Wood Lyndorff and gardener Adam Carveth work together to craft biodiverse gardens that taste as good as they look while creating a lasting home for local wildlife.
On Saturdays throughout June, July and August, Two Green Shoots are opening the doors to their bountiful 2.5ac ‘Garden of Re-imagination’, which is home to over 200 rare plant species, to offer a range of edible experiences, including a new Forage & Fireside Feast as well as Breakfast and Afternoon Tea Tours, plus an immersive feast for the senses Garden Tour & Three Course Lunch Feast.
twogreenshoots.com
Dead Centre Brewing launches
new all-natural lemonade
Athlone’s Dead Centre Brewing are making waves with the launch of their sister soft drinks operation, The Irish Craft Soda Co.
The innovative new venture’s flavoursome first release is a small-batch handmade lemonade – among the first of its kind to be produced in Ireland.
Crafted from just four all-natural components (carbonated water, pure lemon juice, sugar, and citric acid) The Irish Craft Soda Co’s select list of ingredients may be small, but the lemonade delivers big on flavour and is completely free from sulphites, preservatives, and flavour or colour enhancers.
Three other year-round soda flavours are set to be unveiled in the coming months.
deadcentrebrewing.com
Read more
Light bites: golden bunnies, crispy onions and tasty chocolates
Light bites: Airfield youth committee, Drumshambo gin and Good Fortune Cookies
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