Best Possible Taste With Sharon Noonan

18 September 2018 by Sharon Noonan

The first guest on this episode of Best Possible Taste is Chef Shane Smith who is from Co Cavan and working in Dublin’s Airfield Estate. Shane shares his food journey during a visit to Taste of Cavan where Sharon Noonan also meets Sean McGlone from Blake’s Always Organic and David Donnelly from the Shed Distillery. And at the end of the show we hear from Sally Barnes of West Cork Woodcock Smokery fame. Best Possible Taste is sponsored by TheTaste.ie

In this episode of Best Possible Taste psychotherapist Niamh Connolly from The Mind Gym in Dungarvan, Co Waterfrod has news about an uplifting event in the Limerick Strand Hotel to raise money for charity. The Empowering Women Charity Fundraiser takes place on Sunday 16 September 2018. Lorraine Fanneran shares her La Cucina story and chef Tom Flavin has details about the programme of events scheduled for September and October to celebrate Pigtown in Limerick city and county. Best Possible Taste is sponsored by TheTaste.ie

PHOTO OF CHEF BRIAN MCDERMOTT AT TASTE OF CAVAN BY LORRAINE TEEVAN This episode of Best Possible Taste has food and drink news and stories for you thanks to a visit to the recent Taste of Cavan and the Rockin Food Festival in Enniscorthy that took place over the August Bank Holiday weekend. To start off Chef Brian McDermott, MC of the Taste of Cavan cookery demonstrations, shares details about his latest venture namely the Foyle Hotel in his home town Moville in Co Donegal. Greg Devlin Marketing Manager of Silver Hill Farm reveals the company’s connections with Virginia. Co Cavan Kate Dempsey introduces us to the first new meadery in a very long time - Kinsale Mead Company and Wild About’s Fiona Falconer explains the intricacies of the permaculture garden and how her business was established thanks to it. Best Possible Taste is sponsored by TheTaste.ie

On this week’s programme we have more food and drink news and stories from Wexford for you thanks to a visit to the Rockin Food Festival in Enniscorthy that took place over the 2018 August Bank Holiday weekend. To start off Paula Ronan provides us with an insight into the Wexford Food Family. Clodagh Davis from Naturally Cordial shares details about her journey to becoming an award winning producer and in contrast Orla Stafford explains how hers is just beginning with a brand new product - Jackford Gin and then what better way to finish off the show but on a sweet note thanks to chocolatier sisters Karen and Natalie Keane from Bean and Goose who talk to Sharon on the Big Wheel! Best Possible Taste is sponsored by TheTaste.ie

After a short break, the Best Possible Taste returns with details of hot spots visited this summer starting with coffee connoisseur Alan Andrews at the Old Barracks Coffee Roastery in Birdhill, Co Tipperary. Then we head to the model county, aka Co Wexford, to meet Lorraine O Dwyer from Gallivanting Tours to find out about the fantastic food and drink offerings in the area.

In this Best Possible Taste episode Ron Forrestal from Forrestal Wine Merchants remind us of the popularity of wines from New Zealand. Sarah O Neill reveals the history of well known brand Kelloggs and introduces us to some new cereals in the range. And Kerry Murphy and Sean Naughton provide a caffeine fix at Taste of Dublin thanks to Applegreen’s Coffee Operations division. Best Possible Taste is sponsored by TheTaste.ie

On this episode of Best Possible Taste we visit Sonas Healthfoods to talk to Rosemarie Bennis about ghee, bread, and eggs. We return to Bloom to hear about the Fruit Juice Matters award winning garden by designer Kevin Dennis. And if you’re lucky enough to be planning a holiday at the moment Teresa Gancedo from the Spanish Tourism Office tantalizes our taste buds talking about the food tourism industry in Spain. Best Possible Taste is sponsored by TheTaste.ie

This episode of Best Possible Taste shines a light on Taste of Dublin which takes place every June in Iveagh Gardens. Organiser Avril Bannerton reveals many of the 2018 highlights and Helen Cooke shares the programme of culinary talent taking to the Neff Taste Kitchen. One such talent is Lizzy Lyons from Lizzy’s Little Kitchen in Listowel and Ballybunion in Co Kerry and we return to January 2018 when Lizzy was a guest on BPT. One of the restaurants serving their signature dish at Taste of Dublin this year is Cork’s Greene’s Restaurant and chef Bryan McCarthy tells Sharon about its ingredients and other projects that he is currently undertaking. Best Possible Taste is sponsored by TheTaste.ie

In this episode of Best Possible Taste, Sharon Noonan visits Bloom and meets award winning designer Andrew Christopher Dunne and BIM CEO Jim O Toole in the BIM Sustainable Seafood Garden and Alan Rudden and Caroline Park in the Santa Rita Living La Vida 120 garden which also won an accolade at this year’s Bloom. There’s also an interview compliments of CRY FM with Pat Mulcahy, owner of Ballinwillin House and Farm in Mitchelstown ahead of the launch of his mediation garden.

BPT 29 May 2018 by Sharon Noonan

In this week’s Best Possible Taste, we find out about the Galway Westend Street Feast thanks to Lisa Regan. Award winning drinks’ writer Susan Boyle has details about a collaborative project with the British Museum that focuses on Egyptian beer and Bord Bia’s Denise Murphy provides an insight into what we can expect at this year’s Bloom.

Manuela Spinelli discusses the annual programme of events hosted by Eurotoques including the organisations upcoming annual awards at Ashford Castle’s walled garden, Sharon Noonan travels to the Burren Slow Food Festival and talks to Orlaigh Meere about her award winning about square pudding and Dr Bill Schindler who was one of the speakers at the festival. Bill is an prehistoric and experimental archeologist from Washington College in the US and is a visiting professor at UCD this year and he enthralled an audience with his presentation “Human Diet - learning to eat again.” Best Possible Taste is sponsored by TheTaste.ie

In this week’s Best Possible Taste, Ron Forrestal from Forrestal Wine Merchants has wine suggestions to enjoy during the summer months. Annie Beresford is on the phone talking about Le Commanderie des Fins Goustiers du Duché d’Alencon. And with the imminent Burren Slow Food Festival (11-13 May 2018) adopting the theme “Taste the Atlantic – A Seafood Journey”, we go into the archives to hear Failte Ireland’s Sinead Hennessy talk about the Seafood Trail on the Wild Atlantic Way. The Best Possible Taste is sponsored by TheTaste.ie , voted Ireland’s best on line digital food and drink magazine.

In this week’s Best Possible Taste, Sharon Noonan congratulates Danny Martinez Doyle from Dan Cronin’s Bar & Bistro in Newcastle West, Co Limerick on winning the All Ireland Chowder Cook Off. We delve into the archives to hear a 2015 interview with chef Clare Smyth from Bushmills in Co Antrim who was recently named best female chef in the world. And on the occasion of Ox Belfast’s 5th birthday, we return to 2014 when Sharon Noonan met co owner, chef Stephen Toman, at the end of the restaurant’s first year in business before the restaurant received its coveted Michelin star. The Best Possible Taste is sponsored by TheTaste.ie , voted Ireland’s best on line digital food and drink magazine.

In this week’s Best Possible Taste, Sharon Noonan is in North County Dublin to find out about the Seamus Ennis Centre in Naul. Newly elected chair of the Irish Food Writers’ Guild, Kristen Jensen, shares details about the annual IFWG awards And Sam Morrison aka This is What I Do shares menu details from the Literature and Larder retreat at Glin Castle. The Best Possible Taste is sponsored by TheTaste.ie , voted Ireland’s best on line digital food and drink magazine.

In this week’s Best Possible Taste, we find out about the culinary side of poet Michael Hartnett and hear about the “Pulled Pork & Poetry” event that is part of the 2018 Eigse programme. Theresa Storey from the Green Apron shares her plans to start a tea plantation at her home in Co Limerick. And Janet O Toole speaks to Birgitta Hedin Curtin about the 2018 Burren Slow Food Festival. (This interview is courtesy of Janet O Toole, presenter of the Food Show on CCR.) The Best Possible Taste is sponsored by TheTaste.ie , voted Ireland’s best on line digital food and drink magazine.

This week’s Best Possible Taste features “What a BLASt – 10 Years of the Irish Food Awards.” This radio documentary was produced by Sharon Noonan and Kieran Hurley and aired on UCC 98.3FM on Friday 16 March at 6.00pm on the eve of the opening for entries of the 2018 Blas na hEireann/ Irish Food Awards. The first ever Blas na hEireann / Irish Food Awards were staged in Dingle, Co Kerry in 2008 as part of the Dingle Food Festival. The 45 minute documentary, which is funded by the BAI, meets Artie Clifford, who conceived the awards and explores how they have grown from a handful of categories and entries in the inaugural year to almost 2500 entries in their 10th year. The judging process, which was developed in collaboration with UCC, is explained in detail by UCC’s Professor Joe Kerry. Other contributors include award winning chef, Neven Maguire and Ireland’s most respected food writers, John and Sally McKenna. Tribute is paid to the late Shane McArdle for his significant contribution to the food and drink ind

In this week’s Best Possible Taste Sharon Noonan travels to Belfast to meet Garrett Landers captain of the Irish team on the eve of the World Butchers’ Challenge and talks to young food entrepreneur, Maurice Allshire about his award winning biltong. Best selling author and successful entrepreneur, Daniel Priestley has advice for food and beverage owners about how to create an “oversubscribed” business. We go into the 2015 archives to retrieve an interview with Ron Forrestal from Forrestal Wine Merchants about what wines to drink at Easter. The Best Possible Taste is sponsored by TheTaste.ie , voted Ireland’s best on line digital food and drink magazine.

In this week’s Best Possible Taste Sharon Noonan travels to the Fitzgerald’s Woodlands House Hotel in Adare, Co Limerick to talk afternoon tea with Mary Fitzgerald. Elaine Donahue reveals details about the programme of events taking place in Galway thanks to its 2018 European Region of Gastronomy designation. And Joe O Connor from Truly Irish delves into the company’s history and explains how the product portfolio has developed over the last 10 years. The Best Possible Taste is sponsored by TheTaste.ie , voted Ireland’s best on line digital food and drink magazine.