Best Possible Taste With Sharon Noonan

In this second helpings episode of Best Possible Tastes liquid refreshments take centre stage. First up it's a visit to Attfylin Estate on the outskirts of Limerick city where we meet General manager Paul Mordaunt. Later in the programme we remember the advice about ordering wine in a restaurant that BPT resident wine guru Ron Forrestal shared in November 2017. Best Possible Taste is sponsored by TheTaste.ie

On this episode of Best Possible Taste we meet Pat O Sullivan from Masterchefs Hospitality, one of Irelands leading corporate and events catering companies, at his latest brainchild, Copia Green, an innovative health driven, flavour focused eatery in Castletroy, Limerick and later in the programme a trio of GMIT students share details about the different initiatives they are involved in which include Feast and the Foodie Forum which takes place on 26 November 2018. Best Possible Taste is sponsored by TheTaste.ie

6 November 2018 by Sharon Noonan

In this episode of the Best Possible Taste, we meet young entrepreneur Eoin Sheehan to find out about his business Country Munch and Ger Mulally, chair of Savour Kilkenny, has details about this year's food festival. Best Possible Taste is sponsored by TheTaste.ie

In this week's Best Possible Taste good quality ingredients from Ireland are in the spotlight thanks to a visit to the Urban Co-op's new premises in Limerick and award winning chef and Food on the Edge Symposium Director, Jp McMahon, has details about this year's Food on the Edge which takes place in Galway on Monday 22nd and Tuesday 23rd October 2018. Best Possible Taste is sponsored by TheTaste.ie

On this week's Best Possible Taste to celebrate 3 restaurants in Cork being awarded coveted Michelin stars we are going into the archives to play an from September 2016 with Rebecca Burr, director of the Michelin Guide GB and Ireland and Rebecca Steele and Dolores Prendeville about their new venture at Holly Tree Cottage in Newcastle West Co Limerick. Best Possible Taste is sponsored by TheTaste.ie

In this Best Possible Taste we delve into the archives to talk about wines from New Zealand and Argentina with our resident wine guru Ron Forrestal. A visit to Mitchelstown in Co Cork reveals links to farming in West Limerick during a conversation with Pat Mulcahy of Ballinwillin House Farm the only combined farmed organic venison, wild boar and goat farm in Ireland which now and Aisling Moore head chef of Elbow Lane in Cork has details about the Market Lane Group’s chef sessions with a Catalonian influence. Best Possible Taste is sponsored by TheTaste.ie

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