Best Possible Taste With Sharon Noonan

In this week’s Best Possible Taste food writer Dee Laffan discusses her pending expedition to Everest Base Camp. Author Roisin Meaney has news about a “Novel Supper” she is hosting as part of the Listowel Food Fair on Saturday 11 November. Rosemarie Bennis highlights details about some tasty grain free products. 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 has details about the Pigtown Culture and Food Series of events taking place in Limerick City & County during September and October. To celebrate the Lammas Fair which took place on August 28th and 29th, this BPT includes the BAI funded radio doc, “Devlins’ Yellowman – A Taste of Childhood.” The Best Possible Taste is sponsored by TheTaste.ie , voted Ireland’s best on line digital food and drink magazine.

Georgina Campbell in conversation with Sharon Noonan about the Bord Bia Just Ask Initiative by Sharon Noonan

In this week’s Best Possible Taste Sharon Noonan visits the Fitzgerald’s Woodlands House Hotel in Adare, Co Limerick to meet the sisters behind Body & Kind. Georgina Campbell highlights 2 great restaurants in Waterford recognised by the Bord Bia Just Ask campaign. David Deeley has details about the Bord Bia 2017 Bord Bia Food & Drink Industry Awards. 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 visits the Fitzgerald’s Woodlands House Hotel in Adare, Co Limerick to meet owner Mary Fitzgerald to hear about the hotel’s development over the past 40 years and plans from the future. Marita Varley from Drummond House Garlic reveals her excitement about her garlic being recognised at the Eurotoques Ireland Awards. Sally McKenna shares details about the Theatre of Food line up at this year’s Electric Picnic. 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 Ron Forrestal is in the studio to discuss wines from New Zealand. Niamh Arthurs reveals the intricacies of her job as a Public Health and Clinical Nutritionist and blogger Rory Carrick provides an insight into a foraging retreat on Lambay Island. 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 visits Nicole Dunphy at Pandora Bell, a luxury gourmet confectionary company. Kate Ryan from Flavour.ie extols the culinary attributes of West Cork. Paul O Connor has details about the 2017 Irish Curry Awards. 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 visits John Liston at Dysert Farm in Co Limerick to talk about being a member of the Little Milk Company. Failte Ireland Food Champion & Chef of the Lemon Tree Restaurant in Letterkenny, Chris Molloy has details about the first ever Off the Street Food Fest taking place in Letterkenny, Co Donegal on Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 July. The Best Possible Taste is sponsored by TheTaste.ie , voted Ireland’s best on line digital food and drink magazine.

This is a second helpings episode of Best Possible Taste when you get a chance to hear previously aired interviews including the time that Sharon Noonan visited the award winning MacNean House in Co Cavan and met chef/owner Neven Maguire. There's a reminder of the perfect summer wines with Ron Forrestal from Forrestal Wine Merchants and Sarah Evans describes wonderful tour of Limerick city by horse and carriage.

In this week’s Best Possible Taste Sharon Noonan is with Georgina Campbell, one of Ireland’s leading hospitality experts, to talk about the Bord Bia Just Ask campaign which has recognised Sage in Letterkenny and Good Things Cafe at Dillon’s Corner in Skibereen. Newcastle West, in Co Limerick has had a sushi bar added to its culinary scene and Sharon talks to Martina in Yoshi Sushi To Go and visits the stall of French man Jeff Gloux at the market . And at the end of the show we tour the majestic Attyflin Estate to meet Operations’ Manager, Paul Mordaunt.

4 July 2017 by Sharon Noonan

In this week’s Best Possible Taste, Ron Forrestal from Forrestal Wine Merchants has the low down on the gin explosion taking place in Ireland at present. Ali Dunworth provides a unique insight into her career as a food consultant, cook and creative. Easyfood editor, Caroline Gray, has all the details about the summer issue. 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 there are visits to find out about a new market taking place at Springfield Castle in Broadford, Co Limerick, trips to the capital to enjoy award winning gardens at Bloom and meet producers at Taste of Dublin and we put a call into the organiser of Ireland’s first gourmet food beach market!

In this episode of Best Possible Taste Sharon Noonan meets chef Robin Gill at Litfest, a food and drinks literacy festival at Ballymaloe, Co Cork. Also on this programme Georgina Campbell, one of Ireland’s leading hospitality experts, joins Sharon in the Limerick Stand Hotel to talk about the winners of her annual breakfast awards and the Draft House in Strandhill, Sligo who has been recognised in the Bord Bia Just Ask campaign. And finally a trip to the farmers’ market in Co Limerick’s beautiful Adare Village provides an introduction to the “Sandwich Sisters” street food.

This episode of Best Possible Taste is produced by Sharon Noonan with guest presenter Declan Maxwell. It focuses on Taste of Dublin which takes place in the capital’s Iveagh Gardens from Thursday 15 June – Sunday 18 June 2017. Declan talks to Taste of Dublin Festival Director, Avril Bannerton, about the 2017 programme and gets an insight into behind the scenes. Ian Murray explains why Bank of Ireland supports Taste of Dublin with its “Producers’ Row” competition. Award winning executive pastry chef, Aoife Noonan, discusses her Taste of Dublin demo and Rebecca Bell from Teeling Distillery joins Declan to talk about Ireland's leading independent whiskey producer. For more details about Taste of Dublin, visit www.tasteofdublin.ie The Best Possible Taste is sponsored by TheTaste.ie , voted Ireland’s best on line digital food and drink magazine.

This is a second helpings episode of Best Possible Taste when you get a chance to hear previously aired interviews including the time that Sharon Noonan visited the award winning MacNean House in Co Cavan and met chef/owner Neven Maguire. There's a reminder of the perfect summer wines with Ron Forrestal from Forrestal Wine Merchants and Sarah Evans describes wonderful tour of Limerick city by horse and carriage.

Bloom in the Park takes place in Dublin’s Phoenix Park from Thursday 1 June until Monday 5 June. Mike Neary, Bord Bia Horticulture Manager, provides an insight into this year’s programme and what goes on behind the scenes. Rosemarie Bennis from Sonas Healthfood Shop has advice about how to nourish your skin for the summer sun. Sharon Noonan meets Gillian Nelis, Managing Editor of the Sunday Business Post and one of Ireland’s top food journalists.

Ron Forrestal from Forrestal Wine Merchants joins Sharon Noonan in studio to share his summer wine recommendations. During a visit to Adare, Co Limerick, Sharon talks to Ciara Brennan at the Friday market about her vegan food business, Happy Food at Home and calls to the Dunraven Arms Hotel to congratulate Hugh Murphy on the hotel’s Irish Restaurant Awards’ win for best service. And at the end of the show Theresa Storey from the Green Apron and Limerick Food Group shares details about how to get involved in the Pigtown Festival taking place in Limerick City & County this autumn.

This episode of Best Possible Taste is guest presented by Birgitta Hedin Curtin in Lisdoovarna, Co Clare. It focuses on the culinary attributes of the Burren and Birgitta talks to: Ciara O Halloran, Red Bank Food Company Kieran O Halloran, Kieran’s Kitchen Neil Hawes, Burren Butcher And Peter Curtin, Burren Brewery. The Burren Slow Food Festival takes place 12-14 May 2017. Visit www.slowfoodclare.com for more details.

Sharon meets Patricia O Sullivan who is heading up the Limerick Food Development Strategy. She enjoys a visit to the idyllic Jay farm to talk to Jean McCormack. Caroline Gray provides a preview of the Easyfood May issue by Skype and a report from Food 4 Thought includes interviews with Greta Herbs, Victoria Foley, Cordal Goats Cheese and Dingle Sushi.