Top of the morning: Brennans’ hotel serves best breakfast
YOU knew John and Francis Brennan were ‘At Your Service’. But did you know they also serve the best fivestar breakfast in Ireland?
That’s according to food and hospitality legend Georgina Campbell, who unveiled her annual Irish Breakfast Awards in Dublin.
The awards, in association with Fáilte Ireland, honour the nation’s best breakfasts, tastiest brunch venues and top Irish breakfast menus for 2019.
As well as the Brennan brothers’ Park Hotel Kenmare, 2019 winners included Dublin’s Fumbally Café (Best Brunch), Hook Lighthouse in Co Wexford (Best Irish Breakfast at a Visitor Attraction) and Roscommon’s Castlemine Farm (Best Bacon).
“A recent Australian survey may have tried to debunk the idea that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but our bodies – and our visitors – know better,” Campbell told award winners at Dublin’s InterContinental Hotel.
Ireland’s breakfast options are widening and sustainability and local sourcing are improving, she said, though the Full Irish remains a strong favourite.
It still imparts “the holiday feeling”, a survey said.
“Getting the basics right is so important,” said Neven Maguire, a special guest at the event. “At MacNean House, we put as much emphasis on giving our guests as memorable a food experience for breakfast as the dinner the night before. It is the last meal our guests have before they leave, so we want to make it special.”
The full list of winners has been published on Independent.ie