Ingredientsfor Sustainable Foodsummit
THE Wexford Food Family, the not-for-profit network of food producers established in 2011 to promote Wexford as a food brand locally, nationally and internationally, has announced the fourth annual Wexford Food Summit.
Scheduled for Wednesday, March 1, in the Brandon House Hotel, New Ross, the theme of this year’s Wexford Food Summit is ‘ Ingredients for Sustainable Success’. Organised by the Wexford Food Family, this annual event is an opportunity to promote Wexford’s blossoming artisan food and drinks industry, as well as a networking opportunity for local food and drinks producers. The event is extremely successful and is now a key date in the local business calendar.
A wide range of presentations will be made, highlighting the growing strength of small food producers within the model county
The event will run from 8:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. and be followed by a showcase buffet lunch featuring foods from the members of the Wexford Food Family, specially developed by renowned chef Emmet Maher.
Confirmed speakers so far include Mairead Lavery, editor of Country Living magazine and Artie Clifford, founder and chairperson of Blas na hEireann. A selection of Wexford Food Family members will present case studies, sharing the stories of their successes and challenges including Leigh Kelly of Zaeire Artisan Chocolates and Barbara Sutton of The Bakehouse.
Presentations will be followed by a panel discussion including speakers, Tom Banville of the Wexford Local Enterprise Office and Neil Murphy of Glanbia.
This event will be extremely useful to anyone involved in the food business or thinking about starting up a food business. There will be a presentation made to the Wexford Food Champion 2017 at the event and an overview of the Wexford Food Family 2020 Wexford Food Focus strategy document will be presented.
To reserve your place, please email paula@ wexfordfoodfamily.com . Tickets to the event are €49 each for non-members and €39 for members of the Wexford Food Family. See www. wexfordfoodfamily.com for more information.
To become a member of the Wexford Food Family, go to www.wexfordfoodfamily.com/ become-a-member/
The Wexford Food Summit is kindly sponsored by the Wexford Local Enterprise Office and Wexford County Council.
The Wexford Food Family represents 1,800 jobs in the county with 2around 300 new jobs created in the last 18 months. THE Brandon House Hotel has been awarded the status of Official Supporter of the Wexford Food Family in recognition of their support for Wexford food producers.
In order to achieve the status of Official Supporter of the Wexford Food Family, each business must be nominated by a minimum of six members of the Wexford Food Family.
Recipients are also given the right to use the Official Supporter of the Wexford Food Family logo on their marketing material for the year. It is hoped that this will help to communicate their passion for local foods to their customers and be of benefit to their businesses. The Brandon House Hotel sources products from local suppliers including Duncannon Smokehouse, Wexford Home Preserves, Arthurstown Brewing Co., The Bakehouse, Irish Country Meats, Greenhill Fruit Farm and Fancy Fungi. Head chef Emmet Maher was joined by Greg Doyle Brandon House Hotel manager, at the presentation at the Brandon House Hotel. Neil Murphy, chair of the Wexford Food Family said: ‘We are delighted to be able to give recognition to wonderful establishments who go out of their way to support Wexford food producers.’ For more information Paula Ronan can be contacted at paula@wexfordfoodfamily. com or on 086 1294859.