Feast of Wexford hits the Quay
THE BEST Wexford food and the best local chefs will be cooking up some great dishes as the Feast of Wexford which is taking place on the Quays as part of the Wexford Maritime Festival.
Organised by The Wexford Food Family, the not for profit organisation dedicated to growing and promoting the food industry in County Wexford, the feast will be a unique event taking place in a pop up restaurant.
A wonderfully creative and delicious gala dinner - The Feast of Wexford Banquet - developed by the talented Wexford chef Phelim Byrne will get the foodie events off to a cracking start on Friday night. Tickets to this event are available online through Eventbrite or via the Wexford Food Family – call Neil Murphy on 087 147 3721 or Paula Ronan on 086 129 4859to book (there is a booking fee through Eventbrite).
During the weekend, 24 Wexford producers will be on the quay to meet people, to talk their passion for what they do and how they produce their fabulous foods. And there will be ample opportunities to try before you buy. Entry to the Feast of Wexford Market is free. There will also be a Wexford Craft beer garden with three lovely local brewers’ beers to sample.
Producers are: Atlantis Seafood Meadowfield Farm, Yellow Belly Beer, Baldy & Doyle, Meylers Seafood, Zaeire Artisan Chocolates,
Ballycross Apple Farm, Naturally Cordial, Brendan Stafford Craft Butcher, O’Neill’s Dry Cure Bacon, Fairfield Farm, Richie Doyle & Sons, Fancy Fungi, Simon Lambert & Sons, Featherbed Farm, Wexford Cheddar, Greenhill Fruit Farm, Wexford Home Preserves, Isle of Crackers, Clever Man Beer and Jimmy’s Kitchen
So far 13 brilliant Wexford chefs have confirmed they will be on hand to give free cookery demonstrations in our Feast of Wexford 11 a.m. - Gopal Kawander, Silver Fox, Kilmore 12 p.m. - Anoop Kattupadath, Spice, Wexford 1 p.m. - Nicky Cullen, Mary Barry’s, Kilmore 2 p.m. - Eugene Callaghan, Kelly’s Resort Hotel 3 p.m. - Stephane Rochard, Kelly’s Café 4 p.m. - Nigel Corbett, Talbot Hotel 5 p.m. - Declan Dempsey, Pettitts At 7 p.m. on Saturday, The Float our Lifeboat Big Barbecue Bash will feature a brilliant barbecue cooked up by chef Philip Gore of the Riverbank House Hotel using Wexford foods. Corner Boy and Soul Trek and the Funk Generation will provide the musical entertainment and the Wexford Craft Beer Garden will be open ‘ til 10 p.m. Tickets are €15 a head, including food, and are available from the RNLI. 11 a.m. - Warren Gillen Cistin Eile, Wexford 12 p.m. - Eugene Rockett, D’Lush Café, Wexford 1 p.m. - Julien Clemot, Dunbrody Country House Hotel 2 p.m. - Phelim Byrne, An Seasuir 3 p.m. - Paul Hynes, La Cote 4 p.m. - Peter Murphy. The Yard 5 p.m. - Phelim Byrne, An Seasuir The Feast of Wexford is sponsored by Wexford Local Enterprise Office and Wexford Cheddar.