May 30, 20235 minReality Strikes- 'Backstage' for Chefs at their Landscape Perspectives, PerformanceMay 30, 2023 It’s finally here. The day we’ve been working towards all year. In a few hours time, a group of VIPs -including...
May 26, 20234 minThey will be the Game-changers.May 26, 2023 Chefs Finding True Purpose Nine months as a Botanical Cuisine student will change how you interpret food and food growing...
May 19, 20235 minConnection and CollaborationA Model for Learning and Professional Development in Food May 19, 2023 Connections can transform you. Connecting with a person, place,...
Apr 3, 20234 minWesterly Musings- 'An Alphabet of Aniar'April 2023 Aniar, the name of Dr. JP McMahon’s Michelin star restaurant in Galway, is an Irish word meaning ‘westerly; from the west’....
Mar 1, 20233 minDish Design for Health? -The Appliance of Science, a Nod to the Burger!March 2023 Charles Michel starts his masterclass with the question, ‘What can we learn from people loving burgers?’. I’m secretly...
Feb 13, 20234 minThe Role of Art in Helping Us to Understand Our Food Crisis.February 2023 If by making beautiful plates we can get more people to engage in a meaningful way with the crisis in which we find our...
Jan 30, 20233 minRespecting Root to Shoot- The Zero Waste ChallengeJanuary 2023 Food waste is a big issue, with around 770,300 tonnes of food being wasted in Ireland in 2020 (Environmental Protection...
Dec 11, 20223 minJordan Bailey-Creative Brilliance in ‘Seed to Plate’ Dining December 2022 Aimsir is a fantastic example of the high quality of craftsmanship and produce available on this island. Of course, the...
Nov 12, 20223 minAnimal Farm, Appreciating breeds @Airfield EstateNovember 11, 2022 It’s a blustery morning in Airfield, as we meet farm manager Brian Farrell to get a tour of the farm. Our first port of...