May 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, 2023 Chefs Finding True Purpose Nine months as a Botanical Cuisine student will change how you interpret food and food growing...

A Model for Learning and Professional Development in Food May 19, 2023 Connections can transform you. Connecting with a person, place,...

April 2023 Aniar, the name of Dr. JP McMahon’s Michelin star restaurant in Galway, is an Irish word meaning ‘westerly; from the west’....

March 2023 Charles Michel starts his masterclass with the question, ‘What can we learn from people loving burgers?’. I’m secretly...

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...

January 2023 Food waste is a big issue, with around 770,300 tonnes of food being wasted in Ireland in 2020 (Environmental Protection...

December 2022 Aimsir is a fantastic example of the high quality of craftsmanship and produce available on this island. Of course, the...

November 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...

November 2022 My brain is fizzing like the ferments, with so many ideas and things to try! Our class with Theresa Keane of ‘Booch and...

June 2022 Filling the Knowledge Gap : Returning to college to learn about plant-forward cooking The day I signed up for this course back...

Photograph : Ruth Calder-Potts, Food and Wine Magazine (Business Post ) May 2022 Events bring people together in a shared experience at a...

25 April 2022 We’re nearly there. But not quite yet. While Paula’s edible garden lectures are coming to an end, our grand finale...

28 March 2022 Having driven through country style roads and thinking we had taken a wrong turn and ended up back in Wexford, we convened...

21 March 2022 A short drive from the city to the suburban countryside town of Celbridge, Co. Kildare lies the Cliff at Lyons, with its...

7 March 2022 A visionary leader could be described as a person who sees the full potential of an idea or concept, how it should exist in...

31 January 2022 McNally Family Farm, Balrickard, Co, Dublin Before you even arrive at McNally’s you know you are heading for farming...

21 February 2022 What is an Herb? Herbs could be defined as botanicals that have a history of use as a food, food flavouring, medicine or...

24 January 2022 First day back from Christmas break, a new year, a new semester and a real sense of a new beginning. Covid restrictions...

27 September 2021 Our first foray into experiential learning was a visit to the ancestral home of the Brabazon family, Kilruddery House...