Reality Strikes- 'Backstage' for Chefs at their Landscape Perspectives, Performance
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...
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BOTANICAL CUISINE DIGEST
May 25, 20234 min read
They 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...
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May 19, 20235 min read
Connection and Collaboration
A Model for Learning and Professional Development in Food May 19, 2023 Connections can transform you. Connecting with a person, place,...
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Apr 2, 20234 min read
Westerly 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’....
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Mar 1, 20233 min read
Dish 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...
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Feb 13, 20234 min read
The 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...
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Jan 30, 20233 min read
Respecting Root to Shoot- The Zero Waste Challenge
January 2023 Food waste is a big issue, with around 770,300 tonnes of food being wasted in Ireland in 2020 (Environmental Protection...
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Dec 11, 20223 min read
Jordan 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...
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Nov 11, 20223 min read
Animal Farm, Appreciating breeds @Airfield Estate
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...
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Nov 11, 20224 min read
Fizzing with Ferments
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...
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Jun 24, 20224 min read
From Professional Kitchen to Classroom, from Courage to Confidence- Chefs Take that First Step!
June 2022 Filling the Knowledge Gap : Returning to college to learn about plant-forward cooking The day I signed up for this course back...
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Jun 5, 20223 min read
A Team Vision for a Botanical Performance
Photograph : Ruth Calder-Potts, Food and Wine Magazine (Business Post ) May 2022 Events bring people together in a shared experience at a...
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Apr 25, 20223 min read
Support From the Ground Up ! Defines Our Learning.
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...
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Apr 8, 20224 min read
Alchemy and Respect: People-Produce-Flavour
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...
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Mar 31, 20223 min read
Inspiring the Next Generation of Chefs Through Food, Gardens and Mindful Creativity
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...
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Mar 13, 20223 min read
You can’t be, what you can’t see- Tasting a Vision
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...
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Mar 13, 20224 min read
Little and Large - McNally's Family Farm & Little Cress Microgreens
31 January 2022 McNally Family Farm, Balrickard, Co, Dublin Before you even arrive at McNally’s you know you are heading for farming...
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Mar 13, 20224 min read
Parsley- The Peacekeeper
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...
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Mar 13, 20225 min read
Feast and Famine
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...
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Mar 13, 20224 min read
What will your garden say about you? - Kilruddery House & Gardens Wicklow
27 September 2021 Our first foray into experiential learning was a visit to the ancestral home of the Brabazon family, Kilruddery House...
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