Chicken with a texture and well-developed flavour that attracts the attention of leading chefs and speciality food retail outlets is a rare bird these days. But, since 2004, producing really good chickens been one of Maurice Kettyle's main aims at Kett ... more...
Kilcolgan is synonymous with native oysters, the famed 'Galway Bay oysters'. Kellys are not only highly respected suppliers to hotels and restaurants in Ireland and abroad (including Rick Stein), but you can also buy them online (Oct-Apr) in smaller qu ... more...
The limestone-rich soil of Co Kilkenny, where Rod and Julie Calder-Potts have farmed since 1969 (organically since 1994), is particularly suitable for apple growing. From the outset, they have grown apple varieties specifically selected for their juici ... more...
Abernethy Butter is one of the great recent success stories of Northern Ireland’s artisan food revival.
Since turning their hand-churned butter making hobby into a business in 2005, and initially selling at markets, Will and Allison Abernethy&rs ... more...
Named after the hoard of stunning Iron Age artefacts discovered on nearby farmland in 1896, this fine rapeseed oil range is grown and cold-pressed on their farm by sixth generation farmer Richard Kane and his wife Leona.
Delicately flavoured yet disti ... more...
Eggs / Farmshop / Fruit & Veg / Meat & Game / Poultry
Regan Organic Produce is a 45 acre organic mixed farm where the main focus is on poultry - with both laying and table chickens and ducks, as well as turkeys for Christmas - but there are also pigs, lambs and a small suckler herd. Details of all the bre ... more...
Baking/Bakery / Butchers / Café / Food Market / Internet/Phone Mail Order
Anthony and Geraldine Heffernan's long-established family butchery has undergone several revamps in recent years and, while it is still a butchers shop with café, deli, and bakery, Heffernans Fine Foods has developed considerably of late.
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Carol and Patrick Rooney of Derrycamma Farm near Castlebellingham are members of the recently established Oriel Food Group (orielfoodgroup.ie) of quality food producers in the ancient region of Oriel, which is mainly in what is now known as Co Louth.
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Opening The Baker’s Table of Lismore in January 2021 was an act of faith for Liverpool-born owner/chef John Mount. But it came through the challenges of that time with panache and soon earned a following in the region for excellent baking (notabl ... more...
Fruit & Veg / Internet/Phone Mail Order / Meat & Game
Fourth generation farmers, Debbie and David Johnston, believe strongly in sustainability and produce their organic beef and lamb the natural, slow way on their limestone pastures, giving it natural texture and real local flavour.
They also grow fruit ... more...
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