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Enticing the Culinary Traveller: Failte Ireland’s Food Connect (2016)

September 21, 2016 Catherine Moran Leave a Comment

photos of speakers and attendees at Food Connect by Failte Ireland 2016
Left to right, top to bottom: Caroline Hennessy, Failte Ireland; Marita Collier, Drummond House Garlic; Georgina Campbell, Georgina Campbell’s Ireland Guide; Pol O’Conghaile Food Connect MC and Ireland’s Travel Expert; Trish Desine, Food Author and Activist; Eric Wolf, World Travel Association and Mark Murphy, Dingle Cookery School and Dingle Food Festival; Julie Calder-Potts, Highbank Orchards; Susan and Judith Boyle, Two Sisters Brewing; Patrick Ryan, Firehouse Bakery; Ruth Hegarty, Egg & Chicken Projects.

Food Connect — exploring ways of putting place on a plate

More about the culinary traveller than the culinary tourist, Food Connect was Fáilte Ireland’s landmark two-day conference for Irish food and drink businesses seeking new ways of putting their place on a plate (or in a glass).

We’re talking “terroir”, of course, but we’re also talking the substantial business to be had from travellers to Ireland who want an authentic and immersive experience of this terroir.

Food Connect took place in Tankardstown House, a handsome country house hotel near Slane, Co. Meath (a little northish of Dublin) on the 12th and 13th of September, 2016.

By the way, “fáilte” is the Irish word for “welcome” and Fáilte Ireland is Ireland’s national tourism development agency.

reception area of Tankardstown House near Slane
The main entrance to Tankardstown House, near Slane, Co. Meath, the venue for Food Connect 2016.

Food Connect — themes of day 1 and

day 2

The themes of day 1 of Food Connect were “Stories and People” (in the morning) and “Innovations and Insights” (in the afternoon).

The themes of day 2 of Food Connect were “Putting Place on a Plate” and “Appetites for Travel”.

A panel discussion was held at the end of the morning and the afternoon session on both days.

Fáilte Ireland chose excellent topics and speakers. Truly, the speakers were outstanding. And travel writer Pól Ó Conghaile, MC for the two days, ran a tight ship and expertly curated the content. Considering the number of speakers and “same but different” array of topics, that was no mayn fayte, as we say in Co. Mayo.

Pol O Conghaile moderating Food Connect 2016
Pol O Conghaile, MC at Food Connect 2016. He kept the schedule on time and expertly curated the conference content.

How this post is organised

There are two strands to this post:

  • Audio recordings of all bar one of the speakers’ presentations, roughly thirty minutes apiece. The speakers, as you’ll hear, delivered outstanding presentations.
  • Short and wonderfully sweet audios with some of the attendees.

This post is a work in progress because of the amount of audio I need to process. This means that I will publish the audio files over the next couple of weeks as and when they are ready.

I’ll also make a podcast of highlights of the event.

Three of the speakers at Food Connect 2016: Erik Wolf (World Food Travel Association), Hege Anita Eilertsen (Museum Nord), Justin Green (Bertha's Revenge Craft Gin)
Three of the speakers at Food Connect 2016: Erik Wolf (World Food Travel Association), Hege Anita Eilertsen (Museum Nord), Justin Green (Bertha’s Revenge Craft Gin). Can I be hip for a moment and say that they rocked it?

Here, now, are the audio interviews I recorded with some of the attendees — just click on the play icon to listen.

Interview with Sinead Hennessy, Fáilte Ireland (9 mins, 50 sec)

Sinead Hennessy talking about the Failte Ireland Food Connect conference
Sinead Hennessy, Failte Ireland, speaking at Food Connect 2016.

Sinead Hennessy, from Fáilte Ireland, gives an overview of the objectives and themes of Food Connect 2016.

Key words in presentation from Sinead Hennessy at Failte Ireland's Food Connect 2016

https://myartisanbusiness.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/FoodConnectSineadHennessy.mp3


Interview with Ruth Hegarty, Egg & Chicken Food Projects (8 mins, 34 secs)

Ruth Hegarty talking at Food Connect 2016
Ruth Hegarty, founder of Egg & Chicken Food Projects. Posing a question about global Irish pubs at Food Connect 2016.
Ruth Hegarty food consultant logo for Egg & Chicken Food Projects
Egg & Chicken Food Projects logo. Photo courtesy eggandchicken.ie.

This is an 8-minute interview with Ruth Hegarty, conference attendee and founder of Egg & Chicken Food Projects, an artisan food and drink project management consultancy based in Galway.

key words from interview with Rugh Hegarty from Egg & Chicken Food Projects at Food Connect 2016

https://myartisanbusiness.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/FoodConnectRuthHegartyEggChickenProjects.mp3

 


 

Interview with Jacinta Dalton, Lecturer at Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (6 mins, 13 secs)

Jacinta Dalton at Failte Ireland Food Connect 2016
Jacinta Dalton, lecturer at Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology and speaker at Food Connect 2016.

Jacinta Dalton is a food and beverage/hospitality and marketing lecturer at Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology. As a member of the steering committee for the European Region of Gastronomy, Jacinta was instrumental in helping Galway win its bid for European Region of Gastronomy 2018. Jacinta is on Twitter as @jcdal

key words in Jaconta Dalto's interview at Food Connect 2016

https://myartisanbusiness.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/FoodConnectJacintaDalton.mp3

 


 

Interview with Catherine Allen, Fab Food Trails (5 mins)

Catherine Allen at Failte Ireland's food connect conference in Meath 2016
Catherine Allen, culinary tour guide at Fab Food Trails. 

Catherine Allen, Ballymaloe Cookery School graduate and food blogger, is a guide for Fab Food Trails, Ireland’s first culinary tourism business. Catherine gives an overview of culinary tours offered by Fab Food Trails, including walking food trails in Dublin and Cork.

logo of Fab Food Trails
Fab Food Trails’ logo. Courtesy of Fab Food Trails.

key words in interview with catherne allen about fab food trails

https://myartisanbusiness.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/FCCatherineAllenFabFoodTrails.mp3

Fab Food Trails: Social

Fab Food Trails website, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

Catherine Allen’s food blog, Elbows off the Table.


 

Interview with John Fitzgerald, Atlantic Irish Seaweed (5 mins, 16 secs)

Pohn Fitzgerals, Atlantic Irish Seaweed in the sea foraging for seaweed
John Fitzgerald from Atlantic Irish Seaweed. Photo courtesy John Fitzgerald.

John is co-owner of Atlantic Irish Seaweed, which is based on the coast of Co. Kerry. John describes the seaweed discovery tours, workshops and sea vegetable tastings — including a 16-course feast — that Atlantic Irish Seaweed offers.

John Fitzgerals from Atlantic Irish Seaweed in the sea harvesting seaweed

https://myartisanbusiness.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/JohnAtlanticIrishSeaweed.mp3

Atlantic Irish Seaweed: Social

Atlantic Irish Seaweed website, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.


 

Interview with Mark Murphy, Co-Owner The Dingle Cookery School and Committee Member, The Dingle Food Festival (8 mins, 23 sec)

photo of Mark Murphy in chef's whites and a purple apron
Mark Murphy, The Dingle Cookery School and The Dingle Food Festival. Photo courtesy Mark Murphy and the Failte Ireland website.

Mark Murphy, co-owner of The Dingle Cookery School, describes the immersive courses on offer at the school, which is based in Co. Kerry. He also gives an overview of the Dingle Food Festival, which celebrates the food and drink of the Dingle Peninsula. This annual festival is regarded as the best food festival in Ireland.

Mark Murphy Dingle Cookery School 3

https://myartisanbusiness.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/FCMarkMurphyDingleCookerySchool.mp3

The Dingle Cookery School and The Dingle Food Festival: Social

The Dingle Cookery School website, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram.

The Dingle Food Festival website, Facebook, Twitter.


Interview with Rebecca Cronin, Co-Director of The Ballymaloe Literary Festival of Food & Wine (LitFest) [8 mins, 39 secs]

Rebecca Cronin from LitFest sitting at the dinnr table
Rebecca Cronin, Co-Director of The Ballymaloe Literary Festival of Food & Wine.

As a Co-Director who works on the ground at LitFest, Rebecca Cronin has a unique perspective on the current state of the Irish artisan Food and drink business sector. Rebecca describes what she took away from Food Connect 2016, and calls for a national platform where Irish food and drink businesses can connect for mutual business benefit.

key words in interview with rebecca cronin

 

https://myartisanbusiness.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/FCRebccaCroninonLitFest.mp3

Rebecca Cronin/LitFest: Social

LitFest website, Twitter.


 

To be continued…

Food & Drink Conference Atlantic Irish Seaweed, Dingle Cookery School, Dingle Food Festival, Egg & Chicken Projects, Fab Food Trails, Failte Ireland, Jacinta Dalton, LitFest, Rebecca Cronin, Sinead hennessy

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