8 February 2022
On this episode of Best Possible Taste we zoom in to New Zealand to talk to Tim Lightbourne at the Invivo Winery. And Celebrate the latest award at Castlewood House with Helen Woods Heaton.
Feb 10, 2022•48 min
Best Possible Taste with Sharon Noonan
Food and Drink Podcast with Sharon Noonan.
Ireland's longest-running food and drink podcast airing since 2013.
Some people like to blog, Sharon Noonan likes to interview! In 2013 her food and drink show, Best Possible Taste, premiered on West Limerick 102FM and entertained listeners for 11 years up until October 2024.
Sharon continues to interview guests from the food and drink scene in Ireland and beyond for the podcast. From restaurant reviews to discussing current affairs issues affecting the hospitality industry to hearing a famous family recipe to enjoying an award winning artisan product, the topics covered are diverse and delectable. Happy listening and Bon Appetit!
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Episodes
1 February 2022
On this episode of Best Possible Taste we hear from Ireland’s foremost zero waste advocate, Conor Spacey, Culinary Director, Food Space. And Sharon Noonan travels to Shanagolden in West Limerick to meet mother/daughter team, Mary and Helena Roche, to find out more about dining in a dome at The Old Stand.
Feb 07, 2022•51 min
25 January 2022
On this episode of Best Possible Taste we welcome Annie Dunne, founder of the Art of Grate Food, back to the show to get an insight into what food and drink trends we can expect to encounter in 2022. And Sharon Noonan travels to Athenry in Co Galway to visit the soon to be opened, Bia Innovator Campus, and meet general manager Elaine Donohue.
Jan 31, 2022•44 min
18 January 2022
In the first 2022 episode of the Best Possible Taste we meet Avril Molloy, founder of The Irish School of Cheese, Ireland’s only independent cheese training, education and events service for businesses that buy, sell or serve artisan cheese. And Katia Valadeau, who blogs at www.properfood.ie, shares details about her pre-Christmas 2021 visit to West Limerick.
Jan 23, 2022•44 min
Exclusive interview with Santa Claus
Sharon Noonan travels to a secret hideaway in West Limerick to meet Santa! She hears what Mrs Claus cooks for him, what his favourite dinner is and the different foods that he enjoys when he makes his epic journey around the world on Christmas Eve. From bacon and cabbage to tapas, cheese and pavlova, Santa's appetite knows no bounds! Happy Christmas everyone.
Dec 22, 2021•11 min
14 December 2021
On this week’s Best Possible Taste, our resident wine guru, Ron Forestal from Forrestal Wine Merchants returns to share his recommendations and suggestions for Christmas wines And Nutrition and Health Coach Serena O Reilly shares her plant based journey and has details about how you can get your. hands on her FREE collection of plant based recipes just in time for Christmas.
Dec 15, 2021•53 min
7 December 2021
In this Best Possible Taste episode Sharon Noonan talks to Birgitta Hedin Curtin from the award winning Burren Smokehouse in Lisdoonvarna, Co Clare and hears how traditional Irish music and love inspired Birgitta to move from Sweden to Ireland. And We "zoom" in to Barbados to talk to Laura Bonner, founder of Donegal's Muff Liquor Company , and find out about a recent collaboration with broadcaster and author Laura Whitmore.
Dec 08, 2021•44 min
30 November 2021
On this episode of Best Possible Taste: Caroline Hennessy has news about the winners of the Eight Degrees' Original Gravity competition that took place earlier this year to celebrate 10 years of brewing at Eight Degrees. And Michael O Neill from Fernhill House Hotel & Gardens in Clonakilty, West Cork tells us about the heritage of the historical estate and its recently launched gin.
Dec 01, 2021•46 min
23 November 2021 - Danni Barry at the Wicklow Escape
This interview is taken from the Best Possible Taste show that aired on 23 November 2021. Sharon Noonan travelled to the Wicklow Escape to meet award-winning chef Danni Barry to talk ingredients, menus, TV shows, Eammon Holmes, Joris Minne and lots more! For more episodes of the Best Possible Taste visit www.sharonnoonan.com
Nov 30, 2021•18 min
19 October 2021
19 October 2021 by Sharon Noonan
Oct 20, 2021•51 min
12 October 2021
On the programme tonight we meet Co Meath artisan producer Hilary McGrath from A Bit of the Side Jellies. Award-winning chef Jp McMahon joins us to talk about this year’s Food on the Edge a 2 day symposium that aims to challenge our perspective on food and our connection to it. And at the end of the programme, we hear from Maurice O Connell from Wayward Irish Spirits a family company situated on the stunning Lakeview Estate on Lough Leane in Killarney.
Oct 13, 2021•50 min
5 October 2021
This episode of Best Possible Taste features 2 winners from the 2021 Blas na hEireann / Irish Food Awards - Linda McGibbon, creator of SeaSugar Sweets and Judy Ratliff from Judes chocolates We also hear from wine expert, Leslie Williams from the Examiner, about Spanish wine to celebrate Spanish Food & Wine Week 2021!
Oct 06, 2021•54 min
28 September 2021
This episode is in anticipation of the announcement of the 2021 winners of the annual Blas na hEireann / Irish food awards which will be announced on Saturday 2 October. We hear from 2 finalists - Andy Shinnick from Blackwater Honey and Maurice Gilbert from Ballyhoura Apple Juice. We also enjoy an extract from PodBLASt, the podcast by Blas na hEireann, when presenter Fallon Moore talks to Blas judge, Annie Dunne founder of the Art of GRATE Food.
Sep 29, 2021•56 min
21 September 2021
On this week’s Best Possible Taste we go to Dublin to talk to chef Grainne O Keefe about her new restaurant Mae, collaborating with fellow chefs and The Chef Supper Club. Sharon Noonan returns to the new farmers’ market in Newcastle West to talk to Suzanne Nash about her frozen yoghurt smoothie business, RAWE. And we stay local to talk to award winning farmers Michael and Mary Ita McCarthy from Feenagh in West Limerick - this year’s winners of the 2021 NDC and Kerrygold Quality Milk Awards.
Sep 21, 2021•48 min
14 September 2021
On this week’s Best Possible Taste chef Tom Flavin returns to the programme and looks back on his illiustrious career cooking in ktichens all over the world and to tell us about the launch his new consultancy business. Tom also shares details about the programme of events for this year’s Pigtown Culture and Food Series which starts on Thursday September 16th. We head to Tramore in Co Waterford to talk to Nicola Crowley about her business which she shares with her husband Dvir. Mezze is a shop, d...
Sep 17, 2021•53 min
7 September 2021
This episode of Best Possible Taste features interviews from PodBLASt the podcast by Blas ne hEireann / The Irish Food Awards which is presented by Fallon Moore and produced by Sharon Noonan. In the pilot episode Fallon talks to Miena Rust from Miena's Handmade Nougat and McEntee's Tea, Helen & Donal. In another episode 2021 Blas na hEireann Producers' Champion, Brian McDermott, shares his delight at receiving the accolade and is full of praise for Ireland's food and drink producers. Visit w...
Sep 09, 2021•51 min
22 June 2021
In the last episode of the Best Possible Taste before the summer 2021 break, Sharon Noonan talks to Paul Moore about his food journey that started in his mother’s kitchen making chilli sauce with his brother to sell at his local farmer’s markets and food festivals around the country before deciding to go full time in 2014 with his business Rebel Chilli. And We hear from renowned pastry chef Aoife Noonan who has enjoyed success in Michelin Star kitchens and is now pursuing her love of teaching an...
Jun 30, 2021•49 min
15 June 2021
On this episode of the Best Possible Taste we meet food writer and food events creative Ali Dunworth who has West Limerick connections. Ali began her career working behind the scenes in food TV in the UK on shows like Saturday Kitchen, Great British Menu and Nigella Lawson’s series as well as working in various London restaurants. Back in Ireland for the last few years, she has worked as Food Producer on RTE’s What Are You Eating?, is a regular contributor to McKennas Guides and Image.ie and cur...
Jun 17, 2021•43 min
25 May2021
On this week’s Best Possible Taste Helen Cooke from This Winding Life returns to the programme to share a selection of great food themed books for the perfect summer read. Young entrepreneurs Jack Pierce and Caitlyn O Connor reveal the inspiration behind the Horse Box Coffee Trailer in Broadford, Co Limerick. AND Photographer and stylist Kirsty Lyons shares her journey from the fashion industry into food.
May 28, 2021•58 min
18 May 2021
Tonight we meet Katia Valadeau who has created a fantastic online map that identifies where in Ireland we can enjoy outdoor dining when restrictions lift. Artisan food producer Brian O Neill gives us the lowdown on his company Dublin Hot Sauce and Freelance editor and food writer Kristin Jensen shares details about her kickstarter campaign "Blasta Books" which will change the way that cookbooks are published.
May 19, 2021•56 min
11 May 2021
On this episode of the Best Possible Taste we meet Sarah O Mahony to find out how her career in hospitality started in Shannon College of Hotel Management and brought her full circle back to the college where she is now the Marketing Manager And Young female entrepreneur Ciara Hennebry shares her journey from the family farm to setting up her first business aged 16 to her latest venture Croia Ireland.
May 12, 2021•52 min
4 May 2021
On this episode of Best Possible Taste Helen Cooke from This Winding Life returns to talk about her favourite bread. And At the end of the programme Eamon Lynch tells us about his new venture - Sprig Cookery School.
May 07, 2021•51 min
27 April 2021
On this episode of the Best Possible Taste we talk to the newly appointed chair of the Irish Food Writers’ Guild, Caroline Hennessy. And at the end of the programme we delve into the 2017 archives to get a reminder of what wines are great for summer thanks to Ron Forrestal from Forrestal Wine Merchants.
Apr 28, 2021•53 min
20 April 2021
On this episode of the Best Possible Taste we explore the serious issue of obesity with Niamh Arthurs registered dietician and researcher at Temple St Children’s University Hospital and Deirdre Murphy who is a member of the Irish Coalition for People Living with obesity (ICPO) And At the end of the programme Louis Murphy joins us from the Dunraven Arms Hotel in Adare, Co Limerick to give us an insight into the history of the hotel and how he and his team have been busy despite being closed in th...
Apr 23, 2021•56 min
30 March 2021
In this episode of the Best Possible we celebrate one whole year since the launch of click and collect market Neighbourfood in Limerick and talk to host Deirdre MacMahon about its resounding success for customers and suppliers alike. And Ciara Brennan from Happy Food At Home shares her insights into enjoying a plant based diet and reveals details about her online cookery courses.
Mar 30, 2021•48 min
23 March 2021
In this episode of the Best Possible Taste Fallon Moore from Blas na hEireann / Irish Food Awards has details about how to enter this year’s awards. Helen Cooke from This Winding Life shares advice on how to celebrate a special occasion in style during lockdown. And Chris Starr, head chef of the Dunraven Arms Hotel in Adare, Co Limerick makes our mouths water thanks to the launch of the West Limerick Grass Fed Spring Lamb Burger Kit.
Mar 23, 2021•51 min
16 March 2021
16 March 2021 by Sharon Noonan
Mar 16, 2021•49 min
9 March 2021
Our first guest on this episode of The Best Possible Taste is Ursula Giltenane from D&M Garden Centre in Croagh who gives us an update on how the pandemic has inspired the family business to go back to their roots. David Hayes from Logr shares his everchanging offering since opening his cafe in Adare in the middle of last year and his delicious package for Mother’s Day. And finally Seamus Cleary from Cleary’s pub tells us about marking 1 year of his Newcastle West pub being closed and his ex...
Mar 10, 2021•47 min
2 March 2021
On this episdoe of the Best Possible Taste: Dan Sykes from Springfield Castle in West Limerick shares an update on the historic Venue. Final year student and Newcastle West native Katie Noonan appeals for help to get her final year thesis about goat meat published. And Our resident wine guru Ron Forrestal returns with some great wine recommendations just in time for Mothers’ Day.
Mar 04, 2021•44 min
23 February 2021
Tonight Richard Fitzgerald from the renowned Fitzgeralds' Woodlands Hotel in Adare, Co Limerick, shares details of the family’s challenges over the past 12 months and reveals how their latest venture is proving to be a resounding success. And we head over to London to talk to Anne Dunne, originally from Cavan, about her career in the food industry which has included the world’s most famous department store Harrods and most recently the launch of her new consultancy business, The Art of Grate Foo...
Feb 25, 2021•54 min
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