Birgitta Hedin Curtin is no stranger to the Best Possible Taste and is always a welcome guest! The founder of the multi-award-winning Burren Smokehouse is celebrating 35 years in business as well as more prestigious awards. THE BEST POSSIBLE TASTE IS IRELAND’S LONGEST-RUNNING FOOD AND DRINK RADIO SHOW AND PODCAST AND CELEBRATED 10 YEARS ON AIR IN 2023.
We head to Northern Ireland for this episode of Best Possible Taste to meet Jim Nash from the Wild Atlantic Distillery James Huey shares the story of the Walled City Brewery. Best Possible Taste is Ireland's longest-running food and drink radio show and podcast. On air since 2013!
Kate Ryan is an award-winning food writer originally from the UK but now resident in beautiful West Cork. In 2023 Kate was the Blas na hÉireann Producers' Champion and Food Story Teller of the Year. In this interview Kate chats about her career to date which includes recently completing a Masters at UCC. BEST POSSIBLE TASTE IS IRELAND'S LONGEST RUNNING FOOD AND DRINK RADIO SHOW AND PODCAST AND CELEBRATED 11 YEARS ON AIR IN SEPTEMBER 2024.
In this interview Will Taylor and Emma Connolly from Glastry Farm in Northern Ireland share the Glastry Farm story which features a number of awards for their range of icecreams and sorbets. BEST POSSIBLE TASTE IS IRELAND'S LONGEST-RUNNING FOOD AND DRINK RADIO SHOW AND PODCAST.
Blanca Valencia shares details about Eat Spain Drink Spain which will be taking place across the country in October, bringing together Ireland’s finest restaurants, retailers, and hospitality venues to present the best of traditional and modern Spanish fare. Food and drink enthusiasts will have a unique opportunity to explore the delicious offerings of Spain through tastings, wine dinners, tapas trails, interactive workshops, and a unique programme of events – all without leaving the country! BE...
In this interview, the multi-talented Anthony O'Toole who is an international specialist in travel, Irish gastronomy, sustainability and design, gives an insight into his career and shares details about his latest venture, Fat Tomato, an edible garden located in the southeast of Ireland that produces over 500 heritage varieties of fruit, herbs, and vegetables. BEST POSSIBLE TASTE IS IRELAND'S LONGEST-RUNNING FOOD AND DRINK RADIO SHOW AND PODCAST!
OLLIE HORTON is originally from the Channel Island of Guernsey, but in 2013 he settled in Lanzarote where he has worked in both the tourism and property sectors. He has always enjoyed a glass of wine (or two!) and has developed his knowledge of winemaking and viticulture. which particularly fascinated him on Lanzarote. In this interview, Sharon Noonan chats to Ollie to find out more about the journey that led him to Wine Tours Lanzarote. THE BEST POSSIBLE TASTE CELEBRATED 10 YEARS ON AIR IN 2023...
Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire is the co-editor of "Irish Food History: A Companion" (published September 2024) which Darina Allen described as a landmark publication in the growing field of Irish food studies and food history. THE BEST POSSIBLE TASTE CELEBRATED 10 YEARS ON AIR IN 2023 MAKING IT IRELAND'S LONGEST-RUNNING FOOD & DRINK RADIO SHOW & PODCAST.
Karyn Booth is a professional food stylist and food writer. From working with chefs of the highest standard to styling food for The Game of Thrones, her story is fascinating. Best Possible Taste is Ireland’s longest-running food and drink radio show and podcast celebrating 11 years on air this month!
In this Best Possible Taste interview we hear the Zanna Cookhouse story thanks to found Owen Mullins. The Wexford company was founded in 2007 and makes award-winning quiches and pies. Best Possible Taste is Ireland’s longest-running food and drink radio show and podcast celebrating 11 years on air this month!
Lynda Coogan is the founder of Wine Tasting Ireland and a wine expert taking the snobbery out of wine. In this BPT extract she talks to Sharon Noonan about her passion for wine as well as one of the many strings to her bow - a self-study wine class. Best Possible Taste is Ireland's longest running food and drink radio show and podcast and celebrated 10 years on air in 2023.
Vic Sprake is one half of the husband-wife duo behind Camus Farm in Clonakilty, West Cork, Ireland. In this Best Possible Taste interview, Vic tells Sharon Noonan about the farm, its ethos and their award-winning Field Kitchen Restaurant which is celebrating its fourth season. Best Possible Taste is Ireland's longest running food and drink radio show and podcast and celebrated 10 years on air in 2023.
In this Best Possible Taste interview we meet wine specialist Sinead Smyth to find out about her dynamic career to date which includes being the Chair of Wine Spirit Women, an Alumni of the Mad Feed and LOTS MORE! THE BEST POSSIBLE TASTE CELEBRATED 10 YEARS ON AIR IN 2023 MAKING IT IRELAND'S LONGEST-RUNNING FOOD & DRINK RADIO SHOW & PODCAST. For more Best Possible Taste interviews visit www.sharonnoonan.com
In this Best Possible Taste interview we meet Andalusian native Cinta Ramblada to find out about her renamed eatery - Choquera Bistro & Bakery in Newport, Co Tipperary, Ireland. Cinta will be cooking up a Spanish storm as she hosts traditional Tapas Nights throughout the summer months and into the autumn that proudly showcase authentic Andalusian dishes from her home city of Huelva - the provincial port from where Christopher Columbus famously set sail on his own journey of discovery in 1492...
In this Best Possible Taste podcast, Sharon Noonan brings you to Taste of Dublin 2024 which took place in Dublin’s Merrion Square. First up Sharon talks to TV chef Erica Drum who was the MC and host of the cookery demo stage. Then we head into the Valentia Island Vermouth cabin to meet Orla and Anna Snook O Carroll, the wife and wife team behind Ireland’s award-winning vermouth. And later on in the programme Declan MacManus from Howth’s King Sitric Seafood Bar and Accommodation shares his memori...
In this Best Possible Taste interview, Sharon Noonan is joined by Dvir Nusery and Nicola Crowley from Mezze in Tramore, Co Waterford who are celebrating 5 years in business. Mezze has become a firm favourite with foodies from all over travelling to sample their Middle Eastern delights. The dynamic husband and wife duo, Chef Dvir Nusery and Food Entrepreneur Nicola Crowley have worked tirelessly over these last five years, to combine simple locally produced food with Middle Eastern flavours to cr...
Food/drink/travel writer and curator Ali Dunworth is no stranger to the Best Possible Taste. In this interview, Ali gives an insight into her first book “A Compendium of Irish Pints: The Culture, Customs and Craic” which is published by Nine Bean Rows Books with illustrations by Stephen Heffernan AKA Hephee. In Ireland, a pint – having one, going for one, buying one – is a cultural institution. It’s so much more than 568ml of beer in a glass. But how did a simple pint become such a phenomenon? L...
In this Best Possible Taste interview we meet Cherie Denham, a cook, baker, preserver and author. Originally from Northern Ireland, Cherie now lives in Hampshire in the UK and recently collaborated with Montgomery Press to publish “The Irish Bakery." THE BEST POSSIBLE TASTE CELEBRATED 10 YEARS ON AIR IN 2023 MAKING IT IRELAND'S LONGEST-RUNNING FOOD & DRINK RADIO SHOW & PODCAST. For more BPT interviews visit sharonnoonan.com
In this Best Possible Taste excerpt, Sharon Noonan meets Claire Crerand, Visitor Experience Operations Manager at J & J McConnell's Distillery and Visitor Experience. Claire shared details about McConnell’s Distillery which is Belfast’s latest addition to the food and drink tourism scene. THE BEST POSSIBLE TASTE CELEBRATED 10 YEARS ON AIR IN 2023 MAKING IT IRELAND'S LONGEST-RUNNING FOOD & DRINK RADIO SHOW & PODCAST. For more Best Possible Taste interviews, visit www.sharonnoonan.com...
Bord Bia Bloom returns to Phoenix Park on Thursday 30 May 2024 and continues over the bank holiday weekend until Monday 3 June 2024. It is described as a world-class, uplifting, innovative horticulture, food, and drink experience with nature and sustainable living. Ballymaloe Foods has been attending the event for several years and in this Best Possible Taste extract general manager Maxine Hyde shares the news that the company will be launching a new product at Bloom 2024. THE BEST POSSIBLE TAST...
In this Best Possible Taste extract, we return to the 2024 Balmoral Show to meet Alanna McKeever from Long Meadow Cider and Laura Short Murphy founder of Sliced the recently launched OatCo. THE BEST POSSIBLE TASTE IS IRELAND'S LONGEST-RUNNING FOOD AND DRINK RADIO SHOW AND PODCAST AND CELEBRATED 10 YEARS ON AIR IN 2023. For more Best Possible Taste interviews, visit www.sharonnoonan.com
In this Best Possible Taste interview, we meet Paul Carroll from Ghan House. Ghan House is a beautiful Blue Book property located in medieval Carlingford in Co Louth, Ireland. THE BEST POSSIBLE TASTE IS IRELAND'S LONGEST RUNNING FOOD AND DRINK PODCAST AND CELEBRATED 10 YEARS ON AIR IN 2023. For more BPT interviews visit www.sharonnoonan.com
In this Best Possible Taste extract we pay a visit to the food and drink pavilion at the 155th Balmoral Show thanks to an invitation from Shauna Magill-Fegan, Invest Northern Ireland. During the visit Sharon Noonan chats to: Gary Quate, Tourism NI Shera McAloran, Karr iKitchen Andrea Boher, Green Fingers Family Ryan Harty, Bro Coffee Trevor Boyd, Betty’s Ice-Cream Tim McCarthy, Blackfire Foods THE BEST POSSIBLE TASTE CELEBRATED 10 YEARS ON AIR IN 2023 MAKING IT IRELAND'S LONGEST-RUNNING FOOD &am...
In this Best Possible Taste Sharon Noonan talks to Paula Butler. Paula is an Environmental and Climate Change Consultant with over 25 years of experience and founded her own sustainability practice ‘Ecoconscious Living’ in 2014. Paula advises individuals, businesses, and community groups on incorporating sustainability into everyday life, in a meaningful and impactful way. With 30% of food wasted globally, Paula is passionate about reducing food waste in Irish homes and sees this as an easy way ...
In this episode of Best Possible Taste Annie Dunne, founder of the art of GRATE food shares details about BrandBite, a free event for the food and drink industry in Ireland that is taking place on 22 May 2024. BrandBite is funded by the Taste 4 Success Skillnet and Network Director, Bridie Corrigan Matthews, provides an insight into the supports that Taste 4 Success offers to the food and drink industry in Ireland. BEST POSSIBLE TASTE IS IRELAND'S LONGEST RUNNING FOOD & DRINK RADIO SHOW &...
In this Best Possible Taste interview Sharon Noonan talks to Wicklow based hemp farmer Ed Hanbidge. Ed, a passionate advocate for sustainable agriculture, is the driving force behind 'The Hemp Farm'. Located in the picturesque heart of Wicklow, Ireland, 'The Hemp Farm' is one of the only certified organic producer of hemp products in Ireland. Ed also runs the family farm which produces and delivers organic beef & lamb direct to customer's & hihh end restaurants from their herd of pedigre...
In this Best Possible Taste interview we meet Gareth Naughton, head chef at the award-winning Neighbourhood Restaurant in Naas, Co Kildare. BEST POSSIBLE TASTE IS IRELAND'S LONGEST RUNNING FOOD AND DRINK RADIO SHOW AND PODCAST AND CELEBRATED 10 YEARS ON AIR IN 2023. For more Best Possible Taste interviews, visit www.sharonnoonan.com
In this Best Possible Taste interview, we meet Orla McAndrew. Orla is a multi award winning chef and entrepreneur. She is a mum of three young girls and has created a successful event catering business in the past number of years, having been the eternal student and a stay at home mum for many years before taking that leap of faith. Heart led, she works off the cuff and has a proven track record for finding creative ways to remain relevant and at the front of people's minds. She is a regular on ...
In this Best Possible Interview, Peter Monaghan, founder of Inis Escargot shares his story about combining suckler farming with snail farming. The suckler farm produces top-quality weanlings and the snail farm rears, fattens, finishes and exports Inis Escargot snails directly from the farm. THE BEST POSSIBLE TASTE IS IRELAND'S LONGEST RUNNING FOOD & DRINK RADIO SHOW & PODCAST HAVING CELEBRATED 10 YEARS ON AIR IN 2023. For more BPT interviews, visit www.sharonnoonan.com
In this Best Possible Taste interview we meet Joe Gorman from Garryhinch Wood Exotic Mushrooms. Joe has been involved in the mushroom-growing business for 30 years supplying the retail sector, food services sector and farmers markets all across Ireland. Based on the banks of the river Barrow on the borders of counties Laois and Offaly today they grow a wide range of wild exotic organic mushrooms which are cultivated on wooden blocks made from trees sourced from sustainable managed forests. THE B...
