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Pat Whelan guest’s on Damien O’Reilly’s Countrywide Christmas Eve special panel to reflect on the events, people and happenings that bring colour and life to communities, towns and villages across the country.

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New James Whelan Butchers Shop in Avoca Monkstown

We are delighted to announce that we are bringing our craft butchery excellence and expertise to Dublin as part of the exciting new Avoca Food Market in Monkstown.

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Celebrity chef, Rachel Allen, to put her tasty twist on Tipperary Food this Christmas

Food Extravaganza 2011 with Rachel Allen

Top TV cook, Rachel Allen, will be making a special “Trip to Tipp” next month to host a Tipperary Food Producers Christmas Cookery Extravaganza.

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Terry Flanagan from Derek Mooney’s RTE Radio 1 show visits Pat Whelan’s farm in Clonmel to find out about his new Kobe Wagyu herd.

Publication Date: 11 August, 2011

Listen: Online – Click Listen on Thursday 11 August, 2011 (Starts 1 hours 14 minutes)

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Pat Whelan introduces the Long Table Dinner 2011 and some of the Tipperary Food Producers on TV3′s Morning Show.

Publish Date: 24 August, 2011

View: Full Episode Online

This is the season to give thanks for the fruits of land and sea
At harvest time, lovers of good food can tuck into fabulous fare all over the country, writes Lucinda O’Sullivan

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Gillian Nelis writes an interesting article in the Sunday Business Post giving a background to the Long Table Dinner 2011 and how it is organized by the Tipperary Food Producers to showcase their local produce.

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I recently featured as a mentor to a butcher shop in Drogheda on Feargal Quinn’s TV show, Retail Therapy. In the series Feargal Quinn uses his vast knowledge and experience of the retail trade to help reinvigorate sales and keep small businesses afloat during these hard times of recession. It was a real pleasure to meet and work with such an accomplished retailer as Feargal Quinn. He is a man of great integrity and someone who I greatly admire. His knowledge of retail trade seems endless and he has probably forgotten more than I will ever learn in my lifetime.

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You’ll never believe what happened last week! I was sitting in the office with Robert (@Rob_JWB) when I was contacted by Laura Hogan(@hoganlaura) from TV3 who told me one of my followers (@adrianshanahan) had highlighted our website as a newsworthy piece for ‘The Morning Show‘.

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Pat Whelan gives preparation and cooking tips on how to get the most from your Christmas Turkey on the Pat Kenny show RTE Radio 1.

Publication date: 10th December, 2010

Listen: Podcast

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The Good Food Ireland 4^th annual awards ceremony took place November 15th in Dublin’s Shelbourne Hotel.

Members of the Good Food Ireland organisation were honored for their achievements and commitment to supporting Irish food and for being the ‘best of their types’. Over 250 key representatives from the food and tourism sectors including chefs, restaurateurs, hoteliers, farmers, fishermen and food producers from the four corners of Ireland were in attendance at the highly respected industry ceremony. Guest of honor for the evening was T.D. Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport, Mary Hanafin, who presented over 16 awards to members along with Founder of Good Food Ireland, Margaret Jeffares and Chairman, Redmond O’Donoghue.

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Pat Whelan gives preparation and cooking tips on how to get the most from your Christmas Ham on the Pat Kenny show RTE Radio 1.

Publication Date: 19th November, 2010
Listen: Podcast

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