Foodie Articles

  Our Christmas week opening times for our butcher shop in Clonmel, Co. Tipperary are as follows: Day Opening Times Thursday 19th Dec 8am – 7pm Friday 20th Dec 8am – 7pm Saturday 21st Dec 8am – 7pm Sunday 22nd Dec 8am – 7pm Monday 23rd Dec 8am – 8pm Christmas Eve 24th Dec 8am […]

We are delighted to announce that following the successful launch of our first butcher shop in Dublin, at Avoca Monkstown in 2011,we are bringing our craft butchery excellence and expertise to the new Avoca Food Market in Rathcoole. The entire food market will include James Whelan Butchers and a number of new additions to Avoca. […]

I came across The Bowler at an event in the UK earlier this year.  He’s part of the street food movement that’s been growing over the past few years.  He makes gourmet meatballs using meat, fish and vegetables and serving them all from an eye catching grass covered van, affectionately known as the ‘lawn ranger’.  […]

I’m shouting again, but with good reason.  When will we realise that real food is a huge part of our overall health?   The endless scientific studies on food that are released on an unsuspecting public have created an insecure population that feels it just doesn’t know anything anymore, but we do!   Often times the information […]

When it comes to food and things food related, honesty is important.  I love it when someone introduces me to something I’ve never heard of before; a new method of cooking, an interesting ingredient or a great recipe.  Not for me is the feigned jadedness of the ‘know it all’ foodie.  I believe that no […]

Following the successful launch of our first butcher shop in Dublin, at Avoca Monkstown in 2011, we are delighted to announce that we are bringing our craft butchery excellence and expertise to the new Avoca Food Market in Rathcoole. The entire food market will include James Whelan Butchers and a number of new additions to […]

Any kitchen hero usually masters the basics of stirring and frying early in their careers.  The frying will initially yield a few crispy edged eggs or a blackened sausage but it will be mastered quickly.  Stirring is perhaps even more fool proof but marry the two and we have trouble.  There is the general assumption […]

We worry far too much.  Even if there are no more hazards for humans today, we seem to believe the environment has become extremely dangerous.  With all our progress, life has become more deadly at every turn and we are constantly inventing things and ways to protect ourselves from ourselves.  Taking a cursory glance at […]

I was a little disturbed recently to read of all the various tomato shortages around the world.  They are not necessarily linked, but apparently the US is suffering quite badly, the Argentines have just this month been asked as a nation to ‘go easy’ on tomatoes for a while so the crops can catch up […]

If I had a euro for every time a customer in the shop described the last few weeks as just like “being in Spain”, I’d have enough for a flight there myself.   It did indeed feel like the Mediterranean for several days and apparently, the forecasters would have us believe, it’s not over yet.  In […]

Product Manager James Whelan Butchers is an established retail butcher brand with shops in Clonmel and Avoca, Monkstown – www.jameswhelanbutchers.com.  We are currently looking to recruit a driven Product Manager with a food background and a can do attitude. Career building opportunity for a fully qualified chef with a proven trade record in NPD and NPI. The successful candidate will […]

I’ve recently been enjoying the joys of mozzarella cheese again, as I tend to do every summer.  This light, mild white cheese is a great warm weather staple for the fridge.  A few tomatoes, some mozzarella and a little basil can create the most wonderful salad that goes really well with chicken or steak.  Slice […]