{"id":1883,"date":"2011-02-11T15:11:06","date_gmt":"2011-02-11T14:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jameswhelanbutchers.com\/info\/?p=1883"},"modified":"2014-08-07T15:04:58","modified_gmt":"2014-08-07T14:04:58","slug":"tipperary-food-producers-meetingmeal-at-inch-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jameswhelanbutchers.com\/info\/1883\/tipperary-food-producers-meetingmeal-at-inch-house\/","title":{"rendered":"James Whelan Butchers: Tipperary Food Producers Meeting\/Meal at Inch House"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TFPN<\/a>Tipperary Food Producers is a network of business working in the Food Sector in County Tipperary. Its objective is to represent, promote and showcase the best of Tipperary Food. All our members work to extremely high quality standards with many of our members \u201cSpecialty Foods, Organic Foods and\/or Slow Food.\u201d<\/p>\n

The first Tipperary Food Producers meeting of 2011 took place last week at the extravagant Inch House guesthouse and restaurant, nestled in the countryside of North Tipperary.\u00a0The meeting was attended by 18 enthusiastic Tipperary food producers, all eager to promote Tipperary food in 2011. We reflected on the successes of 2010 and looked forward to planning a number of new exciting events for the coming year.<\/p>\n

This year we have planned to host our long table dinner event in Ireland’s only ecovillage, Cloughjordon, Co. Tipperary. Last year’s event was held over 4 different venues and was a resounding success but this year we have decided to revert to hosting the event in one location.<\/p>\n

We\u00a0hope to continue running the Food Connect programme with transition year students from schools across Tipperary and make it an annual event . Last\u00a0October marked the launch of the first Food Connect programme initiative which paired local food producers with secondary schools throughout Tipperary. The Food Connect programme<\/a> concluded in January with a presentation by the students to their respective producers showing what they had learned from their experiences. During the course of the programme, students from the Abbey Secondary School, who were paired with Crowes Farm, featured in an episode of Ear to the Ground on RTE 1 in late November, which promoted the programme on a national scale. It was a hugely successful initiative with great responses from everyone involved.<\/p>\n

The Food Extravaganza event will be held again in late 2011 and will showcase the very best of Tipperary food. Last November the Food Extravaganza event was filmed by\u00a0Ear to the Ground as part of their coverage of the Food Connect programme.<\/p>\n

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The Food Connect students were heavily involved in covering the event through the use of social media along\u00a0with a dedicated twitter panel. Bord Bia chef Sheila Kelly and Sarah Baker demonstrated a number of recipes on the night and master of wine Jane Boyce gave some excellent tips on decanting and pairing wines with meals. Over 400 people attended the event and next year we aim to go even bigger.<\/p>\n

The meeting of the Tipperary food producers at Inch House\u00a0ended with a superb meal, which served up some of Tipperary’s finest local produce from throughout the county. There are many more exciting developments that will be announced later in the year so be sure to check our blog<\/a> and www.tipperaryfoodproducers.com<\/a> throughout the year for more information.<\/p>\n

We hope you enjoyed reading this post by Pat Whelan of James Whelan Butchers. Pat is a 5th generation butcher, cook book author and the director of \u00a0James Whelan Butchers with shops in Clonmel, the Avoca Handweavers Rathcoole and Kilmacanogue, Dunnes Stores Cornelscourt, Rathmines and Swords in Dublin.\u00a0Sign up to our newsletter for more updates from James Whelan Butchers<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tipperary Food Producers is a network of business working in the Food Sector in County Tipperary. Its objective is to represent, promote and showcase the best of Tipperary Food. All our members work to extremely high quality standards with many of our members \u201cSpecialty Foods, Organic Foods and\/or Slow Food.\u201d The first Tipperary Food Producers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n