{"id":3687,"date":"2011-11-08T10:32:37","date_gmt":"2011-11-08T09:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jameswhelanbutchers.com\/info\/?p=3687"},"modified":"2014-08-06T17:23:30","modified_gmt":"2014-08-06T16:23:30","slug":"food-extravaganza-2011-with-rachel-allen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jameswhelanbutchers.com\/info\/3687\/food-extravaganza-2011-with-rachel-allen\/","title":{"rendered":"James Whelan Butchers: Food Extravaganza 2011 with Rachel Allen"},"content":{"rendered":"

Celebrity chef, Rachel Allen, to put her tasty twist on Tipperary Food this Christmas<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Food<\/a>

Food Extravaganza 2011 with Rachel Allen<\/p><\/div>\n

Top TV cook, Rachel Allen, will be making a special \u201cTrip to Tipp\u201d next month to host a Tipperary Food Producers Christmas Cookery Extravaganza.<\/p>\n

Up to 500 foodies are expected at the Clonmel Park Hotel on December 7th<\/sup> to see the celebrity chef create special festive dishes from the best of local Tipperary artisan food produce.<\/p>\n

Rachel Allen, who is part of the world famous Ballymaloe Cookery School in East Cork and who is well known from her regular Television shows and for her bestselling cook books, will prepare a variety of delicious dishes for the Tipperary food showcase. As well as her unique take on traditional Christmas favourites, she will also be offering exciting new ideas using the finest of local ingredients.<\/p>\n

Tipperary Cheese and wine will be served at the informative Christmas Cookery demonstration. Clonmel-based wine expert, Gary Gubbins of Red Nose Wine, will be giving guidance on wines to accompany the variety of dishes from the cookery demonstration. Well known food blogger Imen McDonnell, will give a live butter-making demonstration.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am very excited about coming to Tipperary to do this demonstration. Tipperary food has such a fantastic reputation and the local producers are doing great work to promote this wonderful asset. I will be doing traditional recipes but there will be a few surprises thrown in there too\u201d said Rachel Allen.<\/p>\n

The evening has been organised by the Tipperary Food Producers Network, which is appealing to consumers this Christmas to support small, artisan food producers and to shop and buy local.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor every \u20ac10 spent with local food businesses, \u20ac34 goes back to the local economy. But for every \u20ac10 spent with large retail multiples, only \u20ac16 is returned to the local economy. We have some of the best food on our doorstep here in Tipperary and we urge local people to support their local producers,\u201d according to Chairman of the Tipperary Food Producers Network, Pat Whelan.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis Christmas we are urging consumers to visit their local baker, butcher, farm shops, cheesemonger, retailers and farmers markets – all who provide top quality food at reasonable prices.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Whelan said the network is delighted to have someone of the calibre of Rachel Allen coming to Tipperary to do the Christmas Cookery Extravaganza.\u00a0 \u201cShe is a huge supporter of local food and we look forward to seeing her put her unique twist on the ingredients we have to offer here in our County.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Tipperary Food Producers network has 30 members who between them employ approximately 220 people with an annual turnover of over \u20ac24m. The network includes producers of meat, beverages and bread, soup, sweets, pastry, catering, dairy, cheese, farm shops, preserves and condiments, jams, fruit and vegetables.<\/p>\n

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Tipperary Food Producers<\/p><\/div>\n

Members of the network include Cashel Blue Cheese, Crossogue Preserves, Crowe Farm Meats, Cooleeney Cheese, Cloughjordan house, Baylough Cheese, Boulaban Farm, Brownes, Fine Foods Cashel, Hickeys Bakery, Mags Home Baking, Tipperary Kitchen, Inch House, James Whelan Butchers, Oakpark Foods, Ponaire Irish Handcrafted Coffee, Red Nose Wine, Russell Catering, Seymour Organic Farm, The Apple Farm, The Cookie Jar, The Scullery, O\u2019Donnell\u2019s crisps and The Auld Mill Bakery.<\/p>\n

The Christmas Cookery Extravaganza is part of a strategy by the Tipperary Food Producers Network to develop into a regional brand. It is continually highlighting what Tipperary Food has to offer, and the natural linkages food has to the social, economic, tourism and cultural aspects of life in Tipperary.<\/p>\n

\"Christmas<\/a>

Christmas Beef Fillet<\/p><\/div>\n

Tickets for the event on at 7.30p.m. in the Clonmel Park Hotel, Clonmel, on Wednesday December 7th<\/sup>, \u00a0are \u20ac20. Those interested are advised to book as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. Tickets can be purchased from James Whelan Butchers or any of the businesses mentioned above. This is strictly a ticket only event and tickets will\u00a0not<\/strong><\/em> be available on the night at the door.<\/p>\n

www.tipperaryfoodproducers.com<\/a><\/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":"

Celebrity chef, Rachel Allen, to put her tasty twist on Tipperary Food this Christmas Top TV cook, Rachel Allen, will be making a special \u201cTrip to Tipp\u201d next month to host a Tipperary Food Producers Christmas Cookery Extravaganza. Up to 500 foodies are expected at the Clonmel Park Hotel on December 7th to see the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[267,18],"tags":[163,161,47,162,80],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n