WORKSHOPS

OUTDOOR FOOD MARKET

'Food for Thought’ will host an outdoors farmers' market at  the North Campus from 10am to 3pm. We can consider ourselves fortunate to have some incredible passionate food producers making great food from our locality, at the market you will have an opportunity to meet some of these producers and buy their products.

This market will be open to all students and all members of the public to come and enjoy the atmosphere and the food. You can expect to find some delicious choices for your lunch and you will have plenty of choice of ingredients to take home to savour later.

For further details please contact TJ O'Connor by email at TJ.OConnor@staff.ittralee.ie

FLAVOUR OF PREVIOUS  EVENTS

COOKING DEMONSTRATIONS

Open to all
No Booking Required
Free Admission
Room: Hotel, Culinary Arts and Tourism Building, Room J116

10am – 11.15am  Mark Doe from Just Cooking and Mentor for "The Apprentice Chef" couples up with Padraig Randles from Kenmare an “Apprentice Chef" participant to allow you toexperiencethe talent of our youth at second level and the opportunity they get to cook at a very high level while being part of the Apprentice Chef programme.

 

11.30am – 13.00pm "Eddie Attwell The Great British Menu”  We are delighted to Present Eddie 'Ed' Attwell, head chef at St Kyrans hotel and restaurant who earned the much sought after opportunity to cook at a 90th birthday banquet for Queen Elizabeth as part of the Great British Menu series. Ed will forage in the local area and based on this and other local produce he will create a range of contemporary dishes .

 

IN CONVERSATION WITH CHEFS – HOSTED BY CHEF NETWORK

Time: 2pm – 3.30pm
Room: Room: Hotel, Culinary Arts and Tourism Building, Room J116

CHEF NETWORK PRESENTS

Where are the Future Chefs? - Why the Chef Shortage exists and how we can tackle it

T: @chefnetworkirl #FutureChefs

A CHEF PANEL DISCUSSION WITH:

Kevin Aherne – Chef/Proprietor, Sage Restaurant, Midleton @KevinAherneChef
TJ O’Connor – Senior Lecturer, Culinary Arts, IT Tralee @TJOC72
Tom Flavin – Executive Chef, Limerick Strand Hotel @FlavinTom
John Drummond - Executive Chef, Gleneagle Group
Mark Doe – Just Cooking Cookery School & Co Founder and Mentor of The Apprentice Chef Programme @justcookinkerry

Moderated by: Ruth Hegarty, Head of Community, Chef Network

Our panel will share a range of diverse opinions on why the current chef skills shortage exist and how we got to this point, their ideas for tackling it and the best approaches to training the chefs of the future. Do we need a return to traditional training formats or does the industry itself need to change fundamentally?

Panel discussion will include an Open Q&A so come armed with your questions!

Not a member yet? Sign up today www.chefnetwork.ie

FOOD PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT SHOWCASE

New Food Product Development Showcase Event – ‘Our next generation of food producers’

Open to all
No Booking Required
Time: 11.00am-14.00pm
Room: Hotel, Culinary Arts and Tourism Building, Room J103

Third year Bachelor of Culinary Arts students are excited to welcome you to their Food Product Development Showcase.

As part of their final year, students are provided with an opportunity to develop and create a food product from start to finish; incorporating a business rationale, product discussion with experts from the industry and product tasting.

Whether you’re interested in starting your own food business or just excited by food, make sure to visit this event and get to know the people that bring you your favourite food products and those of the future.

Free of charge