Best Possible Taste With Sharon Noonan

On this episode of Best Possible Taste we welcome Annie Dunne, founder of the Art of Grate Food, back to the show to get an insight into what food and drink trends we can expect to encounter in 2022. And Sharon Noonan travels to Athenry in Co Galway to visit the soon to be opened, Bia Innovator Campus, and meet general manager Elaine Donohue.

In the first 2022 episode of the Best Possible Taste we meet Avril Molloy, founder of The Irish School of Cheese, Ireland’s only independent cheese training, education and events service for businesses that buy, sell or serve artisan cheese. And Katia Valadeau, who blogs at www.properfood.ie, shares details about her pre-Christmas 2021 visit to West Limerick.

Sharon Noonan travels to a secret hideaway in West Limerick to meet Santa! She hears what Mrs Claus cooks for him, what his favourite dinner is and the different foods that he enjoys when he makes his epic journey around the world on Christmas Eve. From bacon and cabbage to tapas, cheese and pavlova, Santa's appetite knows no bounds! Happy Christmas everyone.

On this week’s Best Possible Taste, our resident wine guru, Ron Forestal from Forrestal Wine Merchants returns to share his recommendations and suggestions for Christmas wines And Nutrition and Health Coach Serena O Reilly shares her plant based journey and has details about how you can get your. hands on her FREE collection of plant based recipes just in time for Christmas.

In this Best Possible Taste episode Sharon Noonan talks to Birgitta Hedin Curtin from the award winning Burren Smokehouse in Lisdoonvarna, Co Clare and hears how traditional Irish music and love inspired Birgitta to move from Sweden to Ireland. And We "zoom" in to Barbados to talk to Laura Bonner, founder of Donegal's Muff Liquor Company , and find out about a recent collaboration with broadcaster and author Laura Whitmore.

On this episode of Best Possible Taste: Caroline Hennessy has news about the winners of the Eight Degrees' Original Gravity competition that took place earlier this year to celebrate 10 years of brewing at Eight Degrees. And Michael O Neill from Fernhill House Hotel & Gardens in Clonakilty, West Cork tells us about the heritage of the historical estate and its recently launched gin.

This interview is taken from the Best Possible Taste show that aired on 23 November 2021. Sharon Noonan travelled to the Wicklow Escape to meet award-winning chef Danni Barry to talk ingredients, menus, TV shows, Eammon Holmes, Joris Minne and lots more! For more episodes of the Best Possible Taste visit www.sharonnoonan.com

19 October 2021 by Sharon Noonan

On the programme tonight we meet Co Meath artisan producer Hilary McGrath from A Bit of the Side Jellies. Award-winning chef Jp McMahon joins us to talk about this year’s Food on the Edge a 2 day symposium that aims to challenge our perspective on food and our connection to it. And at the end of the programme, we hear from Maurice O Connell from Wayward Irish Spirits a family company situated on the stunning Lakeview Estate on Lough Leane in Killarney.

This episode of Best Possible Taste features 2 winners from the 2021 Blas na hEireann / Irish Food Awards - Linda McGibbon, creator of SeaSugar Sweets and Judy Ratliff from Judes chocolates We also hear from wine expert, Leslie Williams from the Examiner, about Spanish wine to celebrate Spanish Food & Wine Week 2021!

This episode is in anticipation of the announcement of the 2021 winners of the annual Blas na hEireann / Irish food awards which will be announced on Saturday 2 October. We hear from 2 finalists - Andy Shinnick from Blackwater Honey and Maurice Gilbert from Ballyhoura Apple Juice. We also enjoy an extract from PodBLASt, the podcast by Blas na hEireann, when presenter Fallon Moore talks to Blas judge, Annie Dunne founder of the Art of GRATE Food.

On this week’s Best Possible Taste we go to Dublin to talk to chef Grainne O Keefe about her new restaurant Mae, collaborating with fellow chefs and The Chef Supper Club. Sharon Noonan returns to the new farmers’ market in Newcastle West to talk to Suzanne Nash about her frozen yoghurt smoothie business, RAWE. And we stay local to talk to award winning farmers Michael and Mary Ita McCarthy from Feenagh in West Limerick - this year’s winners of the 2021 NDC and Kerrygold Quality Milk Awards.

On this week’s Best Possible Taste chef Tom Flavin returns to the programme and looks back on his illiustrious career cooking in ktichens all over the world and to tell us about the launch his new consultancy business. Tom also shares details about the programme of events for this year’s Pigtown Culture and Food Series which starts on Thursday September 16th. We head to Tramore in Co Waterford to talk to Nicola Crowley about her business which she shares with her husband Dvir. Mezze is a shop, deli and takeaway specialsing in Middle Eastern cuisine. And we talk to this episode’s final guest, Eoin Considine, co-founder of Casa Street Kitchen with Gregory Browne, at the new market in Newcastle West which the duo have recently set up.

This episode of Best Possible Taste features interviews from PodBLASt the podcast by Blas ne hEireann / The Irish Food Awards which is presented by Fallon Moore and produced by Sharon Noonan. In the pilot episode Fallon talks to Miena Rust from Miena's Handmade Nougat and McEntee's Tea, Helen & Donal. In another episode 2021 Blas na hEireann Producers' Champion, Brian McDermott, shares his delight at receiving the accolade and is full of praise for Ireland's food and drink producers. Visit www.irishfoodawards.com for more details about the Blas na hEireann Irish Food Awards.

In the last episode of the Best Possible Taste before the summer 2021 break, Sharon Noonan talks to Paul Moore about his food journey that started in his mother’s kitchen making chilli sauce with his brother to sell at his local farmer’s markets and food festivals around the country before deciding to go full time in 2014 with his business Rebel Chilli. And We hear from renowned pastry chef Aoife Noonan who has enjoyed success in Michelin Star kitchens and is now pursuing her love of teaching and sharing her passion for patisserie.

On this episode of the Best Possible Taste we meet food writer and food events creative Ali Dunworth who has West Limerick connections. Ali began her career working behind the scenes in food TV in the UK on shows like Saturday Kitchen, Great British Menu and Nigella Lawson’s series as well as working in various London restaurants. Back in Ireland for the last few years, she has worked as Food Producer on RTE’s What Are You Eating?, is a regular contributor to McKennas Guides and Image.ie and curates and promotes various food events. We hear about Ali’s latest project which involves pop up outdoor dining. Then we turn our attention to a nationwide home delivery vegetable box service thanks to 28 year old entrepreneur Fergus Halpin. Fergus is the founder of Harvest Day a mission-driven startup that describes its service as “the next best thing to shopping at the farmers gate.”

On this week’s Best Possible Taste Helen Cooke from This Winding Life returns to the programme to share a selection of great food themed books for the perfect summer read. Young entrepreneurs Jack Pierce and Caitlyn O Connor reveal the inspiration behind the Horse Box Coffee Trailer in Broadford, Co Limerick. AND Photographer and stylist Kirsty Lyons shares her journey from the fashion industry into food.

Tonight we meet Katia Valadeau who has created a fantastic online map that identifies where in Ireland we can enjoy outdoor dining when restrictions lift. Artisan food producer Brian O Neill gives us the lowdown on his company Dublin Hot Sauce and Freelance editor and food writer Kristin Jensen shares details about her kickstarter campaign "Blasta Books" which will change the way that cookbooks are published.

On this episode of the Best Possible Taste we meet Sarah O Mahony to find out how her career in hospitality started in Shannon College of Hotel Management and brought her full circle back to the college where she is now the Marketing Manager And Young female entrepreneur Ciara Hennebry shares her journey from the family farm to setting up her first business aged 16 to her latest venture Croia Ireland.

On this episode of Best Possible Taste Helen Cooke from This Winding Life returns to talk about her favourite bread. And At the end of the programme Eamon Lynch tells us about his new venture - Sprig Cookery School.