Best Possible Taste With Sharon Noonan

In this episode of Best Possible Taste we travel to Northern Ireland to visit the 2024 Invest NI Food and Drink Showcase. First, we will hear from Grainne Moody, Interim Director, Invest NI Food & Drink Division. After Grainne sets the scene for the showcase, we meet a series of producers who took part in it. Carlos Capparelli has details about Capparelli Artisan Pasta. Jack Coulter shares the Crust & Crumb Bakery story. Tim McCarthy from Blackfire Food Ltd gives us an update from the last time we talked to him at the Balmoral show earlier this year. Kate McIldowney gives an insight into the ethos of Slim’s Healthy Kitchen and finally we celebrate the recent award success of Clandeyboye Estate yoghurt with Bryan Boggs. Best Possible Taste is Ireland's longest-running food and drink podcast. For more episodes of Best Possible Taste visit www.sharonnoonan.com

In this interview, we meet Aisling Kelly Hunter from the Sligo Oyster experience who won the BIM Seafood Innovation award at this year’s Blas na hÉireann/Irish food awards THE BEST POSSIBLE TASTE IS IRELAND’S LONGEST-RUNNING FOOD AND DRINK RADIO SHOW AND PODCAST AND CELEBRATED 10 YEARS ON AIR IN 2023.

I recently had the pleasure of attending Michelle Darmody’s book launch. Seed to Supper is a beautiful book and I was delighted to have Michelle on the Best Possible Taste to tell us about it. THE BEST POSSIBLE TASTE IS IRELAND’S LONGEST-RUNNING FOOD AND DRINK RADIO SHOW AND PODCAST AND CELEBRATED 10 YEARS ON AIR IN 2023.

Birgitta Hedin Curtin is no stranger to the Best Possible Taste and is always a welcome guest! The founder of the multi-award-winning Burren Smokehouse is celebrating 35 years in business as well as more prestigious awards. THE BEST POSSIBLE TASTE IS IRELAND’S LONGEST-RUNNING FOOD AND DRINK RADIO SHOW AND PODCAST AND CELEBRATED 10 YEARS ON AIR IN 2023.

We head to Northern Ireland for this episode of Best Possible Taste to meet Jim Nash from the Wild Atlantic Distillery James Huey shares the story of the Walled City Brewery. Best Possible Taste is Ireland's longest-running food and drink radio show and podcast. On air since 2013!

In this interview Will Taylor and Emma Connolly from Glastry Farm in Northern Ireland share the Glastry Farm story which features a number of awards for their range of icecreams and sorbets. BEST POSSIBLE TASTE IS IRELAND'S LONGEST-RUNNING FOOD AND DRINK RADIO SHOW AND PODCAST.

Kate Ryan is an award-winning food writer originally from the UK but now resident in beautiful West Cork.  In 2023 Kate was the Blas na hÉireann Producers' Champion and Food Story Teller of the Year.  In this interview Kate chats about her career to date which includes recently completing a Masters at UCC. BEST POSSIBLE TASTE IS IRELAND'S LONGEST RUNNING FOOD AND DRINK RADIO SHOW AND PODCAST AND CELEBRATED 11 YEARS ON AIR IN SEPTEMBER 2024.

In this interview, the multi-talented Anthony O'Toole who is an international specialist in travel, Irish gastronomy, sustainability and design, gives an insight into his career and shares details about his latest venture, Fat Tomato, an edible garden located in the southeast of Ireland that produces over 500 heritage varieties of fruit, herbs, and vegetables. BEST POSSIBLE TASTE IS IRELAND'S LONGEST-RUNNING FOOD AND DRINK RADIO SHOW AND PODCAST!

Blanca Valencia shares details about Eat Spain Drink Spain which will be taking place across the country in October, bringing together Ireland’s finest restaurants, retailers, and hospitality venues to present the best of traditional and modern Spanish fare. Food and drink enthusiasts will have a unique opportunity to explore the delicious offerings of Spain through tastings, wine dinners, tapas trails, interactive workshops, and a unique programme of events – all without leaving the country! BEST POSSIBLE TASTE IS IRELAND'S LONGEST-RUNNING FOOD AND DRINK RADIO SHOW AND PODCAST!

OLLIE HORTON is originally from the Channel Island of Guernsey, but in 2013 he settled in Lanzarote where he has worked in both the tourism and property sectors. He has always enjoyed a glass of wine (or two!) and has developed his knowledge of winemaking and viticulture. which particularly fascinated him on Lanzarote. In this interview, Sharon Noonan chats to Ollie to find out more about the journey that led him to Wine Tours Lanzarote. THE BEST POSSIBLE TASTE CELEBRATED 10 YEARS ON AIR IN 2023 MAKING IT IRELAND'S LONGEST-RUNNING FOOD & DRINK RADIO SHOW & PODCAST.

Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire is the co-editor of "Irish Food History: A Companion" (published September 2024) which Darina Allen described as a landmark publication in the growing field of Irish food studies and food history. THE BEST POSSIBLE TASTE CELEBRATED 10 YEARS ON AIR IN 2023 MAKING IT IRELAND'S LONGEST-RUNNING FOOD & DRINK RADIO SHOW & PODCAST.

Karyn Booth is a professional food stylist and food writer. From working with chefs of the highest standard to styling food for The Game of Thrones, her story is fascinating. Best Possible Taste is Ireland’s longest-running food and drink radio show and podcast celebrating 11 years on air this month!

In this Best Possible Taste interview we hear the Zanna Cookhouse story thanks to found Owen Mullins. The Wexford company was founded in 2007 and makes award-winning quiches and pies. Best Possible Taste is Ireland’s longest-running food and drink radio show and podcast celebrating 11 years on air this month!

Lynda Coogan is the founder of Wine Tasting Ireland and a wine expert taking the snobbery out of wine. In this BPT extract she talks to Sharon Noonan about her passion for wine as well as one of the many strings to her bow - a self-study wine class. Best Possible Taste is Ireland's longest running food and drink radio show and podcast and celebrated 10 years on air in 2023.

Vic Sprake is one half of the husband-wife duo behind Camus Farm in Clonakilty, West Cork, Ireland. In this Best Possible Taste interview, Vic tells Sharon Noonan about the farm, its ethos and their award-winning Field Kitchen Restaurant which is celebrating its fourth season. Best Possible Taste is Ireland's longest running food and drink radio show and podcast and celebrated 10 years on air in 2023.

In this Best Possible Taste interview we meet wine specialist Sinead Smyth to find out about her dynamic career to date which includes being the Chair of Wine Spirit Women, an Alumni of the Mad Feed and LOTS MORE! THE BEST POSSIBLE TASTE CELEBRATED 10 YEARS ON AIR IN 2023 MAKING IT IRELAND'S LONGEST-RUNNING FOOD & DRINK RADIO SHOW & PODCAST. For more Best Possible Taste interviews visit www.sharonnoonan.com

In this Best Possible Taste interview we meet Andalusian native Cinta Ramblada to find out about her renamed eatery - Choquera Bistro & Bakery in Newport, Co Tipperary, Ireland. Cinta will be cooking up a Spanish storm as she hosts traditional Tapas Nights throughout the summer months and into the autumn that proudly showcase authentic Andalusian dishes from her home city of Huelva - the provincial port from where Christopher Columbus famously set sail on his own journey of discovery in 1492. THE BEST POSSIBLE TASTE CELEBRATED 10 YEARS ON AIR IN 2023 MAKING IT IRELAND'S LONGEST-RUNNING FOOD & DRINK RADIO SHOW & PODCAST. For more Best Possible Taste interviews visit www.sharonnoonan.com

In this Best Possible Taste podcast, Sharon Noonan brings you to Taste of Dublin 2024 which took place in Dublin’s Merrion Square. First up Sharon talks to TV chef Erica Drum who was the MC and host of the cookery demo stage. Then we head into the Valentia Island Vermouth cabin to meet Orla and Anna Snook O Carroll, the wife and wife team behind Ireland’s award-winning vermouth. And later on in the programme Declan MacManus from Howth’s King Sitric Seafood Bar and Accommodation shares his memories of the early days shucking oysters at Taste of Dublin and gives us an insight into the family business. THE BEST POSSIBLE TASTE IS IRELAND'S LONGEST RUNNING FOOD & DRINK RADIO SHOW AND PODCAST AND CELEBRATED 10 YEARS ON AIR IN 2023. FOR MORE BEST POSSIBLE TASTE INTERVIEWS VISIT WWW.SHARONNOONAN.COM

In this Best Possible Taste interview, Sharon Noonan is joined by Dvir Nusery and Nicola Crowley from Mezze in Tramore, Co Waterford who are celebrating 5 years in business. Mezze has become a firm favourite with foodies from all over travelling to sample their Middle Eastern delights. The dynamic husband and wife duo, Chef Dvir Nusery and Food Entrepreneur Nicola Crowley have worked tirelessly over these last five years, to combine simple locally produced food with Middle Eastern flavours to create innovative and mouth-watering deli style offerings. Believe it or not, it all started on a glacier in New Zealand! Nicola, from Ireland, met Dvir, from Israel and their love, life and culinary adventure started from there. Fast forward a few years, marriage and two kids later, Dvir and Nicola began working on their dream Mezze. From humble beginnings working in Nicola’s mother’s kitchen with Dvir cooking up a selection of his favourite dips, salads and breads usually served at the start of the meal in the Midd

Food/drink/travel writer and curator Ali Dunworth is no stranger to the Best Possible Taste. In this interview, Ali gives an insight into her first book “A Compendium of Irish Pints: The Culture, Customs and Craic” which is published by Nine Bean Rows Books with illustrations by Stephen Heffernan AKA Hephee. In Ireland, a pint – having one, going for one, buying one – is a cultural institution. It’s so much more than 568ml of beer in a glass. But how did a simple pint become such a phenomenon? Like all great superheroes, the pint has its own origin story, a full-bodied narrative that explains how the beloved beverage came into being and part of everyday life. In A Compendium of Irish Pints, journalist (and pint lover) Ali Dunworth delves into the culture, customs and craic surrounding pints in Ireland. Beginning with the birth of beer and traversing through Ireland’s unique drinking journey from the Brehon Laws to invasions, Ali shares why ‘going for a pint’ means so much more than just going for a pint.