Food Producers

In the market town of Midleton, close by the famous Jameson Whiskey Distillery, you will find the celebrated Sage Resturant with its famous “12-Mile Rule”, instigated by chef Kevin Aherne, a passionate champion of local produce.

In Rochestown on the outskirts of the city, The Cinnamon Cottage bakery and deli has a salad bar, cakes and take-out options.

Award winning homemade jam made in Mallow, Co. Cork.

Once only opened during the busy season has just been given a new lease of life. Reopened since last year by Lenka Forrest, the Blarney café is filled with a smorgasbord of scrumptious home-baked goodies, and proud users of high-end Badger & Dodo coffee roaster.

First opened at Ballylickey near Bantry in 1948, as a simple store selling produce from the family farm, Mannings remains in the same family and has become famous for its farm store and café, serving up and selling local produce and artisan foods. They have a classic Brunch menu at the weekends. If you ask where the ingredients come from, they’ll most likely point at the nearest fields.

For over ten years Joup have been nourishing the people of Cork from Farmers' Markets to their own shop and now to your door.

Brother and sister team Michael and Laura Cashman have rescued a derelict old pub in a very hidden away part of Cork harbour and transformed it into must-visit in the East Cork area. Chef Michael is firmly committed to locally sourced ingredients and Laura looks after the front of house. A real family affair, in a special setting, on a little inlet, overlooking a harbour for pleasure boats. Magical and a half an hour’s drive from the city centre.

Bluebell Falls is a traditional artisan family business, run by Victor and Breda O'Sullivan since 2003. A multi award-winning cheese manufacturer, found just outside Charleville in North Cork, their goats graze freely on the farm and enjoy lush grass, wild herbs and bushy shrubs.

Cork's Couture wedding cake designer.

In the historic, charming seaside village of Castletownshend, Mary Ann’s pub was once a 17th century coaching inn. And not a lot seems to have changed, other than the menu, which takes the very best from sea and field to create special dishes.