The city’s first five-star hotel, close by the University, offers fine-dining in its Orchid Resturant & Perrots Garden Bistro – gourmet food in the beautiful surroundings of a heritage house and estate once owned by one of Cork’s leading Merchant families.
Producing cupcakes,cake pops,apple tarts, cakes of the past eg Madeira with caraway seed,beetroot,coconut & cherry & many more flavours
The Parlour Cafe in the historic heart of the city is run by the McCarthy family, who make the best of their own produce from their farm in Ovens, Co Cork. It’s a very homely, art-filled space, a charming place to take a break when exploring the city.
Built nearly six hundred years ago by one of Ireland's greatest chieftans, Cormac MacCarthy, and has been attracting attention ever since. Over the last few hundred years, millions have flocked to Blarney making it a world landmark and one of Ireland's greatest treasures.
Based in the grounds of stately Ballinacurra House near Kinsale, a half hour’s drive from Cork City, chef David Rice has his Kinsale Gourmet Academy offering a range of one-day or longer courses on everything from bread-baking and BBQ-ing to dessert making and the art of artisan pizza. Fun courses in a spectacular setting.
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.
This confederation of some of Cork’s best-loved and most characterful cafes is an initiative of Ruth Healy of Urru Culinary Store in the town of Bandon.
Folláin is the Irish word for Wholesome, which is at the core of our commitment to make honest jams, marmalades, relishes and chutneys with the purest natural ingredients to hand- Folláin’s range of products includes All Fruit and Original Recipe Preserves.
Regina is the founder of Reeso Health Foods and trade as Sea Harvest. Their USP is seaweed, a red algae called lithothamnium calcareum, the seaweed is harvested off the west coast of Ireland and Iceland.