Tom Durcan has decades of experience as a Craft Butcher and is a master of spiced beef. It has won him honours in Blas na hEireann for several years (annually from 2010 through to 2019) and numerous gold medals from the Craft Butchers of Ireland. This...

A number of years ago, West Cork was lucky enough to be hit by the powerhouse that is Ruth Healy. Her stylish Urru Culinary Store has risen from relatively quiet beginnings to being one of the most talked-about shops in the region. You won’t find...

The Chocolate Garden of Ireland is a chocoholic’s paradise. This artisan business located on the Carlow/Wicklow border makes handmade chocolates, a wide range of confectionery and premium ice cream; all of which can be enjoyed in their lovely coffee...

In their small factory, not far from the shores of the Lough Derg in County Clare, Patricia and Con Farrell create deliciously mouth-watering chocolates. All the chocolates are handmade by the ”Wilde Bunch’ in the small artisan outlet in Tuamgraney. Even...

‘Heather sweetened – seaside seasoned’, so say the Calvey Family of their Achill Mountain Lamb. The lambs are reared, slaughtered and butchered by the Calvey family on Achill Island on the west coast of Ireland. The lambs have the freedom to...

Atlantis Seafoods provide flappingly fresh, locally caught fish and seafood from their Rosslare Road shop in County Wexford.

Barron’s Bakery first started baking bread in Cappoquin in 1887. Today, they still use the same Scotch Brick Ovens to bake their crusty bread. It’s probably the only place in Ireland you’ll find award-winning home-baked bread being produced...

Established in 1996, through a love of all things chocolate, Chez Emily is a local chocolatier that combines the very best raw materials, the freshest local ingredients and uses only the highest quality Belgian chocolate. Chez Emily incorporates a lovely...

Robert Ditty’s Home Bakery and Coffee Shop in Castledawson is the original home of Ditty’s. There’s been a bakery in the town here for the best part of 50 years, started by Robert’s parents. When you visit here, you step back a...

The extraordinary thing about Helen Gee’s jams is the fact that they’re all made in the good old-fashioned way – an open pot, a big wooden spoon and plenty of elbow grease. Only the very best quality fruit and natural ingredients are used with no...

Kelly’s is an artisan butcher from Newport, Co. Mayo, where the family shop has stood proudly on the Main Street for 90 years. Kelly’s puddings and sausages are famous – the result of many years of research, trial and testing by Seán....

Firecastle ticks all the boxes, artisan food shop, cafe, cookery school and even beautiful accommodation all wrapped up in one enticing package in the heart of bustling Kildare Town. A sister business to nearby Hartes of Kildare along with The Dew Drop...