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THE Burren Smokehouse in Lis- doonvarna has received it’s second major accolade in a week with the news that it has been selected as one of the fine foods which will be served at the launch of the Volvo Ocean Race in Spain on October 9.
The smokehouse was selected by Tourism Ireland in conjunction with Good Food Ireland to be part of the prestigious launch dinner which takes place in Alicante in Spain later Woo)
The world famous race will this year feature two Irish teams and has also an Irish stop for the first time Oe
Burren Smokehouse founder Bir-
gitta Curtin will represent Ireland at the event alongside Peter Ward of Artisan Food Produce.
The menu for the evening will fea- ture a number of dishes from the smokehouse including honey lemon and pepper hot smoked organic Irish salmon, hot smoked plain and spiced Irish mackerel, honey lemon and dill hot smoked organic Irish salmon, smoked organic Irish salmon and hot smoked Irish silver eel served with lemon wedges.
Other Irish dishes including Con- nemara Irish lamb, Sowan’s organic brown soda bread, beef from James Whelan’s Butchers in Tipperary and Country Choice Cheese will also be Oy NEO)
This news comes just after a week
after the Lisdoonvarna smoke house, along with St Tola Goats Cheese in Inagh, was asked to participate in the Good Food Ireland Award Showcase in Dublin.
The showcase, which took place last night, is one of Ireland foremost annual cullinary events.
‘The key objectives of these awards are to honour those members who epitomise this philosophy and to raise standards within the food and hospitality industry,” says Margaret Jeffares, Managing Director, Good Food Ireland.
“The Good Food Ireland philoso- phy is to prioritise the core indig- enous ingredients of Irish cuisine and promote local and artisan food producers. Members are independ-
ently assessed by an expert judging panel.”
Good Food Ireland is the only all- island food tourism marketing group. Members come together to be pro- moted under the brand.
It is a not for profit organisation and is driven by the industry in a bottom up approach.
The steering group, executive com- mittee and members all work on a voluntary basis.
The Good Food Ireland members vision is to grow Ireland as a food tourism destination by promoting to domestic and international visitors places to stay, eat, cook and shop that are all committed to using above all else Irish, local and artisan food pro- duce.