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A Taste of Success at the NI Food and Drink Association (NIFDA) Awards
At the prestigious Northern Ireland Food and Drink Awards. Linden Foods has picked up the top award for ‘BEST PRODUCT’ for a large company at the Ramada Belfast on Friday 20th March.
The Co. Tyrone meat manufacturer based in Granville Industrial Estate beat off stiff competition from Dunbia and Moy Park in the category to win the top accolade.
The successful product was the M&S Pork Saltimbocca. A large independent judging panel voted Linden Foods a clear winner.
This award winning company which is part of the Fane Valley Group is going from strength to strength. 2015 looks like another great year for Linden Foods.
Pictured: (L-R) Paul Johnston – Operations Director at Linden Foods, Elaine Willis – Head of Innovation and Business at Linden Foods with Sponsor, Ulster Bank Representative Ellvena Graham.
“Entertainment from Casa Havana Trio – an exciting Latin trio playing a mixture of sultry Latin hits and cool jazz standards along with some contemporary pop classics for added spice.
Enjoy a main and dessert for £25”
To book follow this link: https://themaclive.com/food-and-drink/jazz-supper-club-2014
On March 15 the MAC will be running the MAC Parish Hall Ceili. The details are as follows:
MAC Parish Hall Ceili
Grab some folk and join us on Sunday 15 March for a parish hall style knees-up to ring in St. Patrick’s Day.
What to expect: Live music, Ceili caller to help everyone with the moves and of course the return of our ‘lovely boys’ competition.
Come along, drink tea and eat some sandwiches. If tea isn’t your thing, our fully licensed bar by Canteen will be open and well stocked.
Waitrose Launches The Good Food Guide ‘Readers’ Restaurant of the Year Awards 2016’
The Good Food Guide, published by Waitrose, is calling for diners to nominate their favourite local eaterie for its Readers’ Restaurant of the Year Awards. The coveted awards honour the very best independent restaurants, pubs and cafés from around the country. The nomination period opens on Monday 2nd March 2015.
The annual awards recognise the best dining establishments across ten different UK regions and are based on public nominations with a panel of Good Food Guide judges choosing the most outstanding for their overall winner.
The awards support independently run restaurants with a special focus on menus which champion regional or local produce where possible.
Elizabeth Carter, Editor of the Waitrose Good Food Guide, commented: ‘The Good Food Guide’s Readers’ Restaurant of the Year Award is always closely fought. Last year we received well over 30,000 nominations, showing just how important independent restaurants are to a local community. The Guide’s army of loyal readers have certainly made these awards their own, with nominations highlighting the very best of small enterprise. The UK has a wealth of consistent and likeable local restaurants which offer no pretensions or gimmicks, just first class food and knowledgeable, welcoming service.’
As well as providing a fantastic way for people to recognise their favourite restaurants, the awards often provide a welcome boost to the businesses who win. Many winning restaurants report uplift in bookings, takings and staff morale as a result of an award from The Good Food Guide.
Last year, Carters of Moseley, Birmingham, won the overall award of The Good Food Guide Readers’ Restaurant of the Year 2015.
Holly Jackson, from Carters of Moseley said: ‘We were completely overwhelmed after winning the Readers’ Restaurant of the year Award 2015. We cannot thank our loyal customers enough for naming us as their favourite place to eat; we were so proud and grateful. The Good Food Guide offers unstuffy reviews which we feel is important when it comes to our business and the industry. I think this award shows the lengths that the Good Food Guide goes to, highlighting great places to dine wherever you are, that you may never have heard of. It celebrates good food from around the country! Best of luck to everyone in 2016’s nominations!’
To take part in the awards, restaurants can encourage their diners to nominate them online, at www.thegoodfoodguide.co.uk/feedback, or by making official postcards available in their restaurants during the nomination period – 2nd March until 11th May 2015.
The ten regional winners and the overall winner of The Waitrose Good Food Guide Readers’ Restaurant of the Year 2016 will be announced in July 2015.
Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster today served up a new initiative aimed at giving more tourists an appetite to visit Northern Ireland.
Announcing that next year, 2016, will be Northern Ireland’s Year of Food, the Minister called on everyone to get involved in giving visitors a taste of what makes our local menus so special.
Speaking at the Tourism Northern Ireland annual conference, Arlene Foster said: “We have some of the best food and the best restaurants in the world, and the potential this has when it comes to tourism cannot be underestimated. Food tourism already generates over £350million per year to the local economy, but I believe there is significant room for further growth. That’s why I have asked Tourism Northern Ireland to begin preparatory work to develop the Year of Food initiative and have secured funding to allow them to do so.
“We know how good our food is, which is probably why we enjoy eating out so much, the recent Barclaycard report showing Northern Ireland people spend more on eating out than the rest of the UK is proof of that. Now it’s time to build on our growing reputation for excellence and give visitors even more mouth watering reasons to come here.”
In the lead up to and during 2016, there will be a series of packaged events aimed at tempting the taste buds of potential visitors.
Arlene Foster added: “We have a great story to tell, and this is a very exciting opportunity to really celebrate our food sector.
“We boast some world-class produce, not to mention talented chefs, restaurants, skilled cookery schools and a rich food heritage, all of which is becoming better known, especially in GB, which is our key market. The Year of Food will enable us to continue to raise our profile nationally and to promote Northern Ireland food tourism on the international stage.
“As well as specific events, the Year of Food will see support for industry through master classes and mentoring programmes, the development of new food experiences and trails, and development of a toolkit to enable a wide range of people across Northern Ireland to get involved in promoting their produce and their area.
“Many tourists already say that good quality food and dining is a key factor when choosing Northern Ireland for a short break, and I have no doubt that 2016 and the Year of Food will entice even more visitors to do so.”
