The 2014 Best Breakfast Awards!

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We at Food NI love our Breakfast. Research shows that eating Breakfast can make you happier & healthier. Some of our Taste of Ulster Members have entered the Best Breakfast Awards. The Winner will be announced during Farmhouse Breakfast Week (Sunday 26th January- Saturday 1st February). To Nominate/Vote or see how you can get involved please visit http://www.shakeupyourwakeup.com/content/2014-best-breakfast-awards.

If you fancy a hot breakfast (whether you call it Ulster Fry, Farmhouse Breakfast, Full Irish) why not check out…

Hasting Hotels (Europa, Slieve Donard, Culloden, Stormont, Everglades & Ballygally Castle)

Donnelly’s Bakery

The Bay Tree

Square Bistro

The Kissin Crust

Sugarcane Café Bistro

Rockmount Golf Club

SD Bells “Leaf & Berry” Tea Rooms & Coffee House

Killyhevlin

Katch 27

The Ryandale Inn

Or if you would like an alternative hot breakfast, check out…

Rayanne House

The Cuan

Or if you fancy a cold breakfast involving some yummy Clandeboye yoghurt why not check out…

Hasting Hotels (Europa, Slieve Donard, Culloden, Stormont, Everglades & Ballygally Castle)

Old Post Office Tea Room

Sugarcane Café Bistro

Canteen at the Mac

Dufferin Coaching Inn

Or finally if porridge is your favourite, have a look at…

Arch House

Keen Nut Butter

There’s something for everyone so make sure you place your vote today!!

 

Roll on 2014

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Happy New Year

All the staff at James Street South Restaurant, The Bar + Grill and Hadskis hope you had a great Christmas. Thank you for your continued support in 2013 and we look forward to welcoming you in 2014.

This year we have a MEAT LOVERS BANQUET in The Private Dining Room. For more information please visit our website or give us a call on 028 9560 0700.

Happy New Year

Niall McKenna

Forthcoming Events- Hadskis

We are kicking off the New Year with a series of Wine Monday nights at Hadskis. Wine Monday’s will offer you a 3-course meal with wine pairings for £30 per person and will follow a regional trail around the world. Tables will be bookable from 5pm. For themes and more information give us a call 028 9032 5444 or view our website.

In other news

There are plenty of Cookery School classes in 2014 for the novice or the accomplished cook. To view schedule visit our website.

Thee Plaice Restaurant & Ferncall Catering Services

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Thee Plaice is an established fast food restaurant in Omagh providing customers with fresh food daily.  The vast menu ranging from fish and chips to freshly prepared salads and wraps ensures that everyone that enters the door is catered for. The produce is sourced from local farmers and their ingredients are home grown were possible. They make their own chips each day on site to ensure the freshest food is being served to their valued customers. Their popularity can be seen through the well established customer base they have formed and continue to grow upon and this increased popularity has led them to take their food on the road.

Their outside catering business is based in Armagh and as well as being able to cater for a wide range of events they also run a smoothie stall.  No event is too big or small with attendance at events ranging from small vintage rallies to events such as Balmoral Show and their menu can be adapted to suit the particular event.  They also had the privilege of being chosen by Food NI as one of the main caters at the World Police and Fire Games 2013 with an attendance of 15,000 people.

So why are they different you may ask… they are so passionate about the food they serve to their customers and the presentation of the food served. This is proven with their dedication in ensuring 90% of their food is homemade with as much local produce from local suppliers being used in the process.  They are introducing a new food concept in the coming months which is not to be missed.  This particular food is not used a lot in the North or South of Ireland or England but is used a lot across the world.  This adorable product will soon be on their menu so watch out for it.

You can join them on Facebook or on Twitter @theeplaice.  For further inquiries or to book them for an event contact:

Managing Director,

Wayne McCall

Tel:02882249364

Mobile:07866486206

 

Mourne Seafood Cookbook

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Check out Mourne Seafood’s Cookbook which is now on SALE for some yummy recipes or a fab christmas present!!

15 Northern Ireland Businesses Unite to Give ‘Rural Support’ this Christmas

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Agri-businesses join Simple Power and Rural Support to Spread Festive Goodwill to Local Families 

Rural Support, which has teamed up with wind energy company, Simple Power, to launch its first ever ‘Christmas Hamper Scheme’ aimed at helping farming and rural families in need, has been overwhelmed by the support and generosity of Northern Ireland food and drink producers for their support.
Over 15 local businesses, including many of the leading lights of the local agri-food industry, have thrown their weight behind Rural Support and Simple Power’s Christmas hamper appeal. Each have donated items to ensure that the charity can deliver approximately 50 hampers to hard-hit families throughout Northern Ireland.
Generous donors include: Armagh Cider, Bailies Coffee, Clandeboye Yoghurt, Comber Potatoes, DJ’s Apple Cider, Karro Foods, Linden Foods, Mash Direct, Moy Park, Punjana Tea, Tesco Northern Ireland, TMC Dairies and White’s Oats.
Staff from the Rural Development Council, South Antrim Community Network and Ulster Farmers Union have also chosen to support the appeal.
Rural Support’s Development Director, Jude McCann, said “I’m delighted with the response we have received and would like to sincerely thank Simple Power for coordinating  the appeal and to all of the local agri-producers who have been  very kind and generous with their donations, especially given the added pressures these companies are generally under during the festive season. Their support is much needed and will make a great difference to a rural family in need this Christmas.”
Rural Support provides support for farmers and rural families through a helpline offering a listening and signposting service. It deals with a range of issues including emotional distress, suicide risk, physical and mental health, farming paperwork and bureaucracy.
Wind energy company, Simple Power are co-ordinating the hamper appeal on behalf of the charity. The local business works in partnership with farmers across Northern Ireland and is committed to an on-going partnership with Rural Support, providing financial support alongside fundraising activities.
Simple Power Chief Executive, Philip Rainey, commented, “We are delighted by the support shown from local agri-producers for our Christmas Hamper Scheme in partnership with Rural Support. Christmas can be a very special time for many but it’s important to acknowledge that it can also be a difficult time of year for those in hardship, particularly within the rural community. With the support of the local producers, the hampers will go some way towards providing a little Christmas cheer, alongside Rural Support’s very beneficial support service.”

Dale Farm receive 1 silver and 4 bronze awards at the World Cheese Awards 2013

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 A big congratulations to Dale Farm on their latest success at the World Cheese Awards 2013!

For over 20 years the World Cheese Awards has been bringing together buyers and sellers from the dairy industry worldwide. It’s the largest cheese competition in the world, attracting over 2,700 entries in 2012 from over 30 countries and judged by over 200 expert buyers from every corner of the globe. It takes an entire day to judge, with a trade lunch thrown in, making this a place to do real business too.

For more information check out the following link…www.finefoodworld.co.uk/content/WorldCheeseAwards/158.html