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Our Food. Power of Good

Posted on October 25, 2021October 26, 2021

We’re delighted to have launched an imaginative and extensive marketing campaign – ‘Our Food. Power of Good’, in partnership with the Department of Agriculture, Environment and...

Fitness meets food as Brian cooks for kings and kearneys

Posted on September 19, 2016September 22, 2016

Donegal chef Brian McDermott will be a popular figure at the National Ploughing Championships where he will be cooking at the National Dairy Council’s stand. The...

Ballycastle farm business wins top Street Food Award in Britain

Posted on September 19, 2016

Ballycastle-based Broughgammon Farm, a Food NI member, gained a major award in the influential British Street Food Awards 2016 in Birmingham today. The farm-based business gained...

Straight from the Field to Comber Farmers’ Market Celebrating ‘Harvest’

Posted on September 19, 2016

This October the 6th, the popular monthly Comber Farmers’ Market is joining the ‘Harvest’ month celebrations as part of the NI Year of Food and Drink,...

Food NI Members succeed in Irish Quality Food Awards

Posted on September 19, 2016September 19, 2016

Eighteen Food NI member companies gained a string of top endorsements at the prestigious Irish Quality Food and Drink Awards in Dublin. Heading the local successes...

Mash Direct bring the Farm to Belfast!

Posted on September 16, 2016September 16, 2016

Mash Direct have brought their farm to Donegall Square North in Central Belfast, transforming a bus stop into a field of fresh Comber carrots! Commuters will...

Winning tastes from Northern Ireland on a global plate

Posted on September 15, 2016September 12, 2016

Article by Michele Shirlow for Farmweek 15/09/2016 We could scarcely have imagined that Year of Food and Drink 2016 would see the most important accolade in...

Killyhevlin Hotel gets a taste for Fermanagh Restaurant Week

Posted on September 15, 2016

The Killyhevlin Lakeside Hotel is celebrating the first ever Fermanagh Restaurant Week by offering ‘A Taste of Killyhevlin’ Taster Menu from Monday 19th to Thursday 22nd...

Chefs going ‘cocoa’ over Killyleagh Chocolate and Fine Food Fest

Posted on September 15, 2016September 15, 2016

As thousands of chocoholics and foodies gear up for the highly-anticipated return of the biennial Hans Sloane Chocolate & Fine Food Festival, outstanding chefs from Northern...

Avondale Foods Product is a Winner at the Irish Quality Food and Drink Awards 2016

Posted on September 14, 2016September 14, 2016

Cook at Home Potato Gratin from Dunnes, produced by Lurgan based Avondale Foods, scooped the award in the Side Dish category of the Irish Quality Food...