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The Rioja Wine Festival by WineOnline.ie is back and more bountiful than ever

Taking place on Saturday October 21 2023, this year’s festival will include tastings, masterclasses and more – get your tickets from WineOnline.ie now. Brought to you in partnership with WineOnline.ie.

Shortlists revealed for 2023 Restaurant of the Year awards

Has your favourite made the list?

Inside Fable Bakery – an origin story of friendship that reads like a fairytale

Founders Elyse Clarke and Kate O’Sullivan met on a cookery course and went on to start a business making handmade baked treats, breads and specialities

Pure imagination with chocolatier Ann Rudden

Ann Rudden has built her dream ‘chocolate factory’ in county Cavan. A supplier of outstanding Single Origin chocolate to Dunnes Stores Simply Better, she shares her story with Food&Wine. Partner content with Dunnes Stores Simply Better

Belfast gem a lot more than Grand

Belfast’s Grand Central Hotel offers over 300 bedrooms and great restaurants and is only a 90-minute drive from Dublin

Elevating the experience at Kilronan Castle with Daniel Willimont

Daniel Willimont, executive chef at Kilronan Castle, is on a journey to elevate the estate’s culinary offering. Here, he explains how he creates an unforgettable experience. Partner content with Kilronan Castle Estate & Spa.

Food&Wine Magazine

What’s inside the September issue of Food&Wine Magazine

Our new issue will be free with the Business Post this Sunday, September 3

Bite Size: From wine dinners to island visits, the food news you need for September

Dive into autumn with these events and offers around the country

Doing The Business

The sweet spot: Siobhán Lawless of The Foods of Athenry on growing her gluten-free bakery business

Lawless and her husband, Paul, have been running their company from their farm in rural Galway since 1994

Some kind of wonderful: Adam Nevin on his new role at Carton House

The head chef at the Grill at the Dorchester hotel Adam Nevin has returned to Ireland to create a new fine dining experience. Partner content with The Morrison Room at Carton House, Fairmont

‘It’s hard to stay positive’: restaurateurs brace themselves for 4% Vat hike

The rate will increase to 13.5 per cent at midnight

‘The way the Kellys look at hospitality is so impressive’: chef Chris Fullam on his move to Rosslare

Dubliner Fullam has taken the reins at the glass-walled Sea Rooms restaurant at Kelly’s, the well-known hotel and resort in Wexford

The Secret Restaurateur: What The Bear can teach us about running a small business

It’s Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares turned into a comedy drama, and it’s essential viewing

At Killashee, expect serious tranquillity and an afternoon tea less ordinary

The hotel in Co Kildare offers luxurious rooms, fantastic casual and formal dining, a full spa experience and lush grounds to explore

Travel: Basque in the heartland of pintxos and fine wines at smile-inducing prices

It’s well worth a long sea voyage with to explore a region of Spain with its own incomparable character

Partner Content

Food&Wine on tour: some of Ireland’s best locations for memorable dining experiences

A Food&Wine selection of food destinations where memories can be made. Partner content with Ireland’s Blue Book

Drinks industry calls for reduction in excise tax as 450 pubs close since Covid-19

Almost 2,000 pubs have closed their doors since 2005, with rural areas most affected

Wetherspoons appeals decision blocking ‘Berlin Wall’-like sound barrier around Dublin pub

Proposal attracted complaints, with parents of children attending a nearby crèche comparing the structure to ‘the Great Wall of China’

Dead Rabbit expands, but calls time on opening after 2am

Pub owner Jack McGarry says the pub no longer serves until 4am as ‘nothing good happens at a bar after 2am’

Top quality local Irish produce the cornerstone of Bakestone

Bakestone Café & Pantry in Fota Retail Park in Cork is celebrating its 10th year in business