On this week's podcast, hear about the Virgin Media Business Gold Medal Hotel Awards, how Ireland's been doing on the food and drink export front, what's been happening with Oatly and more.

Want more? Read The Week In Food #49 here.

Links This Episode

• Ken On Food
• The Week In Food (Free newsletter)
• Virgin Media Business Gold Medal Hotel Awards Finalists Announced
• Healthy Ireland Survey 2024
• Health Ireland Survey 2024 summary report PDF
• Annual review and outlook for agriculture, food and the marine for 2024
• Download FSAI Strategy 2025-2029 (PDF)
• Court concludes Oatly cannot use term 'milk' in its marketing
• Oatly loses court battle with Dairy UK over use of ‘milk’ in trademark

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Links this episode

• Yulefest Kilkenny markets have started
• Irish Food History: A Companion by Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire & Dorothy Cashman wins at Irish Book Awards
• Buy Irish Food History: A Companion on Amazon (aff)
• Three Irish restaurants added to MICHELIN Guide in November
• Now Irish recyclers can empty an entire bag of drink containers in seconds: introducing TOMRA R1
• Cork’s Coffee Houses Get a Night-Lift with ‘Coffee House Lates’
• New initiative sees coffee shops open late in Cork city
• Hotel & Catering 2025 salary guide (PDF)
• Surge of cash-in-hand pay in hospitality sector

For these stories in written form, plus extra reading for your weekend, 5 recipes for the week ahead and my podcast pick, check out the 48th edition of The Week In Food, available free via Substack.

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Links This Episode

• Christmas markets in Kilkenny
• Check Kilkenny Chamber’s Instagram account for a full breakdown of winners in all categories
• Academics, regulators and the Food Industry unite to combat food fraud
• Ireland to lead new EU project to combat food fraud
• Investigations & fraud (FSAI)
• Bord Bia Awarded €3.2 Million for ‘European Dairy – Where Nature Meets Science’ Campaign
• Wolverine Packing Co. Recalls Ground Beef Products Due to Possible E. Coli O157:H7 Contamination
• Over 160,000 pounds of ground beef recalled due to E. coli risk
• U.S. food safety system crumbles as E. coli crisis spreads nationwide
• McDonald’s To Create 1,000 Jobs In Ireland
• McDonald’s to add 1,000 jobs in Ireland with €40m investment
• McDonald’s Social & Economic Impact Report

For these stories in written form, plus extra reading for your weekend, 5 recipes for the week ahead and my podcast pick, check out the 47th edition of The Week In Food, available free via Substack.

For more, visit kenonfood.com.

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Looking to catch up on some of the stories making headlines on the Irish food scene and beyond over the past week?

You've come to the right place. As Sunday rolls round again, I've got the 46th helping of Food In 5 Minutes for you, delivering a bite-size news recap of stories from the past seven days that have caught my eye, all served up in five minutes or less-ish.

If you missed last week's edition, talking about the Irish Food Writing Awards, Christmas markets and more, you can find it here or wherever you get your podcasts.

Links This Episode

• Kilkenny’s Campagne ‘Highly Commended’ as 2024 Food & Wine Restaurant of the Year award winners announced
• Restaurant Of The Year website
• Family behind Kilkenny’s Mountain View scoop Food Innovator of the Year at Good Food Ireland awards
• Good Food Ireland Awards 2024 winners
• Malzard’s of Stoneyford in Kilkenny named National Pub of the Year at Irish Pub Awards
• Irish Pub Awards 2024 winners
• 16 Enforcement Orders served on food businesses in October
• Growing costs present major challenge to Ireland’s foodservice sector – Bord Bia

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Links this episode

• Check the full list of Irish Food Writing Awards winners here
• Kilkenny’s Christmas Markets to return as Yulefest kicks off later this month
• Winterval.ie
• Download Tourism Policy Framework 2025-2030
• Homegrown at Maxol announces 2024 winners
• Maxol.ie Homegrown details
• @dublincoffeefest on Instagram
• Sign up for festival alerts here

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On this week's podcast you can hear about

• Returning numbers for Savour Kilkenny
• The Listowel Food Fair Programme
• This week's Irish Food Writing Awards night
• The return of Incredible Edibles to Irish primary schools
• The launch of the 2025 Blasta Books series

And you can get much more besides when you subscribe - for free - to The Week In Food on Substack. It's my weekly free newsletter that drops on a Sunday morning with more stories, recipes to try, podcast picks and other notes.

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On this week's edition of Food In 5 Minutes you can hear about

• Carlow Restaurant Week, running Saturday 26 October (it's already started) through Saturday 2 November
• The shortlist for the Food & Drink Book of the Year as part of this year's An Post Irish Book Awards
• New organic orchard tours in Kilkenny
• This past week's Asian Restaurant Awards
• The Restaurant Association of Ireland's ten-point manifesto ahead of GE24

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On this week's edition of Food In 5 Minutes, get the latest on

• The Georgina Campbell Irish Food & Hospitality Awards
• Food On The Edge - getting underway this Monday
• Bord Bia's Origin Green programme and the companies awarded gold membership this year
• Ireland's circular economy recommendations including a potential banning of best before dates on fresh produce
• School safety programmes from Agri Aware

Read all about it and get all the links here.

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