Open air Food Producers Market
Trimmers Lane
11–4pm Friday 20th May
11-4pm Saturday 21st May
Free Event
Historic Trimmers Lane in the heart of Wexford town will host an outdoor food producers market featuring local and regional artisan producers. Food producers and growers will display fresh produce ranging from bread, cakes, ice cream, seasonal fruit including Wexford’s famed strawberries, eggs, cheese, meat and much more! A walk down Wexford’s Main Street will reveal food stands in The Bull Ring and elsewhere in the town creating a delightful food trail. To add to the festival atmosphere a tasty side helping of music and family fun entertainment will also be provided.
Hog Roast –Crackling good food from Kelly’s Resort Hotel
Trimmers Lane
Saturday 21st May 11am to 4pm.
Kelly’s Resort Hotel in Association with La Dolce Vita Restaurant will bring their famed Hog Roast Spit to Trimmers Lane bringing a memorable feast for the eyes and taste buds to the heart of Wexford. This will be an incredible taste experience you will savour for a long time! The Spit roasting has been around for thousands years and is a common custom in many parts of the world.
Viking Shield Making Workshop
Trimmers Lane
11-4pm Friday 20th May
11-4pm Saturday 21st May
€10 per Child
Reflecting Wexford’s Viking Heritage, The Irish National Heritage Park will a host shield making workshop in Trimmers Lane. Children will have the opportunity to make and decorate shields using historical inspired designs. This fun learning experience takes approximately one hour to complete.
Craft & Cake Sale – Wexford Federation ICA
The Bullring Wexford Town
11-4pm Friday 20th May
11-4pm Saturday 21st May
Last year the Irish Countrywomen’s Association celebrated 100 years of making a difference to the lives of Irish women. One of the core missions of the ICA is promoting Irish food and craft helping to support our own producers and jobs in Ireland. Come along to the ICA stand and sample the very best of local craft and food produce.
Celebrity Cookery Demonstration
Whites of Wexford – McLure Suite
7.30-11pm Friday 20th May
Price: €20.00
Celebrity chefs Catherine Fulvio, Ballyknocken Cookery School and Wexford’s Phelim Byrne will demonstrate a range of cuisine cooking styles including Italian and Thai themed dishes in Whites of Wexford. Both critically acclaimed chefs will show attendees how to prepare a range of simple signature dishes. Attendees will receive recipe booklets and tips to help them recreate meals at home.
Fulacht Fiadh - Ancient Cooking Method
The Irish National Heritage Park
12pm, 2pm & 4pm Saturday, 21st & Sunday 22nd May 2011
Half Price Tickets for families and adults
Visitors to The Irish National Heritage Park during Wexford Food Festival will have the opportunity to experience an ancient cooking method used by our ancestors when the Fulacht Fiadh (ancient cooking pit) is fired up. Dating as far back to the early Christian age between 500 BC and 1169 AD skinned animals were wrapped in straw and placed into a pit of boiling water which had been heated using rocks from a fire. It has been discovered that this ancient cooking method is very similar to that of our own modern ovens – 20 minutes to the pound and 20 minutes over! Visitors will have the opportunity to taste meat cooked in this traditional method.
Families wishing to visit The Irish National Heritage Park and see the Fulacht Fiadh in action can avail of a special half price admission ticket during Wexford Food Festival – Family Ticket (2 Adults & a Children) normally €20 will be available for €10 and Adult tickets normally €8 will be available for €4 on Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd May 2011.
For more information on The Irish National Heritage Park see www.inhp.com
Little Artist Club
Venue: Wexford Arts Centre
Every Saturday from 7th May to 25th June, 2011
Booking fee: €7.50 per class or €55.00 for full term of eight classes
Times:
Ages: 4 – 6 years 11.00am – 12.00pm
Ages: 7-11 years 1.00pm – 2.00pm
The Little Artist Club returns this season to offer children the opportunity to explore colour and work with a range of materials including paper, paints, and toys! The workshops will include a tour of the exhibitions on display in the galleries and a discussion on why artists use colour in their artworks. In a fun and relaxed environment, children will be encouraged to work with light and colour projections, and explore how colour relates to sound and has the potential to evoke emotions.
The Little Artist Club is facilitated by a team of local professional artists.
Jazz Breakfast / Brunch
Whites of Wexford - Courtyard
12.30pm – 2.30pm Sunday 22nd May
Tickets at the door
Finishing the festival in style a Jazz Brunch will take place on Sunday, 22nd May in the courtyard in Whites of Wexford cooked with local produce to the sounds of local jazz musicians. The final day of the festival coincides with the Wexford Half Marathon. All those supporting and participating in the race are welcome to come and rest you weary legs and refuel your body and spirit at the Jazz brunch.
Products supplied from Local producers including O Neill Foods Quailty rasher, sausages & puddings www.oneillfoods.ie
The Wilders
on Sun 22nd May. 8pm
Wexford Arts Centre €15
Burn off all those food festival calories to the liveliest American roots and bluegrass bands around. All the way from Kansas city Missouri. They had the place hopping last time around on sell out success tour no doubt will do same again. Guarranteed foot stomping fun!
Wexford Food Festival Restaurant Trail
Wexford Town
Some of the best times with families and friends are to be had around the dinner table, sharing great food, fine wine, laughter and stories. To help you celebrate the spirit of Wexford Food Festival we’ve teamed up with a number of local restaurants to bring you this year’s ‘Wexford Food Festival Restaurant Trail’. Participating restaurants around Wexford town have something for every taste and pocket! To see a list of participating restaurants see www.wexfordfoodfestival.ie
Featuring as part of the Wexford Food Festival – Restaurant Trail three of Wexford’s renowned and critically acclaimed restaurants: La Dolce Vita and Jacques French Bistro Wexford in Trimmers Lane and in Kelly’s Resort Hotel, Rosslare will host a specially created 5 course meal with accompanying wine courses.
To Book:
La Dolce Vita 053 9170806
Jacques French Bistro 053 9123004
Kelly’s Resort Hotel 053 9132114
Cistin Eile 053 9121616
Thomas Moore Tavern 053 9174688
Jacques French Bistro
at Greenacres is offering a delicious five course tasting menu with accompanying wines as part of the Restaurant Trail. The restaurant recently won the ‘Best Restaurant in Co. Wexford’ and ‘Best Wine Experience in Leinster’ in the 2011 Irish Restaurant Awards. The Charles Harper exhibition will open at noon on Saturday, 21st of May to coincide with the Festival.
For reservations contact jacques@greenacres.ie, 053 9123004 or online at www.greenacres.ie.
Cistin Eile
will be offering patrons a "4 Course Irish Inspired Food Menu" with a glass of selected wine from Jim Neville Wines, a native of Wellington Bridge €26 per person Friday & Saturday from 6.00pm. Booking Essential Call 053 9121616
Nonna Rosa
Traditional Italian Trattoria 106 South Main Street Wexford
We offer to you a genuine taste of Italian
"4 Course Menu" with a glass of selected wine from Italy@ €25 per person Friday & Saturday all day,
Traditional homemade pasta and very good home made pizza from Naples
fresh fish locally caught every day , and friendly ambience
Paolo Tullio Review on February 12th 2011 said "all dishes that we'd eaten had the distinctive flavour of Italy"
Call 053 9174865
Kelly's Resort Hotel & Spa - Rosslare Strand
On Saturday the 21st Kelly's Resort Hotel & Spa are organising the Food and Wine Tasting “A Taste of Burgundy” at €55.per person. Five courses and five wines. Will also include a presentation on Burgundy by Bill Kelly with a few wines before hand. Presentation starting at 7.30pm with meal at 8.15pm.
Bookings - Tel + 053 9132001
Thomas Moore Tavern
Cornmarket Wexford
Call 053 9174688
The Bistro
Avail of our “Wine & Dine” Menu @ €25 per person Friday & Saturday Night from 6pm.
Our 3 course menu includes a complimentary glass of wine chosen to suit the menu which is balanced between modern bistro and classic favourites.
The Spires Restaurant
Friday & Saturday night at The Spires offers rooftop dining, featuring a “Taste of Spires” menu @ €45 per person. This tasting menu will showcase an array of fine ingredients sure to please the gourmet in us all. The Spires offers majestic views of Wexford Town from its top floor setting.
On Friday & Saturday Night to mark the Wexford Food Festival we will offer a glass of Prosecco with our compliments to all guests availing of this menu.
Music and Cocktails are headlined in The Piano Bar all weekend!
Other Foodie Events
Dunmore East Food Festival Dates Tentative www.waterford-dunmore.com
Kilmore Seafood Festival 7th - 10th July www.kilmorequayseafoodfestival.com
Waterford Harvest Festival 4th – 11th September www.waterfordharvestfestival.ie
