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A Taste of West Cork Food Festival, which takes place in and around Skibbereen, West Cork, brings together a unique mix of food markets and demonstrations, cookery competitions, special dinners, brunches and banquets, food-tastings, talks, exhibitions, children's events, guided walks, boat tours and some great live music! |
A Taste of West Cork 2012
Following the highly successful 2011 Festival, and thanks to all those who helped make it such a success, the Festival Committee are already planning for next year.
Dates for your diary: Monday 10 to Saturday 16 September 2012
There will also be events related to the Festival during the year, so bookmark this site and keep coming back to keep up to date.
Also: Wednesday 12 September 2012 - The Celtic Cook Off
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Following the inaugural Cook-Off in 2011, the date for next year’s event is already fixed owing to the enthusiasm of the chefs from Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Cornwall, the Isle of Man and Brittany to do it again!
See our News Section for some of the follow-on from the 2011 Celtic Cook Off plus news of all events as they are planned. You can also follow us on Facebook for all news and updates.
The Festival in a Nutshell
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A Taste of West Cork Food Festival started in 2004 and it has gone from strength to strength ever since – not just in terms of numbers of visitors, exhibitors and events, but also in terms of its reputation throughout the region and the country. The word continues to spread, and the Food Festival has attracted people from all over Ireland, the UK and further afield. The aim of A Taste of West Cork has remained the same: we are celebrating the quality and diversity of our talented and innovative chefs, the skills of our superb independent and artisan food producers, and the range of high quality restaurants that abound in West Cork. The Festival is organised by a voluntary committee of local people, and is supported by the Skibbereen Business Association, with kind sponsorship from local and national organisations and suppliers. |
| Please contact us if you have any questions about the Festival, food and drink in West Cork or this beautiful part of the world. Also, please contact us if you would like to become a Festival sponsor, we welcome new partnerships. Above all, please come and see for yourself the high quality food that is produced here with such skill and care. Here in West Cork we have one of the highest concentrations of top-class food producers in the world.....why not come and see for yourself? You’ll be made welcome; we look forward to seeing you. |
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Festival Programme Online
We have our full 2011 Festival Programme available for you as an online brochure, just so you can see the kind of events that we organised.
This is interactive, and you can search the programme, zoom in, share, print or download it as a pdf file.
To see the Online Festival Programme, simply click here
As soon as the 2012 Programme is ready we will post that here for you.
Featured News
Burns Night Triumph for West Cork
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| The spirit of Rabbie Burns kindles a flame in Skibbereen |
Jack Stein to Represent Cornwall in 2012 Celtic Cook Off in West Cork
The Celtic Cook Off in West Cork continues to build on the success of the inaugural event in September 2011 by attracting top chefs from the Celtic regions to take part in what is becoming one of the culinary events of the year.
First Ever West Cork Burns Supper
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| The Scottish poet Robert Burns was born in 1759 in Alloway, Ayrshire. Around the world tributes to him are held through the ritual of the Burns Supper, originally started a few years after his death by a group of his friends and acquaintances to honour his memory; the suppers are now celebrated annually on the date of his birth, January 25. |
