Best Possible Taste With Sharon Noonan

Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire is the co-editor of "Irish Food History: A Companion" (published September 2024) which Darina Allen described as a landmark publication in the growing field of Irish food studies and food history. THE BEST POSSIBLE TASTE CELEBRATED 10 YEARS ON AIR IN 2023 MAKING IT IRELAND'S LONGEST-RUNNING FOOD & DRINK RADIO SHOW & PODCAST.

Karyn Booth is a professional food stylist and food writer. From working with chefs of the highest standard to styling food for The Game of Thrones, her story is fascinating. Best Possible Taste is Ireland’s longest-running food and drink radio show and podcast celebrating 11 years on air this month!

In this Best Possible Taste interview we hear the Zanna Cookhouse story thanks to found Owen Mullins. The Wexford company was founded in 2007 and makes award-winning quiches and pies. Best Possible Taste is Ireland’s longest-running food and drink radio show and podcast celebrating 11 years on air this month!

Lynda Coogan is the founder of Wine Tasting Ireland and a wine expert taking the snobbery out of wine. In this BPT extract she talks to Sharon Noonan about her passion for wine as well as one of the many strings to her bow - a self-study wine class. Best Possible Taste is Ireland's longest running food and drink radio show and podcast and celebrated 10 years on air in 2023.

Vic Sprake is one half of the husband-wife duo behind Camus Farm in Clonakilty, West Cork, Ireland. In this Best Possible Taste interview, Vic tells Sharon Noonan about the farm, its ethos and their award-winning Field Kitchen Restaurant which is celebrating its fourth season. Best Possible Taste is Ireland's longest running food and drink radio show and podcast and celebrated 10 years on air in 2023.

In this Best Possible Taste interview we meet wine specialist Sinead Smyth to find out about her dynamic career to date which includes being the Chair of Wine Spirit Women, an Alumni of the Mad Feed and LOTS MORE! THE BEST POSSIBLE TASTE CELEBRATED 10 YEARS ON AIR IN 2023 MAKING IT IRELAND'S LONGEST-RUNNING FOOD & DRINK RADIO SHOW & PODCAST. For more Best Possible Taste interviews visit www.sharonnoonan.com

In this Best Possible Taste interview we meet Andalusian native Cinta Ramblada to find out about her renamed eatery - Choquera Bistro & Bakery in Newport, Co Tipperary, Ireland. Cinta will be cooking up a Spanish storm as she hosts traditional Tapas Nights throughout the summer months and into the autumn that proudly showcase authentic Andalusian dishes from her home city of Huelva - the provincial port from where Christopher Columbus famously set sail on his own journey of discovery in 1492. THE BEST POSSIBLE TASTE CELEBRATED 10 YEARS ON AIR IN 2023 MAKING IT IRELAND'S LONGEST-RUNNING FOOD & DRINK RADIO SHOW & PODCAST. For more Best Possible Taste interviews visit www.sharonnoonan.com

In this Best Possible Taste podcast, Sharon Noonan brings you to Taste of Dublin 2024 which took place in Dublin’s Merrion Square. First up Sharon talks to TV chef Erica Drum who was the MC and host of the cookery demo stage. Then we head into the Valentia Island Vermouth cabin to meet Orla and Anna Snook O Carroll, the wife and wife team behind Ireland’s award-winning vermouth. And later on in the programme Declan MacManus from Howth’s King Sitric Seafood Bar and Accommodation shares his memories of the early days shucking oysters at Taste of Dublin and gives us an insight into the family business. THE BEST POSSIBLE TASTE IS IRELAND'S LONGEST RUNNING FOOD & DRINK RADIO SHOW AND PODCAST AND CELEBRATED 10 YEARS ON AIR IN 2023. FOR MORE BEST POSSIBLE TASTE INTERVIEWS VISIT WWW.SHARONNOONAN.COM

In this Best Possible Taste interview, Sharon Noonan is joined by Dvir Nusery and Nicola Crowley from Mezze in Tramore, Co Waterford who are celebrating 5 years in business. Mezze has become a firm favourite with foodies from all over travelling to sample their Middle Eastern delights. The dynamic husband and wife duo, Chef Dvir Nusery and Food Entrepreneur Nicola Crowley have worked tirelessly over these last five years, to combine simple locally produced food with Middle Eastern flavours to create innovative and mouth-watering deli style offerings. Believe it or not, it all started on a glacier in New Zealand! Nicola, from Ireland, met Dvir, from Israel and their love, life and culinary adventure started from there. Fast forward a few years, marriage and two kids later, Dvir and Nicola began working on their dream Mezze. From humble beginnings working in Nicola’s mother’s kitchen with Dvir cooking up a selection of his favourite dips, salads and breads usually served at the start of the meal in the Midd

Food/drink/travel writer and curator Ali Dunworth is no stranger to the Best Possible Taste. In this interview, Ali gives an insight into her first book “A Compendium of Irish Pints: The Culture, Customs and Craic” which is published by Nine Bean Rows Books with illustrations by Stephen Heffernan AKA Hephee. In Ireland, a pint – having one, going for one, buying one – is a cultural institution. It’s so much more than 568ml of beer in a glass. But how did a simple pint become such a phenomenon? Like all great superheroes, the pint has its own origin story, a full-bodied narrative that explains how the beloved beverage came into being and part of everyday life. In A Compendium of Irish Pints, journalist (and pint lover) Ali Dunworth delves into the culture, customs and craic surrounding pints in Ireland. Beginning with the birth of beer and traversing through Ireland’s unique drinking journey from the Brehon Laws to invasions, Ali shares why ‘going for a pint’ means so much more than just going for a pint.

In this Best Possible Taste interview we meet Cherie Denham, a cook, baker, preserver and author. Originally from Northern Ireland, Cherie now lives in Hampshire in the UK and recently collaborated with Montgomery Press to publish “The Irish Bakery." THE BEST POSSIBLE TASTE CELEBRATED 10 YEARS ON AIR IN 2023 MAKING IT IRELAND'S LONGEST-RUNNING FOOD & DRINK RADIO SHOW & PODCAST. For more BPT interviews visit sharonnoonan.com

In this Best Possible Taste excerpt, Sharon Noonan meets Claire Crerand, Visitor Experience Operations Manager at J & J McConnell's Distillery and Visitor Experience. Claire shared details about McConnell’s Distillery which is Belfast’s latest addition to the food and drink tourism scene. THE BEST POSSIBLE TASTE CELEBRATED 10 YEARS ON AIR IN 2023 MAKING IT IRELAND'S LONGEST-RUNNING FOOD & DRINK RADIO SHOW & PODCAST. For more Best Possible Taste interviews, visit www.sharonnoonan.com

Bord Bia Bloom returns to Phoenix Park on Thursday 30 May 2024 and continues over the bank holiday weekend until Monday 3 June 2024. It is described as a world-class, uplifting, innovative horticulture, food, and drink experience with nature and sustainable living. Ballymaloe Foods has been attending the event for several years and in this Best Possible Taste extract general manager Maxine Hyde shares the news that the company will be launching a new product at Bloom 2024. THE BEST POSSIBLE TASTE IS IRELAND'S LONGEST-RUNNING FOOD AND DRINK RADIO SHOW AND CELEBRATED 10 YEARS ON AIR IN 2023. For more Best Possible Taste interviews, visit www.sharonnoonan.com

In this Best Possible Taste extract, we return to the 2024 Balmoral Show to meet Alanna McKeever from Long Meadow Cider and Laura Short Murphy founder of Sliced the recently launched OatCo. THE BEST POSSIBLE TASTE IS IRELAND'S LONGEST-RUNNING FOOD AND DRINK RADIO SHOW AND PODCAST AND CELEBRATED 10 YEARS ON AIR IN 2023. For more Best Possible Taste interviews, visit www.sharonnoonan.com

In this Best Possible Taste interview, we meet Paul Carroll from Ghan House. Ghan House is a beautiful Blue Book property located in medieval Carlingford in Co Louth, Ireland. THE BEST POSSIBLE TASTE IS IRELAND'S LONGEST RUNNING FOOD AND DRINK PODCAST AND CELEBRATED 10 YEARS ON AIR IN 2023. For more BPT interviews visit www.sharonnoonan.com

In this Best Possible Taste extract we pay a visit to the food and drink pavilion at the 155th Balmoral Show thanks to an invitation from Shauna Magill-Fegan, Invest Northern Ireland. During the visit Sharon Noonan chats to: Gary Quate, Tourism NI Shera McAloran, Karr iKitchen Andrea Boher, Green Fingers Family Ryan Harty, Bro Coffee Trevor Boyd, Betty’s Ice-Cream Tim McCarthy, Blackfire Foods THE BEST POSSIBLE TASTE CELEBRATED 10 YEARS ON AIR IN 2023 MAKING IT IRELAND'S LONGEST-RUNNING FOOD & DRINK RADIO SHOW & PODCAST. For more Best Possible Taste interviews visit www.sharonnoonan.com

In this Best Possible Taste Sharon Noonan talks to Paula Butler. Paula is an Environmental and Climate Change Consultant with over 25 years of experience and founded her own sustainability practice ‘Ecoconscious Living’ in 2014. Paula advises individuals, businesses, and community groups on incorporating sustainability into everyday life, in a meaningful and impactful way. With 30% of food wasted globally, Paula is passionate about reducing food waste in Irish homes and sees this as an easy way to significantly reduce our personal environmental impact. Paula provides easy, practical tips to help you cook nutritious food for your family, with minimal waste and a lower ecological footprint. For more information see: www.ecoconsciousliving.ie THE BEST POSSIBLE TASTE CELEBRATED 10 YEARS ON AIR IN 2023 MAKING IT IRELAND'S LONGEST-RUNNING FOOD & DRINK RADIO SHOW & PODCAST. For more Best Possible Taste interviews visit www.sharonnoonan.com

In this episode of Best Possible Taste Annie Dunne, founder of the art of GRATE food shares details about BrandBite, a free event for the food and drink industry in Ireland that is taking place on 22 May 2024. BrandBite is funded by the Taste 4 Success Skillnet and Network Director, Bridie Corrigan Matthews, provides an insight into the supports that Taste 4 Success offers to the food and drink industry in Ireland. BEST POSSIBLE TASTE IS IRELAND'S LONGEST RUNNING FOOD & DRINK RADIO SHOW & PODCAST & CELEBRATED 10 YEARS ON AIR IN 2023.

In this Best Possible Taste interview Sharon Noonan talks to Wicklow based hemp farmer Ed Hanbidge. Ed, a passionate advocate for sustainable agriculture, is the driving force behind 'The Hemp Farm'. Located in the picturesque heart of Wicklow, Ireland, 'The Hemp Farm' is one of the only certified organic producer of hemp products in Ireland. Ed also runs the family farm which produces and delivers organic beef & lamb direct to customer's & hihh end restaurants from their herd of pedigree, traditional Irish, Dexter & Irish Moil cattle and the flock of Cheviot, Suffolk & Galway sheep underthe brand Keadeen Mountain Farms. Founded in 2020, 'The Hemp Farm' began as a small-scale operation with a big vision: to harness the power of hemp to promote wellness and sustainability. In 2015, 'The family Farm' transitioned to organic farming methods, further enhancing the purity and potency of their products. Today, the farm produces a wide range of hemp-derived goods, including Hemp seed oil for food use, Protein p

In this Best Possible Taste interview we meet Gareth Naughton, head chef at the award-winning Neighbourhood Restaurant in Naas, Co Kildare. BEST POSSIBLE TASTE IS IRELAND'S LONGEST RUNNING FOOD AND DRINK RADIO SHOW AND PODCAST AND CELEBRATED 10 YEARS ON AIR IN 2023. For more Best Possible Taste interviews, visit www.sharonnoonan.com