Best Possible Taste with Sharon Noonan

In this Best Possible Taste episode Sharon Noonan talks to Birgitta Hedin Curtin from the award winning Burren Smokehouse in Lisdoonvarna, Co Clare and hears how traditional Irish music and love inspired Birgitta to move from Sweden to Ireland. AndWe "zoom" in to Barbados to talk to Laura Bonner, founder of Donegal's Muff Liquor Company , and find out about a recent collaboration with broadcaster...

On this episode of Best Possible Taste:Caroline Hennessy has news about the winners of the Eight Degrees' Original Gravity competition that took place earlier this year to celebrate 10 years of brewing at Eight Degrees. And Michael O Neill from Fernhill House Hotel & Gardens in Clonakilty, West Cork tells us about the heritage of the historical estate and its recently launched gin. Best Possible T...

This interview is taken from the Best Possible Taste show that aired on 23 November 2021.Sharon Noonan travelled to the Wicklow Escape to meet award-winning chef Danni Barry to talk ingredients, menus, TV shows, Eammon Holmes, Joris Minne and lots more! For more episodes of the Best Possible Taste visit www.sharonnoonan.com Best Possible Taste is Ireland's longest running food and drink podcast. F...

19 October 2021 by Sharon Noonan Best Possible Taste is Ireland's longest running food and drink podcast. For more episodes and information, visit www.sharonnoonan.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the programme tonight we meet Co Meath artisan producer Hilary McGrath from A Bit of the Side Jellies. Award-winning chef Jp McMahon joins us to talk about this year’s Food on the Edge a 2 day symposium that aims to challenge our perspective on food and our connection to it. And at the end of the programme, we hear from Maurice O Connell from Wayward Irish Spirits a family company situated on t...

This episode of Best Possible Taste features 2 winners from the 2021 Blas na hEireann / Irish Food Awards - Linda McGibbon, creator of SeaSugar Sweets and Judy Ratliff from Judes chocolates We also hear from wine expert, Leslie Williams from the Examiner, about Spanish wine to celebrate Spanish Food & Wine Week 2021! Best Possible Taste is Ireland's longest running food and drink podcast. For more...

This episode is in anticipation of the announcement of the 2021 winners of the annual Blas na hEireann / Irish food awards which will be announced on Saturday 2 October. We hear from 2 finalists - Andy Shinnick from Blackwater Honey and Maurice Gilbert from Ballyhoura Apple Juice. We also enjoy an extract from PodBLASt, the podcast by Blas na hEireann, when presenter Fallon Moore talks to Blas jud...

On this week’s Best Possible Taste we go to Dublin to talk to chef Grainne O Keefe about her new restaurant Mae, collaborating with fellow chefs and The Chef Supper Club. Sharon Noonan returns to the new farmers’ market in Newcastle West to talk to Suzanne Nash about her frozen yoghurt smoothie business, RAWE.And we stay local to talk to award winning farmers Michael and Mary Ita McCarthy from Fee...

On this week’s Best Possible Taste chef Tom Flavin returns to the programme and looks back on his illiustrious career cooking in ktichens all over the world and to tell us about the launch his new consultancy business. Tom also shares details about the programme of events for this year’s Pigtown Culture and Food Series which starts on Thursday September 16th. We head to Tramore in Co Waterford to...

This episode of Best Possible Taste features interviews from PodBLASt the podcast by Blas ne hEireann / The Irish Food Awards which is presented by Fallon Moore and produced by Sharon Noonan. In the pilot episode Fallon talks to Miena Rust from Miena's Handmade Nougat and McEntee's Tea, Helen & Donal. In another episode 2021 Blas na hEireann Producers' Champion, Brian McDermott, shares his delight...

In the last episode of the Best Possible Taste before the summer 2021 break, Sharon Noonan talks to Paul Moore about his food journey that started in his mother’s kitchen making chilli sauce with his brother to sell at his local farmer’s markets and food festivals around the country before deciding to go full time in 2014 with his business Rebel Chilli. And We hear from renowned pastry chef Aoife...

On this episode of the Best Possible Taste we meet food writer and food events creative Ali Dunworth who has West Limerick connections. Ali began her career working behind the scenes in food TV in the UK on shows like Saturday Kitchen, Great British Menu and Nigella Lawson’s series as well as working in various London restaurants. Back in Ireland for the last few years, she has worked as Food Prod...

On this week’s Best Possible Taste Helen Cooke from This Winding Life returns to the programme to share a selection of great food themed books for the perfect summer read. Young entrepreneurs Jack Pierce and Caitlyn O Connor reveal the inspiration behind the Horse Box Coffee Trailer in Broadford, Co Limerick. ANDPhotographer and stylist Kirsty Lyons shares her journey from the fashion industry int...

Tonight we meet Katia Valadeau who has created a fantastic online map that identifies where in Ireland we can enjoy outdoor dining when restrictions lift. Artisan food producer Brian O Neill gives us the lowdown on his company Dublin Hot Sauceand Freelance editor and food writer Kristin Jensen shares details about her kickstarter campaign "Blasta Books" which will change the way that cookbooks are...

On this episode of the Best Possible Taste we meet Sarah O Mahony to find out how her career in hospitality started in Shannon College of Hotel Management and brought her full circle back to the college where she is now the Marketing ManagerAndYoung female entrepreneur Ciara Hennebry shares her journey from the family farm to setting up her first business aged 16 to her latest venture Croia Irelan...

On this episode of Best Possible Taste Helen Cooke from This Winding Life returns to talk about her favourite bread. AndAt the end of the programme Eamon Lynch tells us about his new venture - Sprig Cookery School. Best Possible Taste is Ireland's longest running food and drink podcast. For more episodes and information, visit www.sharonnoonan.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more in...

On this episode of the Best Possible Taste we talk to the newly appointed chair of the Irish Food Writers’ Guild, Caroline Hennessy. And at the end of the programme we delve into the 2017 archives to get a reminder of what wines are great for summer thanks to Ron Forrestal from Forrestal Wine Merchants. Best Possible Taste is Ireland's longest running food and drink podcast. For more episodes and...

On this episode of the Best Possible Taste we explore the serious issue of obesity with Niamh Arthurs registered dietician and researcher at Temple St Children’s University Hospital and Deirdre Murphy who is a member of the Irish Coalition for People Living with obesity (ICPO)AndAt the end of the programme Louis Murphy joins us from the Dunraven Arms Hotel in Adare, Co Limerick to give us an insig...

In this episode of the Best Possible we celebrate one whole year since the launch of click and collect market Neighbourfood in Limerick and talk to host Deirdre MacMahon about its resounding success for customers and suppliers alike. AndCiara Brennan from Happy Food At Home shares her insights into enjoying a plant based diet and reveals details about her online cookery courses. Best Possible Tast...

In this episode of the Best Possible Taste Fallon Moore from Blas na hEireann / Irish Food Awards has details about how to enter this year’s awards. Helen Cooke from This Winding Life shares advice on how to celebrate a special occasion in style during lockdown. AndChris Starr, head chef of the Dunraven Arms Hotel in Adare, Co Limerick makes our mouths water thanks to the launch of the West Limeri...

16 March 2021 by Sharon Noonan Best Possible Taste is Ireland's longest running food and drink podcast. For more episodes and information, visit www.sharonnoonan.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our first guest on this episode of The Best Possible Taste is Ursula Giltenane from D&M Garden Centre in Croagh who gives us an update on how the pandemic has inspired the family business to go back to their roots. David Hayes from Logr shares his everchanging offering since opening his cafe in Adare in the middle of last year and his delicious package for Mother’s Day. And finally Seamus Cleary f...

On this episdoe of the Best Possible Taste: Dan Sykes from Springfield Castle in West Limerick shares an update on the historic Venue. Final year student and Newcastle West native Katie Noonan appeals for help to get her final year thesis about goat meat published. AndOur resident wine guru Ron Forrestal returns with some great wine recommendations just in time for Mothers’ Day. Best Possible Tast...

Tonight Richard Fitzgerald from the renowned Fitzgeralds' Woodlands Hotel in Adare, Co Limerick, shares details of the family’s challenges over the past 12 months and reveals how their latest venture is proving to be a resounding success. And we head over to London to talk to Anne Dunne, originally from Cavan, about her career in the food industry which has included the world’s most famous departm...

In this episode we head to Northern Ireland to find out how a trio of local food and drink heroes are approaching the current challenges. First up is Laura Bradley from Indie Fude an independent deli and online store with outlets in Comber and Belfast where you can buy wholly Irish small- batch artisanal food and drink. Then we visit Co Down to talk to Donal Farrell from Mourne Dew Distillery. And...