FOOD AND DRINK SHOWCASE NEEDED
West Cork’s Charlie Costello (@charliecostello), restaurant owner and hotel manager, is never short of an idea or two and lately he has been thinking about expanding the interaction of food and wine people on twitter, especially producers and suppliers.
“What about meeting up with your tweeting suppliers. We could feature their food & wines.”
Just been wondering what form this could take. And duration?
Perhaps, it could it start off with a tasting night? Something like that evening when LocalMarkets.ie launched their service in the English Market. Should it take place in a restaurant with the menu for the night drawn from the suppliers?
Should it be a weekend festival? There are so many suppliers in the Cork area that I suspect more than one restaurant might be needed. Hold the event in a town or area, like Clonakilty for example, where there is a cluster of restaurants. First course here, second course there, dessert over there. Maybe erect a marquee?
I know there are some very enjoyable food events around the city and county but don’t we need a really grand showcase? One that would draw the punters in from near and far, especially now that the reputation of Irish food is so high.
Any ideas out there? Here is a link to some American food and wine festivals. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_Network_South_Beach_Wine_and_Food_Festival Have a look and let us have your comments in the facility below or via twitter!
Thanks to @Jaq_Stedman Jacqueline Stedman, via Twitter, you can see how they do it in one part of Australia here
Thanks to @Jaq_Stedman Jacqueline Stedman, via Twitter, you can see how they do it in one part of Australia here