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At the launch of the Tralee Food Festival last month were, from left: Niall Harty (Caveman Food Company), Frank Hartnett (Kerry County Council), Jean Foley (Kerry County Council), Noel Keane (Chef), John Drummey, Thomas O’Connor (Transition Kerry), Niamh Ni Goold (Transition Kerry) and Kieran Ruttledge (Tralee Chamber Alliance). Photo by Gavin O’Connor.
IF the football isn’t your thing or you’ve just decided to stay around town for the weekend, then you will definitely need check out Tralee Food Festival set to place this weekend.
This will be the first ever year of the event which is set to run from Friday, September 18 until Sunday, September 20, with a whole host of events arranged to keep all hungry visitors satisfied.
The event will feature a Taste Trail, Craft Beer Trail, Artisan Food Market, Cookery Demonstrations and a variety of menus at some of Tralee’s top food and beverage haunts including hotels, restaurants, bars and cafés.
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The opening event of the Tralee Food Festival will feature a Guinness, Jazz and Seafood Banquet with Spa Seafoods at the Imperial Hotel on Denny Street, Tralee at 6pm on Culture Night, Friday, September 18.
The Tralee Food Festival Taste Trail will include 11 stops where delicious bites (at €2 each) will be available for the public to sample from 10am until late while a number of cooking demonstrations will be held in the Square from 12 noon on Saturday, September 19.
With Craft Beers making a resurgence in popularity, organisers of the Festival have designed a Craft Beer Trail that will include nine local hostelries in town.
An All-Ireland Final Sunday Brunch will be served at selected restaurants on September 20 in anticipation of Kerry’s appearance at Croke Park later that afternoon, where hopefully we will celebrating another famous win for the team.
Full details of the Tralee Food Festival are available from Tralee.ie, Facebook.com/TraleeFoodFestival and Tralee Chamber Alliance on +353 66 7121472.
