Cork City Hall was alive with colour, aroma and flavour over the weekend as the Cork & Kerry Food Festival 2025 once again celebrated the very best of local and artisan food and drink.
Across two days of conversation, the main hall was buzzing with activity, as visitors browsed stalls packed with local and artisan products and met the makers behind them. The venue was filled with the scents of great food, while in the Millennium Hall, chefs presented cookery demonstrations and guest speakers took part in lively discussions on topics ranging from sustainability, nutrition, beekeeping and apiculture to production trends, health, wellness and coffee culture, giving visitors a chance to engage with Ireland’s ever evolving food sector.
Many of the stallholders are participants in Local Enterprise Office (LEO) programmes, often in the early stages of their enterprise journeys. The LEOs in Cork City, County Cork, County Kerry and throughout Ireland, provide a wide range of supports for food entrepreneurs, from start-up advice and mentoring to product development and scaling, and are an important first point of contact for anyone considering starting or growing a food business.
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