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Plenty of family food fun as Cork on a Fork festival gets underway this week
Corkonians not heading to Oasis this weekend need not worry as there's still plenty of excitement in the Leeside as an annual food and drinks festival gets underway in the coming days.
Cork on a Fork Festival gets underway tomorrow, Wednesday (August 13), and runs until Sunday, August 17 and is the perfect chance for anyone gutted to be missing the Mancunian brothers to take their mind off the heartbreak.
The annual event was first established in 2022, and has fast becoming one of the favourite festivals in the Cork events calendar. Corkonians not heading to Oasis this weekend need not worry as there's still plenty of excitement in the Leeside as an annual beer festival gets underway in the coming days. Pic: Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images
Organised by Cork City Council and Fáilte Ireland in partnership with local businesses, there will be up to 100 events taking place in the coming days.
There will be something for everyone including street events; chef collaborations; food and drinks pairings; bite-sized talks and plenty of family food fun.
Cork City Council said the city has been a 'farm to fork destination since its origins as a trading port in the 10th century, and led the way in Ireland's modern food movement.'
There will be Atlantic seafood, artisan cheeses, spiced beef and much more with each component telling its own story in the unique celebration of food.
Some of the festival highlights include fine dining experiences such as an exclusive and elegant dining experience at the four-star Montenotte which kicks off with a Montenotte Gin & Tonic reception followed by a bespoke and decadent seven-Course Invitational Fine Dining Tasting Menu, along with a bread course and petit fours created by Executive Chef Martin Lovell.
Tickets, which are €169pp, also include a Wine Flight selection.
Elsewhere, there will be a number of tours throughout the five-day event with Cork Culinary Tour running a tours throughout, with attendees given the chance to taste local award-winning cheese, handmade bread, gourmet sausages and more.
There are plenty of demos and workshops as well as an array of free events also taking place over the course of the five days.
In Ballincollig Library on Thursday at 11am there will be a talk on how food affects our mood along with nutritional tips for supporting our mood while at the same time Declan O'Flynn of O'Flynn Gourmet Sausages will showcase the traditional methods of his company's famous gourmet sausages.
Cork on a Fork Fest takes place from Wednesday, August 13 to Sunday, August 17 with a full list of events taking place available here.
