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Ken On Food
Ken McGuire
48 episodes
8 months ago
Discover food stories from the Irish food scene and beyond, every Sunday morning, with Food In 5 MInutes.

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Ken On Food
Food In 5 Minutes #49: Hotel awards, whiskey exports and oat milk, oh my

On this week's podcast, hear about the Virgin Media Business Gold Medal Hotel Awards, how Ireland's been doing on the food and drink export front, what's been happening with Oatly and more.


Want more? Read The Week In Food #49 here.


Links This Episode


  • Ken On Food
  • The Week In Food (Free newsletter)
  • Virgin Media Business Gold Medal Hotel Awards Finalists Announced
  • Healthy Ireland Survey 2024
  • Health Ireland Survey 2024 summary report PDF
  • Annual review and outlook for agriculture, food and the marine for 2024
  • Download FSAI Strategy 2025-2029 (PDF)
  • Court concludes Oatly cannot use term 'milk' in its marketing
  • Oatly loses court battle with Dairy UK over use of ‘milk’ in trademark




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11 months ago
7 minutes 30 seconds

Ken On Food
Food In 5 Minutes #48: Counting votes instead of calories, Irish Book Awards & more

Links this episode


  • Yulefest Kilkenny markets have started
  • Irish Food History: A Companion by Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire & Dorothy Cashman wins at Irish Book Awards
  • Buy Irish Food History: A Companion on Amazon (aff)
  • Three Irish restaurants added to MICHELIN Guide in November
  • Now Irish recyclers can empty an entire bag of drink containers in seconds: introducing TOMRA R1
  • Cork’s Coffee Houses Get a Night-Lift with ‘Coffee House Lates’
  • New initiative sees coffee shops open late in Cork city
  • Hotel & Catering 2025 salary guide (PDF)
  • Surge of cash-in-hand pay in hospitality sector


For these stories in written form, plus extra reading for your weekend, 5 recipes for the week ahead and my podcast pick, check out the 48th edition of The Week In Food, available free via Substack.


For more, visit kenonfood.com.





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11 months ago
6 minutes 13 seconds

Ken On Food
Food In 5 Minutes #47: Business awards in Kilkenny, food safety in the USA and more

Links This Episode


  • Christmas markets in Kilkenny
  • Check Kilkenny Chamber’s Instagram account for a full breakdown of winners in all categories
  • Academics, regulators and the Food Industry unite to combat food fraud
  • Ireland to lead new EU project to combat food fraud
  • Investigations & fraud (FSAI)
  • Bord Bia Awarded €3.2 Million for ‘European Dairy – Where Nature Meets Science’ Campaign
  • Wolverine Packing Co. Recalls Ground Beef Products Due to Possible E. Coli O157:H7 Contamination
  • Over 160,000 pounds of ground beef recalled due to E. coli risk
  • U.S. food safety system crumbles as E. coli crisis spreads nationwide
  • McDonald’s To Create 1,000 Jobs In Ireland
  • McDonald’s to add 1,000 jobs in Ireland with €40m investment
  • McDonald’s Social & Economic Impact Report


For these stories in written form, plus extra reading for your weekend, 5 recipes for the week ahead and my podcast pick, check out the 47th edition of The Week In Food, available free via Substack.


For more, visit kenonfood.com.




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11 months ago
6 minutes 58 seconds

Ken On Food
Food In 5 Minutes #46: Award season recap, Food Safety woes, Bord Bia's foodservice insights

Looking to catch up on some of the stories making headlines on the Irish food scene and beyond over the past week?


You've come to the right place. As Sunday rolls round again, I've got the 46th helping of Food In 5 Minutes for you, delivering a bite-size news recap of stories from the past seven days that have caught my eye, all served up in five minutes or less-ish.


If you missed last week's edition, talking about the Irish Food Writing Awards, Christmas markets and more, you can find it here or wherever you get your podcasts.


Links This Episode


  • Kilkenny’s Campagne ‘Highly Commended’ as 2024 Food & Wine Restaurant of the Year award winners announced
  • Restaurant Of The Year website
  • Family behind Kilkenny’s Mountain View scoop Food Innovator of the Year at Good Food Ireland awards
  • Good Food Ireland Awards 2024 winners
  • Malzard’s of Stoneyford in Kilkenny named National Pub of the Year at Irish Pub Awards
  • Irish Pub Awards 2024 winners
  • 16 Enforcement Orders served on food businesses in October
  • Growing costs present major challenge to Ireland’s foodservice sector – Bord Bia


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11 months ago
5 minutes 51 seconds

Ken On Food
Food In 5 Minutes #45: Irish Food Writing Awards, Christmas markets and more


Links this episode


  • Check the full list of Irish Food Writing Awards winners here
  • Kilkenny’s Christmas Markets to return as Yulefest kicks off later this month
  • Winterval.ie
  • Download Tourism Policy Framework 2025-2030
  • Homegrown at Maxol announces 2024 winners
  • Maxol.ie Homegrown details
  • @dublincoffeefest on Instagram
  • Sign up for festival alerts here




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1 year ago
5 minutes 23 seconds

Ken On Food
Food In 5 Minutes #44: New books, the party's in Listowel, primary school foods and more

On this week's podcast you can hear about


  • Returning numbers for Savour Kilkenny
  • The Listowel Food Fair Programme
  • This week's Irish Food Writing Awards night
  • The return of Incredible Edibles to Irish primary schools
  • The launch of the 2025 Blasta Books series


And you can get much more besides when you subscribe - for free - to The Week In Food on Substack. It's my weekly free newsletter that drops on a Sunday morning with more stories, recipes to try, podcast picks and other notes.



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1 year ago
5 minutes 46 seconds

Ken On Food
Food In 5 Minutes #43: Carlow Restaurant Week, Asian Restaurant Awards & more

On this week's edition of Food In 5 Minutes you can hear about


  • Carlow Restaurant Week, running Saturday 26 October (it's already started) through Saturday 2 November
  • The shortlist for the Food & Drink Book of the Year as part of this year's An Post Irish Book Awards
  • New organic orchard tours in Kilkenny
  • This past week's Asian Restaurant Awards
  • The Restaurant Association of Ireland's ten-point manifesto ahead of GE24


For more, as always, subscribe to my newsletter for free. It's called The Week In Food and it's available here.



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1 year ago
5 minutes 27 seconds

Ken On Food
Food In 5 Minutes #42: FOTE returns, Origin Green updates, awards season continues & more

On this week's edition of Food In 5 Minutes, get the latest on


  • The Georgina Campbell Irish Food & Hospitality Awards
  • Food On The Edge - getting underway this Monday
  • Bord Bia's Origin Green programme and the companies awarded gold membership this year
  • Ireland's circular economy recommendations including a potential banning of best before dates on fresh produce
  • School safety programmes from Agri Aware


Read all about it and get all the links here.



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1 year ago
5 minutes 59 seconds

Ken On Food
Food In 5 Minutes #41: September closures, Safefood survey, Kilkenny Business Awards & more

On this week's edition of Food In 5 Minutes, you'll hear about


  • The latest enforcement orders issued by the FSAI
  • A new survey from Safefood looking at seasonal food promotions
  • The launch of the Global Hunger Index for 2024
  • A day of action that's being planned for this Tuesday in Dublin and
  • The Kilkenny Business Awards nominees on the food and hospitality front


As always, you can get more by either visiting kenonfood.com (Where you'll find full show notes and supporting links) or by subscribing (for free) to my weekly newsletter, The Week In Food, available via Substack.



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1 year ago
5 minutes 20 seconds

Ken On Food
Food In 5 Minutes #40: Blas na hÉireann winners, MICHELIN Keys, Good Food Ireland Awards and more...

For the 40th edition of Food In 5 Minutes as part of the Ken On Food podcast, you'll be hearing this week about


  • Reaction to Budget 2025 on the hospitality front in Ireland
  • The Blas na hÉireann Awards for 2024
  • The Food & Wine Restaurant of the Year Awards
  • The Good Food Ireland Awards (it's a busy time for awards!)
  • And the unveiling of the first MICHELIN Keys for Ireland


Links this episode


  • Hospitality sector to hold day of action in response to Budget 2025
  • Tone deaf Budget failed to deliver for restaurants, cafés and the entire hospitality sector
  • Blas na hÉireann winners
  • Blas na hÉireann 2024: Small artisan producers reign supreme
  • The Food&Wine Restaurant of the Year shortlists revealed
  • Good Food Ireland Awards shortlist revealed
  • 123 outstanding hotels awarded MICHELIN Keys in Great Britain & Ireland for the very first time


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1 year ago
5 minutes 51 seconds

Ken On Food
Food In 5 Minutes #39: Savour launches, Blas beckons and more

On the 39th edition of Food In 5 Minutes you'll hear about


  • The launch of Savour Kilkenny for 2024
  • How we're doing on the sugar tax front
  • New research on the coffee habits of those of us living in the Leinster region
  • Last calls for the restoration of the 9% VAT rate before Wednesday's budget reveal
  • The timings for Blas na hÉireann this coming Friday


Links this episode...


  • SavourKilkenny.com
  • KenOnFood.com (with launch night audio)
  • The Evaluation of Ireland’s Sugar-Sweetened Drinks’ Tax
  • fixxcoffee.com
  • Hospitality groups warn of growing commercial crisis
  • Awards Presentation Timings 2024 - Blas na hEireann
  • Taste Trail - Dingle Food Festival - Féile Bia Dhaingean Uí Chúis


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1 year ago
6 minutes 36 seconds

Ken On Food
Food In 5 Minutes #38: Come Farm With Me, Belfast Restaurant Week launches and more

On this week's Food In 5 Minutes, part of the Ken On Food podcast series, you can hear about


  1. The launch of Agri Aware's new Come Farm With Me series for primary schools
  2. Belfast Restaurant Week
  3. A looming crisis in the hospitality sector
  4. Peanut allergy warnings due to potentially contaminated mustard
  5. A new food market space for Galway may finally be a reality.


Here's some links to help you on your way...


  • Agriaware.ie
  • New ‘day in the life’ Agri Aware farm webinar series launched
  • Belfast Restaurant Week - What's on
  • VAT rise could lead to 21,000 food services job losses, report predicts
  • Hospitality warns of 'commercial crisis' if VAT rate is not decreased
  • Food safety warning to people with a peanut allergy to avoid all mustard products
  • Possible presence of peanut in specific batches of Domino's Garlic & Herb and Domino's Mustard & Honey dips
  • Possible presence of peanut in specific batches of Carlos Takeaway Garlic & Herb Dip
  • FSA warns those allergic to peanuts to avoid food containing mustard over contamination risk, as some products recalled
  • Galway Food Market - ePlanning archive
  • Plans lodged for “Galway Food Market” at former Connacht Tribune Printing Press


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1 year ago
7 minutes 31 seconds

Ken On Food
Food In 5 Minutes #37: From Golden Forks to Ploughing and beyond

As we hit the middle of the month, it's time for another helping of Food In 5 Minutes, this week taking a look at the Regional Food Starter Programme, organic happenings at the National Ploughing Championships, news on Lidl's Kickstarter rollout, a new survey from SuperValu on dinner time habits and a look at the Great Taste Awards in London.


Links this episode


  • The Pink Box, Kilkenny (Instagram)
  • Regional Food Starter Programme (via Kilkenny LEO)
  • NPA.ie - National Ploughing Championships
  • Public Consultation on the Draft National Organic Strategy up to 2030
  • Lidl's Kickstart graduates see products hit shelves on Thursday; who's made the 2024 list?
  • SuperValu survey - The Table or the Tablet
  • Golden fork nominees
  • Full list of Great Taste Awards winners 




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1 year ago
8 minutes 1 second

Ken On Food
Food In 5 Minutes #36: Savour Kilkenny, Listowel Food Fair, ifac food business survey and more...

On this week's edition of Food In 5 Minutes, find out what's happening at the Savour Kilkenny Food Festival this October, the Listowel Food Fair in November, hear some insights from the latest ifac food and agribusiness survey, the calls for a ban on junk food advertising and learn about Bord Bia's Spirit of Ireland campaign that rolled out in China this week.


Hungry for more? Get my weekly newsletter, The Week In Food, for free via Substack.


Handy links


  • Visit savourkilkenny.com (at a glance programme)
  • Ticketed event highlights for Savour Kilkenny 2024
  • ListowelFoodFair.ie
  • Listowel Food Fair Instagram account
  • Growing Chinese middle class looking for Irish spirits
  • Download the latest ifac Food & Agribusiness report
  • Two in five food and agribusinesses have cashflow issues
  • Exports and sustainability high on agenda for Irish food businesses
  • Hard-hitting warning labels should be on everyday food, say campaigners
  • Irish Heart Foundation: A public health (obesity) act




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1 year ago
7 minutes 5 seconds

Ken On Food
Food In 5 Minutes #35: Waterford Harvest Festval lands, milk in schools, Breadman Walking to stop baking...

Welcome to Food In 5 Minutes, the part of the Ken On Food podcast where I share with you five food stories from the Irish food scene and beyond in five minutes or less, ish.


If you’re hungry for more by the time we’re finished here, visit kenonfood.substack.com to join my free newsletter, The Week In Food, available every Sunday morning from 7am, delivered fresh to your inbox – no queuing necessary. Yeah, I'm looking at you, Oasis.


This week brings you news on the closure of Breadman Walking in Dublin, the decline in Irish pub numbers, some new TV courtesy of Neven Maguire, calls for milk in schools and the Waterford Harvest Festval.


Dublin city ‘nano-bakery’ Breadman Walking to close after enforcement action

Full statement on closure via Instagram

Follow @bread_man_walking on Instagram

Support Growth: A Sustainable Future for Ireland’s drinks and hospitality sector (PDF download)

SupportYourLocal.ie

Donegal Town's Chandpur Indian Restaurant to feature on Neven Maguire TV show

No drink given with new Hot School Lunches scheme – Over half of Irish parents think milk should be provided

Only 4% of Irish Teenagers are meeting their Dietary Guidelines – Major Nutrition Conference in Belfast this week

Visit waterfordharvestfestival.ie

View the daily breakdown here




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1 year ago
7 minutes 44 seconds

Ken On Food
Food In 5 Minutes #34: Ireland still loves beer, restaurant pressures mounting and more

For Sunday 25 August, 2024, this is Food In 5 Minutes - for the 34th time this year - with another selection of food stories from the past week served up for your ears in five minutes or less, ish.


That said, I'm noticing more these days that the timer is running closer to the seven-minute mark, but that's neither here nor there. With the podcast available every Sunday morning, you can also get a written accompaniment packed with recipes to try, more podcast listening, some long reads for your Sunday coffee in more, all right here. It's called The Week In Food and it drops into inboxes around the world about 7am on Sunday mornings.


This week's podcast looks at mounting pressures on the hospitality sector, numbers on Ireland's alcohol consumption, concerns over infant food in the US and more.


Supporting links for this episode


  • Hospitality groups warn of 'perfect storm' facing industry ahead of Government meetings
  • Tourism and hospitality groups plead for Government help ahead of Budget25
  • Three amateur bread bakers advance to Rise with Aldi live final
  • Estimate of Alcohol Consumption per Adult in 2023
  • InterTrade Ireland Supply Chain & Sourcing Service
  • Nearly two-thirds of supermarket baby foods are unhealthy, study finds




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1 year ago
7 minutes 41 seconds

Ken On Food
Food In 5 Minutes #33: Big restaurant closures in Dublin, Kilkenny at Blas an hÉireann, COVID payouts and more


Fresh from the shores of Lough Derg (I've been in Dromineer for the weekend), it's time for another helping of Food In 5 Minutes, the part of the Ken On Food podcast that brings you five food stories from the Irish food world and beyond, plucked from the past week, and served up in five minutes or less, ish.

You know the drill.


There's also a newsletter version that includes extra long reads for your Sunday, recipes to try for the week ahead that today includes some easy-bake bread takes, a podcast pick and more.


Grab the latest edition here on Substack or sign up anywhere you see the subscription boxes on the blog to get a fresh copy in your inbox every Sunday morning.


Chef Dylan McGrath shuts Dublin restaurants Brasserie Sixty6 and Rustic Stone

Dylan McGrath closes two of his most famous restaurants

Dylan McGrath closes two Dublin restaurants as business is 'simply not sustainable'

COVID lockdown: Insurers have now paid pubs and restaurants more than €250m

€1 million awarded to develop five Gala Dinner Venues

€1 million awarded to develop five Gala Dinner Venues to attract international Business Events

FSAI official release

Popular Dublin pub Hartigan’s among 12 food businesses issued with closure orders last month

Visit irishfoodawards.com

Irish Food Awards: 8 Kilkenny businesses named finalists for this year’s Blas na hÉireann awards in Dingle




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1 year ago
7 minutes 4 seconds

Ken On Food
Food In 5 Minutes #32: Belfast Restaurant Week, Waterford Harvest Festival, Ireland's ice cream exports

For Sunday 11 August 2024, this is Food In 5 Minutes.


Grab the newsletter version now by signing up for free at kenonfood.substack.com and get stories, bonus reading, recipes, a podcast pick and more in your inbox every Sunday morning.


LINKS THIS EPISODE


  • 577 Irish Food-Led Businesses Have Closed Since VAT Rise Last September
  • Over 570 restaurants ‘forced to close’ since September VAT hike.
  • Waterford Harvest Festival – What’s On
  • Belfast Restaurant Week (official website)
  • Belfast Restaurant Week to return this October with a fresh flavour to support city centre’s hospitality scene
  • EU ice cream production fell by 1.4% in 2023
  • Ireland is the fifth-largest exporter of ice cream in the EU
  • Walkers teams up with Heinz to launch three new crisp flavours — and one is controversial


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1 year ago
7 minutes 19 seconds

Ken On Food
Food In 5 Minutes #31: New Kilkenny eateries, hot school meals, VAT calls head to Europe & more

It's the August bank holiday weekend and today's edition of the podcast looks at


  • Three new eateries opening in Kilkenny in recent weeks (with one about to open)
  • Calls for the restoration of the 9% VAT rate for hospitality heading to Europe
  • The expansion of the Hot School Meals programme
  • ALDI ditching their blue bottle caps as their sustainability push continues
  • Weird TikTok food trends


Links to check


  • Kelly calls for reinstatement of 9% VAT rate for hospitality
  • Minister Humphreys announces 168 additional Primary Schools approved for Hot School Meals
  • Further 168 primary schools to get hot meals from September
  • Aldi Ireland makes huge change to popular product across all 161 Irish stores (Irish Mirror)
  • This week's edition of The Week In Food


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1 year ago
7 minutes 58 seconds

Ken On Food
Food In 5 Minutes #30: Food at the Fleadh, food jobs in demand & more

For Sunday 28 July 2024, this is Food In 5 Minutes, the part of the Ken On Food podcast that brings you five food stories from around the Irish food scene and beyond, over the past week, served up in five minutes or less, ish.


It’s been another busy week in the world of food, with plenty to chew on from home and abroad. At time of release I'm currently in Galway seeking out some new food and drink spots to write home about.


Before we get into this week’s stories, if you’d like more, head over to the blog now – that’s kenonfood.com – or visit kenonfood.substack.com and take a few membership to my newsletter The Week In Food, dropping every Sunday morning online and in your inbox.


Links this week...


  • Wexford Food Family
  • Cost of ice cream on the rise (Live 95)
  • UK ice-cream and lolly prices up by more than 30%, analysis shows
  • Truck driver jobs see 83% increase in demand - Indeed (RTÉ)
  • Irish food businesses in 'survival mode' as industry profit margins fall below 1%, warns report
  • Supermac’s chief wants VAT reprieve for food businesses
  • Restaurants Association Of Ireland Warns That Sector Is In ‘Survival Mode’
  • National Organic Awards 2024
  • National Organic Awards open for entries


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1 year ago
7 minutes 2 seconds

Ken On Food
Discover food stories from the Irish food scene and beyond, every Sunday morning, with Food In 5 MInutes.

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