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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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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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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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.

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

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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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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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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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