It's the one event of the year that every Dublin foodie should have penned in on their calendar: the Taste of Dublin Festival. Now in its fifth year, you'll find it held annually for several days in June at one of the city's most picturesque locations, the Iveagh Gardens. What normally is one of Dublin's more quiet and secluded parks will, for four days, play host to a collection of the most exciting chefs in Ireland, over fifteen restaurant teams, inumerable Irish food exhibitions and up to thirty-thousand hungry Dubliners. This year's festival will in particular will be my first ever (assuming I get the time off work, that is) and also something of a mini school reunion since an old classmate of mine, Donal Skehan of the Good Mood Food Blog, will be rubbing shoulders with the likes of Dorina Allen and Neven Maguire in the chef demonstration pot! To say that I'm excited is an understatement, and with a good summer predicted it's bound to be a blowout.
The festival runs from the 10th through 13th of June and tickets are now availalable, handily coming in three categories to suit your wallet; standard, premium or VIP. Purchasing premium upward will also grant you twenty florins, a Taste Festival currency which can be used to buy the various dishes on offer, the average price of which is six florins or thereabouts. Come with money to spare, bring your cookbooks for autographs and most importantly, don't spoil your appetite!
Taste of Dublin Festival
June 10th - 13th,
Iveagh Gardens,
Clonmel Street,
Dublin 2
Tph hotline for ticket bookings: 0818-30-00-30
http://www.tastefestivals.ie
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ReplyDeleteI am a traveller and I visit this place ! Must say, I enjoyed it !
Overall Experience in Dublin is fantastic !
The restaurants and nightlife in Dublin is amazing.. you will not stop ones you enter the temple bar area... Good Irish music.. live band and whats more !
The food and cuisines are limitless.. you name and the recipe from India to turkey.. morocco to Chinese.. everything is closely available.. that to be quite value for money! I visited Punjabi by nature.. Indian authentic restaurant .... good experience.. Toscana and couple of other Mongolian restaurants.
MUST a visit place for fooders and otherwise
Cheers and luv !