Donegal Food Festival: 27th - 29th August

A Three Day Celebration of Great Food and Dining set in the beautiful surroundings of Donegal Town takes place from Friday 27th to Sunday 29th August 2010.

Combine the event with a great value hotel break with the Donegal Food Festival Weekend Special Offer at the 4 Star Mill Park Hotel in Donegal Town with 2 Nights B&B + 1 Dinner + 3 Day Food Festival Pass for €159 per person sharing. 

Last Year the Food Festival attracted over 8,000 people to Donegal Town and this year’s festival will be much larger with Exhibitors and Artisan Food Producers from Dublin, Belfast, Cork , Galway and including many more from the North West Region. Many of our fine local Restaurants and Hotel’s will be tantalising your taste buds with sampling and tastings of the many dishes their menus contain.

This year’s line up of Celebrity Chefs includes Conrad Gallagher, Neven Maguire, Catherine Fulvio and Joe Shannon.

The Opening Ceremony will be performed by an Tánaiste Mary Coughlan and the Donegal Tenors followed by our first cookery demonstration of the Festival with Donegal’s Celebrity Chef Conrad Gallagher who will be assisted by an Tánaiste.

During the three-day Festival we will have demonstrations by an Bord Bia, Associated Craft Butchers of Ireland and for wine lovers tastings and wine appreciation classes.

Saturdays highlight will be a demonstration by Celebrity Chef Neven Maguire, followed on Sunday by double helpings with Celebrity Chefs Catherine Fulvio and Joe Shannon assisted by Margaret Carr Flynn from Ocean Fm. We will also have demonstrations by local Chefs show-casing the exceptional cuisine available in Donegal Town and the surrounding area.
The finale of the Festival will be the presentation to the winner of the Chefs Competition, which will be taking place in Restaurants and Hotels in the area over the Festival weekend.