The cream of Derry food produce will be tantalising the taste buds of visitors at the BBC Good Food Show in Belfast this weekend, supported by Derry City and Strabane District Council as part of Northern Ireland Year of Food and Drink 2016.
Award-winning Doneybrewer Butter and Tamnagh Foods are participating in Food NI’s dedicated area showcasing quality local food and drink producers at Belfast Waterfront today, tomorrow and Sunday.
Donnybrewer Butter, based in Eglinton and run by husband and wife team Richard and Alison Leighton, won the top title at the Henderson Foodservice Flavour of the North final earlier this week.
The judges said they were highly impressed by the product which is churned in small batches with the freshest cream available. T
he sea-salted butter is formed into a distinctive hexagonal shape, to reflect the stones of the Giant’s Causeway, before being packaged in wax paper.
Donnybrewer Wild Garlic and Chive Butter also won Gold at the recent 2016 Blas na hEireann Irish food awards held in Dingle, Co. Kerry.
Tamnagh Foods, which is run by husband and wife team Kevin and Julie Hickey located at Park in the Sperrins, will be displaying their full range of award-winning cheeses including Banagher Bold which won a Great Taste Star 2016, and is rind washed using No.26 Pale Ale made by Northbound Brewery in Derry. All of their Dart Mountain brand cheeses have now won awards.
Donnybrewer Butter are exhibiting at the BBC Good Food Show today while Tamnagh Foods will be showcasing their products on Sunday,
Visitors can find both local producers in Hall 2 – location E4.
Among those giving demonstrations over the weekend will TV favourites Paul Hollywood, The Hairy Bikers, John Torode and James Martin, while local star Paul Rankin will be leading Northern Ireland Year of Food and Drink sessions.
Celebrity chefs and local faces including award-winning Derry chefs Emmett McCourt (Feast or Famine) and Ian Orr (Browns restaurants) will also make an appearance on the Interview Stage.
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