This week will sees us hosting a 7 course tasting menu in the college as part of the Pig Town festival that’s going on in Limerick for the month of September.

What is the Pig Town festival you may ask, well Pig Town was set up a number of years back and celebrates Limericks long association with the Pig Industry.

Until the recent past we have had  several Pig factories in Limerick with Mattersons been the most recognisable although sadly  it no longer  exists.

Another internationally recognisable product from the Limerick Bacon industry is of course Limerick Ham which has the delighted the plates of the normal household to the gilded plates of noted restaurants for many years.

So tonight LIT celebrates not just our association with Bacon and the Pig industry but indeed with all things local with some of Limericks finest foods been use in our menu preparation.

We have created such a delicious menu  where  our guests will savour on everything from locally sourced honey , rich plump plums, Local cheeses, locally sourced Halibut and the finest Port Fillets for our main course.

We are a team of nine Chefs tonight each with his or her own strengths and weaknesses looking forward to creating and bringing our own individuality to the dishes we create  and a memorable night will be had by all.

Today marks the start of a new journey in my culinary life. I am passionate about food and food culture, eager to learn new and exciting things and to share them with you.

In my blog I hope to share my college experiences, field trips that we will be taking and of course the food we make and the wonderful and beautiful dishes we create.

This is a journey we can share together and like a lot of journeys we can go on this exciting and creative adventure to discover the hidden treasures and sometime unexpected surprises of the culinary world.

Lets make this journey fun , informative and creative. Food is fun, creating food is fun enjoying food is fun. Lets make food fun again , lets make making food fun again.

This is our journey , our platform so please feel free to share your experiences, ask questions and lets us learn together.

I look forward to my next post so until then my friends keep cooking, seek out new ideas and discover the hidden Chef that’s  within us all.

Chat soon

Mike

 

Thanks for joining me!

Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton