Samhain Symposium 2024

The Centre of Food Culture Ireland believes that by preserving and celebrating our food culture, past, present and future, we will enhance people’s relationship with food, connect them to the source of their food and the people who produce it. When we speak about food we also include our rich heritage in brewing, distilling and drink production. Our purpose is to facilitate greater connectivity between food, people, soil and sea. We plan to do this by creating the first national Centre of Food Culture, based in the Boyne Valley.We will leverage our connections nationally to create satellite locations and build international partnerships over time. This centre will facilitate education, discussion, enterprise and advocacy of our food culture for current and future generations. We will strengthen the connections between all stakeholders be they consumers, food producers, food professionals, state agencies, communities, academic institutions locally, nationally and internationally.

Centre of Food Culture Ireland

The Samhain Symposium – A Gathering of Ireland’s Food Networks

Kells Courthouse Tourism and Cultural Hub

Samhain Festival of Food & Culture 2024

Join is this November for Samhain Festival of Food & Culture with Sheridans Irish Food Fair. A jam packed weekend with lots of immersive food and drinks events, workshops, kids activities and lots of delicious food!

This year’s Samhain Symposium aims to showcase the goals of The Centre of Food Culture by calling all who are involved in regional food and drink networks across the island of Ireland to come to Kells to discuss common values, goals and ambitions in establishing Ireland as a true food destination. The afternoon will be chaired by John Mc Kenna of the McKenna Guides and will feature individual contributors and panel discussions around the topics of collaboration and ambition. The session will involve an inspirational key note speaker, followed by two panel discussions. The first will be a panel titled “From the Ground Up – Learning from Ireland’s Food and Drink Networks” made up of representatives from the food networks to discuss projects that have worked well, challenges they have faced and upcoming opportunities. The second panel will be centred around the theme of “Making Partnerships work to Support Sustainable Networks”.

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