Sharon Noonan
Sharon Noonan is originally from Ballymena, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland. Her maiden name, Devlin, is synonymous with the fresh produce industry and she grew up in the family business. Having studied Business Studies and French at Queen’s University Belfast, on graduating she embarked on a sales and marketing career which saw her travelling the globe selling an award winning shoe for dairy cows, promoting the Northern Irish aerospace industry and returning to her Alma Mater, Queen’s University Belfast, to promote its world class facilities to industry. She now resides in Co Limerick where she is a freelance marketing, mentoring and PR professional and presents the weekly radio show and podcast, Best Possible Taste, focusing on food and drink topics. In 2016 she produced her first radio documentary “Devlins’ Yellowman – A Taste of Childhood” and “What a BLASt - 10 Years of the Irish Food Awards” was aired in March 2018. Both were funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. Sharon regularly MCs at events and has been a guest judge at the Great Taste Awards, Blas na hEireann (Irish Food Awards) and Irish Quality Food and Drink Awards.