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English Market cooking demo with Orla McAndrew

12.00pm-2.00pm, Thursday 15th August, Outside the English Market on Grand Parade

Award-winning Cork Chef Orla McAndrew will indulge visitors to the English Market with a cookery demonstration and sampling outside the building on Grand Parade. Committed to sustainability and a 'zero-waste ethos' Orla will be using a range of fresh, local ingredients from the stalls of the renowned English Market to create seasonal tasting and sharing plates - perfect for summer gatherings.

FREE. No need to book.

Hollyhill Community Garden Cork on a Fork Summer Festival

1-4pm, Thursday 15th August, Knocknaheeny, Hollyhill Community Garden (behind Apple Green garage)

Join Knocknaheeny Community Garden for a delightful day where you can pick fresh produce from the garden, enjoy live music and much more. This event is open to everyone.  Come together to celebrate the spirit of community and the joy of gardening.

No pre-booking is required and the event is free of charge.

Cork Food Policy Launch - A Resilient and Local Food System for Cork

5.30pm-7.00pm, Thursday 15th August, Good Day Deli, Nano Nagle Place

Curious about what a resilient local food system can look like for Cork? Join Cork Food Policy at Cork on a Fork Fest for the launch of their public consultation phase of the creation of a Sustainable & Healthy Food Policy for Cork City. Supported by Good Day Deli and Supervalu.

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Clonakilty Black Pudding Tasters

11am-3pm, Friday 16th August, Emmet Place

Enjoy free samplings of Cork favourite Clonakilty Black Pudding

FREE

Bread, Butter and Beef at The Butter Museum

2.30pm-4.30pm, Friday 16th August, The Butter Museum, Shandon

The Butter Museum at Shandon is the place to be on Friday afternoon. There will be a number of demonstrations taking place outside the The Butter Museum including a demonstration on the making of traditional soda bread and butter, and a talk from local butcher James Nolan on corned beef. While you're there, make sure you visit the Cork Butter Museum, celebrating one of the great success stories of Ireland, the butter trade, thebuttermuseum.com.

FREE.  No booking required.

Street Food Demo from Different Cultures

6.30pm, Friday 16th August, Cork City Library

Enjoy cooking demonstrations from different cultures featuring Brazilian Tapas and Sushi with Esther and Maria from the Marina Market. There will also be a gorgeous colllection of cookery books available to borrow.

FREE. No Registration Required.

Food, Fun & Farm at the Cornmarket Street Market (Coal Quay)

11am-3pm Saturday 17th August, Coal Quay

Pop down to the Cornmarket Street (Coal Quay) Market, enjoy light bites on the street and everyone can have lots of fun with farm animals, facepainting and giant Jenga, connect four, corn hole, balance board games, colour catcher games, tug of war and more, with our Let’s Play Cork play leaders. Note: this is not supervised play and parents are responsible for children.

No need to book.

Cork on a Fork Cooking Demo Marquee

11.00am-5.30pm, Saturday 17th August,  11.00am-5pm Sunday 18th August Festival Marquee, Emmet Place (outside Crawford)

A 100-seat Festival Cooking Demo Marquee and Festival Market will take place on Emmet Place (outside the Cork Opera House) all weekend with a host of exciting talks, demos and tastings. Featuring demos from Michelin Star Chefs Takashi Miyazaki's from Ichigo Ichie and Rob Krawczyk from Chestnut, Hell's Kitchen winner Chris O'Sullivan, Rachel Allen from Ballymaloe Cookery School, Aishing Moore from Goldie, the Bean Queen Ali Honour, and many more. The events are MCd by Irish Examiner food writer Joe McNamee and food writer Kate Ryan from Flavour.ie/ The Echo.  Sponsored by Fáilte Ireland, Ireland's Ancient East and the Wild Atlantic Way.

SATURDAY

11am:  Full of Beans! - the bountiful and beautiful world of beans with Ali Honour

12pm: Pasta Making with Hell's Kitchen US Winner Ryan O'Sullivan

1pm:  A Taste of Ballymaloe Cooking School with Rachel Allen

2pm: Young Culinary Rebels Kitchen Takeover

3pm: Easy Family Suppers with Clodagh McKenna

4pm: Learn How to Cook for Restrictive Diets with Rob Fitzpatrick, Market Lane 

4.45pm:  How to Make the Perfect BBQ Sausage with Harrison Sharpe, Elbow Lane Smokehouse & Brewery

SUNDAY

11am:  I Soiled My Plants! With CUSP, My Goodness and Green Cities for Health

12pm:  Bread and Fishes with Aishling Moore (Goldie) and Ryan Hoy (Pike Deli)

1pm:  Easy Family Suppers with Clodagh McKenna

2pm:  Cork on a…Stick! – Cork Chef Cook-Off with a twist!  

3pm:  A Michelin Mash with Chestnut and Ichigo Ichie  

4pm: More Than Curry with Meeran Manzoor (Rare 1784)

5pm: Leftover Larder Love - zero waste demo with Orla McAndrew

ALL FREE. No need to book but limited places.  See the Festival Marquee tab for full details.

Cork on a Fork Drinks Stage: Bar Chats & Tastings

1pm-6pm, Saturday 17th August and Sunday 18th August, Cork Opera House

Meet some of Cork's drinks producers and listen to fascinating bar chats, sponsored by The Cork Opera House. Tastings with Kinsale Mead, Five Farms, Flatley Whiskey, West Cork Distillers, Irish Distillers, and Rebel City Distlllery (Maharini Gin).

Bar chats: Irish Distillers & Irish Pints

4-5pm Saturday 17th August, Cork Opera House Blue Angel

Join Kate Ryan from Flavour.ie as she chats all things drinks with Carol Quinn, archivist at Irish Distillers, and Ali Dunworth, food, drink and travel writer and author of Irish Pints. Kate Dempsey of Kinsale Mead and Bhagya Barrett of Rebel City Distillery.

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Herb Garden and Medicine Making Demo

2.00pm-4.00pm, Sunday 18th August, Douglas Community Park, Church Road

Douglas Tidy Towns invites you to explore their herb garden with a medicine making demonstration lead by botanist Jo Goodyear. In partnership with Blackrock Herbal Clinic. • Meet: Outside Douglas Community Centre, Douglas Community Park or at the Herb Garden.

FREE.  No need to book.

Bar Chats: The Craft and Tradition of Irish Whiskey, in conversation with Noel Sweeney

3.30pm-4.00pm, Sunday 18th August, Cork Opera House, Blue Angel

Did you ever wonder what's involved in the Irish whiskey making process? Pop along and listen to a fascinating chat with Master Distiller Noel Sweeney and Laurie O'Dwyer from Whiskey Chats Podcast. Noel has worked with the biggest distilleries in the country and most recently collaborated with Michael Flatley on Flatley Whiskey: The Dreamer- which you can taste at the event. The talk will delve into the meticulous craftsmanship and time-honoured traditions that distinguish Irish Whiskey, and Noel will also answer any questions you might have.

Free Register here