Taste The Island Buyers Guide

Experience Contact NEW Kerry Premium Oysters, Co. Kerry Join Liam and Breda Hayes on their farm tour for a first-hand insight into creating the perfect oyster. Experience the various steps, equipment and methods used as they nurture oysters from seed; select oysters directly from the sea and try your hand at shucking (opening) them before a tasting under the magnificent Kerry mountains. Kenmare Bay Seafoods, Co. Kerry Carl and Angela Daly have been growing mussels at this idyllic location since 1982 and supply some of the finest restaurants in Ireland and France. Close to where they harvest their fresh mussels is Helen’s Bar on Kilmackillogue Pier, a wonderful Irish pub where fresh mussels are the star attraction. Information panels on the pier tell the fascinating story of local mussel farming. Carl and Angela Daly +353 (0)87 659 8367 www.kenmarebayseafoods.ie Roaringwater Bay Rope Mussels, Co. Cork The southernmost bay on the south west coast, Roaringwater Bay, is home to this family-owned business whose mussels are plump, sweet and tender. Local tour company, Baltimore Safari, operates twice-daily 2.5- hour coastal sightseeing boat trips with whale, dolphin, seal and wildlife watching and the tour route and commentary includes the Roaringwater Bay mussel farm. Micheal Cottrell Baltimore Sea Safari +353 (0) 28 20753/(0)87 2409761 www.baltimoreseasafari.ie Ummera Irish Smokehouse, Co. Cork Over forty years, Anthony Creswell’s smokehouse inWest Cork’s beautiful Timoleague has gained an enviable reputation for some of the finest smoked salmon available, alongside organic gravadlax, smoked chicken, duck, bacon and smoked organic picanha beef. His smokehouse tours and tastings give a fascinating insight into how the Irish organically-reared salmon are smoked. Anthony Creswell +353 (0)23 884 6644 www.ummera.com Haven Shellfish, Co. Cork Ger and Jamie Dwyer’s state-of-the-art oyster farm takes full advantage of the shallow and pure Oysterhaven waters which are perfectly suited to oyster culture. Catch their mobile tasting tent at summer festivals (check Facebook listings for up-to-date locations), while local restaurants like the seaside Toddies at the Bullman are proud to serve their oysters, mussels and lobster. Ger and Jamie Dwyer Haven Shellfish Oysterhaven Co. Cork +353 (0)87 255 7429 www.havenshellfish.ie 61 SECT ION 9 – TASTE THE ATLANT IC