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Looking to catch up on some of the stories making headlines on the Irish food scene and beyond over the past week?You've come to the right place. As Sunday rolls round again, I've got the 46th helping of Food In 5 Minutes for you, delivering a bite-size news recap of stories from the past seven days that have caught my eye, all served up in five minutes or less-ish.If you missed last week's edition, talking about the Irish Food Writing Awards, Christmas markets and more, you can find it here or wherever you get your podcasts.Links This EpisodeKilkenny’s Campagne ‘Highly Commended’ as 2024 Food & Wine Restaurant of the Year award winners announcedRestaurant Of The Year websiteFamily behind Kilkenny’s Mountain View scoop Food Innovator of the Year at Good Food Ireland awardsGood Food Ireland Awards 2024 winnersMalzard’s of Stoneyford in Kilkenny named National Pub of the Year at Irish Pub AwardsIrish Pub Awards 2024 winners16 Enforcement Orders served on food businesses in OctoberGrowing costs present major challenge to Ireland’s foodservice sector – Bord Bia

Links this episodeCheck the full list of Irish Food Writing Awards winners hereKilkenny’s Christmas Markets to return as Yulefest kicks off later this monthWinterval.ieDownload Tourism Policy Framework 2025-2030Homegrown at Maxol announces 2024 winnersMaxol.ie Homegrown details@dublincoffeefest on InstagramSign up for festival alerts here

On this week's podcast you can hear aboutReturning numbers for Savour KilkennyThe Listowel Food Fair ProgrammeThis week's Irish Food Writing Awards nightThe return of Incredible Edibles to Irish primary schoolsThe launch of the 2025 Blasta Books seriesAnd you can get much more besides when you subscribe - for free - to The Week In Food on Substack. It's my weekly free newsletter that drops on a Sunday morning with more stories, recipes to try, podcast picks and other notes.

On this week's edition of Food In 5 Minutes you can hear aboutCarlow Restaurant Week, running Saturday 26 October (it's already started) through Saturday 2 NovemberThe shortlist for the Food & Drink Book of the Year as part of this year's An Post Irish Book AwardsNew organic orchard tours in KilkennyThis past week's Asian Restaurant AwardsThe Restaurant Association of Ireland's ten-point manifesto ahead of GE24For more, as always, subscribe to my newsletter for free. It's called The Week In Food and it's available here.

On this week's edition of Food In 5 Minutes, get the latest onThe Georgina Campbell Irish Food & Hospitality AwardsFood On The Edge - getting underway this MondayBord Bia's Origin Green programme and the companies awarded gold membership this yearIreland's circular economy recommendations including a potential banning of best before dates on fresh produceSchool safety programmes from Agri AwareRead all about it and get all the links here.

For the 40th edition of Food In 5 Minutes as part of the Ken On Food podcast, you'll be hearing this week aboutReaction to Budget 2025 on the hospitality front in IrelandThe Blas na hÉireann Awards for 2024The Food & Wine Restaurant of the Year AwardsThe Good Food Ireland Awards (it's a busy time for awards!)And the unveiling of the first MICHELIN Keys for IrelandLinks this episodeHospitality sector to hold day of action in response to Budget 2025Tone deaf Budget failed to deliver for restaurants, cafés and the entire hospitality sectorBlas na hÉireann winnersBlas na hÉireann 2024: Small artisan producers reign supremeThe Food&Wine Restaurant of the Year shortlists revealedGood Food Ireland Awards shortlist revealed123 outstanding hotels awarded MICHELIN Keys in Great Britain & Ireland for the very first time

On the 39th edition of Food In 5 Minutes you'll hear aboutThe launch of Savour Kilkenny for 2024How we're doing on the sugar tax frontNew research on the coffee habits of those of us living in the Leinster regionLast calls for the restoration of the 9% VAT rate before Wednesday's budget revealThe timings for Blas na hÉireann this coming FridayLinks this episode...SavourKilkenny.comKenOnFood.com (with launch night audio)The Evaluation of Ireland’s Sugar-Sweetened Drinks’ Taxfixxcoffee.comHospitality groups warn of growing commercial crisisAwards Presentation Timings 2024 - Blas na hEireannTaste Trail - Dingle Food Festival - Féile Bia Dhaingean Uí Chúis

On this week's Food In 5 Minutes, part of the Ken On Food podcast series, you can hear aboutThe launch of Agri Aware's new Come Farm With Me series for primary schoolsBelfast Restaurant WeekA looming crisis in the hospitality sectorPeanut allergy warnings due to potentially contaminated mustardA new food market space for Galway may finally be a reality.Here's some links to help you on your way...Agriaware.ieNew ‘day in the life’ Agri Aware farm webinar series launchedBelfast Restaurant Week - What's onVAT rise could lead to 21,000 food services job losses, report predictsHospitality warns of 'commercial crisis' if VAT rate is not decreasedFood safety warning to people with a peanut allergy to avoid all mustard productsPossible presence of peanut in specific batches of Domino's Garlic & Herb and Domino's Mustard & Honey dipsPossible presence of peanut in specific batches of Carlos Takeaway Garlic & Herb DipFSA warns those allergic to peanuts to avoid food containing mustard over contamination risk, as some products recalledGalway Food Market - ePlanning archivePlans lodged for “Galway Food Market” at former Connacht Tribune Printing Press