Food, Blues and Brews
The Sharp Knife Ride West Again
Flavour.ie is bringing back talented street food crew The Sharp Knife from Cork City for another night of amazing food in a rural West Cork pub following their hugely successful event in October 2016!
Kate Ryan of Flavour.ie has created yet another exciting dining event to the ever curious food enthusiasts of West Cork by pairing the kings of extraordinary street food, The Sharp Knife, with Cork’s most successful craft brewery, 8 Degrees Brewing and dropping them into a sleepy West Cork village for a night that celebrates the best of West Cork produce and explores new ways with Craft Beer.
Remember last October when we took over a party barn in West Cork and turned it into a Mexican Cantina for one night only?
Well, it was epic. And now Flavour.ie are teaming up once more with The Sharp Knife to deliver another night of knock out Street Food. And this time, we've asked 8 Degrees Brewing to come along and join the party. Oh yes we did!
Hang out with Flavour.ie, The Sharp Knife and 8 Degrees Brewing at the beautiful Tots Pub in the village of Ballygurteen 10 minutes from West Cork’s premier foodie town of Clonakilty. We will be turning Tots into the only place to be seen for one night only. Think you're in a country pub in West Cork? THINK AGAIN!
Flavour.ie are bringing the hottest crew of street food chefs from Cork City, an award winning craft beer brewery, mixologists and the best local DJ talent to West Cork from across the County to bring you an event that mixes up tastes of craft brewing with a multi-course menu of street food from across the globe. Excited yet? Let me tell you more...
Each of the eight (yes, EIGHT!) courses have been specially created by The Sharp Knife. They will be taking you on global culinary journey of street food from the comfort of your dinner table with every dish. Many dishes will be cooked with craft beer as we demonstrate how versatile beer can be with cooking as well as sipping! Each dish will be expertly matched by Caroline Hennessy of 8 Degrees Brewing.
Taking place on Saturday 8th April, the team will be presenting eight courses of street food, a welcome cocktail designed by The Sharp Knife, craft beers, ciders and wines matched to each course, tea & coffee to finish plus DJ. Book your ticket with or without drinks pairings and inclusive of everything on the night. With access to a fully licenced bar, and DJ Paul Cullen spinning blues, funk, jazz and soul all night long, you’ll be in no rush to head home, so who knows when the night will end!
Kate said “Our event with The Sharp Knife in October last was absolutely brilliant. The style of street food that The Sharp Knife create is exceptional, but the dining experience itself is really relaxed and focused on fun. To be able to welcome 8 Degrees Brewing is fantastic. They are Cork’s most successful craft brewer and really helped to kick everything off for what is now a thriving and creative craft brewing industry across the whole of Cork. The welcome at Tots is legendary too, so from the moment people arrive they will be made to feel right at home. It’s not your usual dining experience, but that’s what we like to do at Flavour.ie – test the unconventional and bring something truly unique for the foodies of West Cork!”
The Menu itself is a secret and won’t be revealed until diners arrive. Diners are asked to leave any foodie inhibitions well and truly at the door and to go with whatever is put in their way!
Places are limited so pre-booking is essential. The event is €65 per head with matched drinks or €55 per head with soft drinks, includes a cocktail on arrival, 8 courses of delicious food with paired drinks, tea/coffee and live music by DJ Paul Cullen.
Book securely online via Flavour.ie at www.flavour.ie/popup or contact Kate on 086 205 9360.
Who are The Sharp Knife?
The Sharp Knife are a guerilla style street food chef crew from the city. Their chieftains are Bryan Phelan formerly of Holy Smoke and now at Rachel Allen's new Cork City eatery and Mike McGrath of outstanding Japanese restaurant, Miyazaki. They bring with them a crew that love to mix it up with street food from around the world! Everything from Middle Eastern to Louisiana Pit Smoke; South East Asian to the Californian Baja Peninsula, nothing is out of bounds. Be prepared to tear up your taste buds. Bringing Street Food to the Table. Stay Sharp...
Who is Caroline Hennessy and 8 Degrees Brewing?
Caroline Hennessy is an award winning food writer and journalist, and author of Sláinte: The Complete Guide to Irish Craft Beer & Cider. Caroline was Ireland's first true food blogger, starting "Bibliocook" in 2005 and hasn't looked back since. Her husband is the co-founder of 8 Degrees Brewery, Ireland's most established and successful craft brewery, and Caroline is heavily involved in the businesses PR and Marketing, cementing her passion for great Irish craft brewing as well as developing recipes for using beer in every day cooking.
Tots Pub
Tots Pub has been welcoming people from all over County Cork for decades and has been more than willing to shake up the image of the sleepy country pub for years under the playful guidance of its landlady, Carmel Dullea. Easy to get to, but smuggled away - it's the perfect place for us to pop up a restaurant. It couldn't feel more exclusive!
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