Collage of images related to events taking place at Organico for 2019 A Taste of West Cork Food Festival Each year A Taste of West Cork festival brings out the best of the region's food producers and taste experiences. And each year we look forward to hosting a load of events at Organico for you to enjoy. Join us for riveting talks, unique tastings and our popular artisan fair that gives you the chance to meet your food producers. We've got all the details and the links to book tickets right here for you. 

Tasting and meet the writer: Culture Your Life by Louise Buckley

Friday 6th September 10.30AM - 1.30PM Drop-in, Free event Organico Shop

‘Culture Your Life’  is a fascinating book by local author and family naturopath Louise Keane Buckley, featuring over 45 recipes and inspiration for using Kombucha and Water Kefir for cooking, making unusual drinks, natural cosmetics and even safe and effective cleaning products. Come and meet Louise, ask questions about fermentation and learn about how you and your family could benefit from these age-old practices.

Taste of West Cork Plate

Friday 6th September 12 - 5PM €15 per plate Organico Cafe

Relax in Organico Cafe after a wander around Bantry Market and enjoy our Taste of West Cork tasting Plate featuring our local producers with a glass of organic wine.

Getting Started on Your Zero Waste Journey with Amanda Tobin and Sara Kubiak

Saturday 7th September 11AM - 12PM Drop-in, €5 Tickets: 027 55905 or Eventbrite Organico Café

Benefit from practical tips and inspiration on how to rethink, reuse, and reduce your waste with Amanda Tobin & Sara Kubiak of the West Cork Environmental Action Group. Join the conversation, share your experiences and help to change the world! Buy Ticket Now in Eventbrite

Helping the Honey Bee - talk by experienced BeeKeeper Jerry Cronin

Monday 9th September 11AM Booking Essential, €10 Tickets: 027 55905 or Eventbrite Organico Café

Ticket includes a cup of coffee; Jerry's honey will be available to purchase. Bees are critical to our survival—here’s a chance to hear about them from someone who actually works with them. Come and meet Jerry, our local Beekeeper, and find out all about Bees, BeeKeeping and what we can do to support these important pollinators. Buy Ticket Now in Eventbrite

Making Better Coffee at Home with Shane from Red Strand Coffee

Tuesday 10th September 11AM - 12PM Booking Essential, €10 Tickets: 027 55905 or Eventbrite Organico Café

Learn how to make better coffee when you are in the comfort of your own home. West Cork’s coffee maestro Shane from Red Strand Coffee will explore the best ways to make good coffee in your own kitchen. Shane is a local coffee roaster and  supplies Organico’s specially roasted organic beans. Taste coffee, made really well, from a French press to an Aeropress to a stovetop espresso machine. Ask Shane all your coffee-related questions. For anyone who loves coffee. Buy Ticket Now in Eventbrite

Seaweed as an Irish Superfood - talk by Dr Neil Maher

Wednesday 11th September 11AM - 12PM Booking Essential, €10 Tickets: 027 55905 or Eventbrite Organico Café

Organico hosts a talk by Dr Neil Maher, a Biochemist and cosmetic scientist, about how seaweed can benefit our body, mind and skin. Neil grew up hand harvesting seaweed, and after completing his studies returned to Kerry and created a business based on his passion for seaweed and for the purest and most effective natural cosmetics. Be inspired to harvest your own freely available Irish Superfoods. Buy Ticket Now in Eventbrite

Taste of Organico: Local Artisan Food Fair

Thursday 12th September 6 - 7.30PM Booking Essential, €10 Adults, €5 children Tickets: 027 55905 or Eventbrite Organico Café

Ticket includes a glass of organic wine or kefir for adults. After last year’s very successful Food Fair we are excited to once again offer you the chance to meet the people who make the food that you eat, and to relax and mingle with our excellent artisan producers and cheese makers and sample their wares with a glass of Organic wine. Guests include the White Mausu Peanut Rayu, The Hungry Crow, Kinsale Meade, Macroom Buffalo Mozzarella, Sally Barnes Smoked Fish, Jamu Tonics, Durrus Cheese, Gubbeen Cheese and Salamis, Kerry Blue Cheese, Mella's Fudge, Clonakilty Chocolates, WaSi Seaweed, The Cultured Food Company, Peppermint Farm, kristin laubach and tony miller organic vegetables, Mary Pawle Wines, Benoit Lorge, Vincenzo Sheep Cheese, Fermoy Raw Milk, Roaring Water Seaweed Products, Sunview Goats Cheese, Jerry Cronin Honey, Gloun Cross Milk, Ballinrostig Cheese, Ummera Smokehouse and more. Buy Ticket Now in Eventbrite

Taste of West Cork Plate

Friday 13th September 12 - 5PM €15 per plate Organico Cafe

Relax in Organico Cafe after a wander around Bantry Market and enjoy our Taste of West Cork tasting Plate featuring our local producers with a glass of organic wine.

The Fragrance of Food: Connections Between the Worlds of Perfume and Food - talk by Benoit Nicol from The Nature of Things

Saturday 14th  Sept 11AM - 12PM Booking Essential, €10 Tickets: 027 55905 or Eventbrite Organico Cafe

Organico is hosting a talk by Benoit Nicol on the connections between perfumes and flavors, the anatomy of Smell vs Taste, and an exploration of selected unusual ingredients and their use in the 'molecular kitchen' (orris, geranium, ylang-ylang, tagete, etc). Benoit has over 20 years of experience in the perfume industry and now has his own essential oil business, and his passion lies in knowing what smells 'good' and how it can improve your cooking and your life. Buy Ticket Now in Eventbrite Now, doesn't that all sound like a lot of fun? Looking forward to seeing you at this year's A Taste of West Cork!