Joe McNamee: How FoodCloud is in the fight against the food waste

FoodCloud was founded by Aoibheann O’Brien and Iseult Ward when they met as students in Trinity.

Sat, 07 Mar, 2026 - 01:00

I recently MC-ed an intriguing dinner for 40 at the very wonderful Northside Community Enterprises (NCE), a multi-faceted community training enterprise sited in the former Cork boarding school, Farranferris.

Conceived as a sustainability initiative by Executive Chef Alex Petit and Director of Group Operations Carmel Lonergan, of Trigon Hotels, The Supper Club pop-up saw NCE chefs and trainees aiding Alex in creating a lovely n utritious meal entirely sourced from the FoodCloud warehouse in Little Island — even Pot Noodles earned a reprieve on the night!