Festival leaves a sweet taste

As several thousand happy and sated punters headed for the exits at the Irish Examiner Food Festival in Cork’s Fitzgerald Park yesterday evening, the light mist finally began to thicken, marking the end of the splendid weather that proved a vital ingredient in the tremendous success of a celebration of food and drink on Leeside.

Also very happy were the four restaurants and one producer selected as recipients of Bridgestone Guide Awards created especially for the festival, including Best Restaurant, which went to head chef Fred Desermeaux and Greene’s Restaurant in MacCurtain St, Cork.

Over the course of four days, more than 12,500 descended on the park to dine on the wares of 17 of Cork’s finest restaurants and local food and beverage producers and retailers.