Cold buffet is not a dinner: Ad watchdog

It’s official: A cold turkey buffet does not constitute dinner, at least according to the country’s advertising watchdog.

The Advertising Standards Authority of Ireland (ASAI) has upheld a complaint against the Ballymaloe House Grain Store after the Cork venue advertised a €150pp sharing early dinner, show, and B&B deal.

The complainant booked the deal for her parents at a cost of €300. According to the ASAI’s latest complaints bulletin: “She was disappointed to learn that dinner consisted of a cold buffet which included cold turkey, ham and roast beef followed by dessert. She considered that a cold buffet did not constitute dinner, she felt that her parents had not received what she had paid for and therefore the advertising had been misleading.”