Cork Airport Partners with Cork On A Fork Festival, Promoting The City’s Unique Food Culture and Rich Culinary Heritage

The five-day food festival runs from August 14 – August 18, celebrating the vibrant and diverse food culture of the region.

Events include live cookery demonstrations, chef collaborations, interactive workshops, food and drink pairing events, bite-sized talks, pop-up restaurants and the launch of the Cork Food Policy.

With more than 60% of Ireland’s artisan food manufacturers located in the Cork region, Cork Airport is proud to support this unique and special celebration of local food.

A feast for the senses and for the palate awaits as Cork Airport today announces its partnership with Cork On A Fork Festival. The five-day food festival, which runs from August 14 to August 18 celebrates the diverse, unique, and authentic offering in Cork city – the food capital of Ireland.

With a vast range of events, including cookery demonstrations, chef collaborations, trails, tours, tastings, food workshops and talks, the festival will celebrate all what Cork has to offer from a culinary and gastronomy perspective. Highlights of this year’s Cork On A Fork Festival include Cork On A Fork Food Market (Emmet Place, Saturday, August 17 and Sunday, August 18); the VQ Shared Table (McCurtain Street, Wednesday, August 14); Cork Food History Guided Tour (Thursday, August 15); Cork On A Fork Tasting Trail (Thursday, August 15 – Saturday, August 17) and the Cork On A Fork Cookery Demonstration Marquee (Emmet Place, Saturday, August 17 – Sunday, August 18).

Cork Airport is particularly pleased to be festival partner with Cork On A Fork Festival. With an extensive range of local, artisan produce on sale at Cork Airport Duty Free, the airport is proud to showcase the variety of quality food products to departing passengers – including iconic Cork foods like Clonakilty black pudding, Tom Durcan’s spiced beef, Barry’s Tea, Ballymaloe relish, Durrus cheeses, Good’s smoked salmon and Folláin jams, along with many locally produced gins, whiskeys and liqueurs.

Niall MacCarthy, Managing Director at Cork Airport said: “Food is of immense importance to us here in Cork. With over 60% of Irish artisan producers located in the wider Cork region, the area is renowned for producing high-quality food and drink products. Moreover, the fantastic choice of cuisines, masterfully curated by skilled chefs in restaurants across the city and county is something that tourists enjoy when visiting Cork. So, from both an economic and tourism perspective, there is much to celebrate about our rich and diverse food culture. Cork Airport is thrilled to be a partner of Cork On A Fork Festival this year.”

Lord Mayor of Cork, Councillor Dan Boyle said: “The festival will again focus on showcasing on all that our region has to offer – Cork Chefs, Cork City businesses, and Cork food – and will hopefully attract more people to visit Cork. We are delighted to have the support of Cork Airport for Cork on a Fork Festival as we look to grow it internationally.”