ardkeen food heroes
Ciara O'Dowd was raised in a five star guesthouse in Wexford renowned for its food and hospitality, where her love of baking and developing recipes was nurtured. Now with a family of her own, Ciara has never stopped coming up with new recipes which is evident in her delicious range of natural, handmade chutneys, salad dressings, sweet & savoury jellies, jams & marmalades. All are made in small batches using traditional methods, every mouthful a testament to the work and care that goes into each handmade jarful of loveliness. Ciara uses only the freshest ingredients, often sourced from her own garden. You will never find artificial colours, flavourings preservatives or sweeteners on her ingredient lists, the jellies are made from apples and pectin stock made from scratch. Best of all Ciara includes serving suggestions for every jar of natural goodness to help turn your meal into a gastronomic delight. Just twist the lid!
Jaybees Bakery is run by our local Amish-Mennonite community near Dunmore East. They supply us with a wide variety of delicious home-baked cakes, including their famous carrot cake, rich fruit cake, brownies, and cookies, using only free range eggs and genuine creamery butter in their baking. During the Christmas season we cannot keep stock of their now legendary mince pies – a pack of six pretty all butter pastry casings filled with their own recipe, divine, aromatic, moist mincemeat. As an a-side, the community also run a small petrol station and convenience store which sells what most would agree is the best ‘99’ ice-cream on the planet!
Le Skinny Chef was founded by award-winning French Chef, Aymar Gourdet, who specialises in French-Irish Fusion Cuisine.
Aymar has been based in Ireland for over 20 years, opening his first restaurant here at the age of 25. However, it was his childhood in France helping his mother create unique dishes using produce from their garden which inspired this range of delicious food products using locally sourced organic ingredients including dips, spreadable pestos, concentrated soup and oils.
A few years ago, in their house in South London, Malcolm and Fiona Falconer stuck a pin in a map of Ireland and decided to jump ship, buying a smallholding in the outskirts of Monamolin, Co Wexford. After “going wild” with the planting, they soon had so much to harvest they started producing jams, chutneys, relishes, syrups, pesto’s and much more! Before long, demand from family and friends snowballed and so... Wild About was born! Fiona and Malcolm source most of their ingredients locally - on their own doorstep in fact. What isn't foraged from their hedgerow is grown in their garden on their smallholding in Monamolin. Wild About was born out of a love of wild, seasonal foods... They even supply us with Nettle Pesto!

We champion food which is in season and made locally; reducing food miles and supporting Ireland's small batch makers and growers.
We stock over 200 small batch producers from around Ireland, with substantial number coming from County Waterford.
We specialise in sourcing the best fresh produce and local foods from artisan food producers that we know and trust.
Our commitment to you starts with selecting our producers
and continues through to the meal on your table.
