Denvir Marketing: Taste Northern Ireland Event Returns to Belfast with a Colourful Twist

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Tesco Taste Northern Ireland event has joined forces with Belfast City Council’s annual Garden Gourmet Show to become The Taste Northern Ireland Garden Party, Belfast’s newest food, drink and floral show!

This FREE event, jointly organised by Belfast City Council and Tesco will take place at Belfast’s Botanic Gardens on Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 of September from 11am to 6pm.

Visitors to the show over the weekend which showcases Tesco’s local producers will be able to take a culinary tour of the region, browsing delicious food stalls representing the best of Northern Ireland produce, meeting producers, company owners and sampling local food and drink from all over Northern Ireland.

Alongside the finest food from the best local producers visitors will also find Belfast City Council’s Autumn Flower Show.

Caoimhe Mannion, Marketing Manager for Tesco in Northern Ireland said: “Following the success of our inaugural Tesco Taste Northern Ireland food show last September, we're delighted to join forces with Belfast City Council's former Garden Gourmet event to create Belfast's newest food, drink and floral show. “The quality and passion of local food and drink producers is something that the Tesco team based in Northern Ireland has the privilege of working with every day, and we are proud that our purchasing has grown from £50m worth annually when Tesco arrived in 1997, to over £480m worth annually today. “We are delighted to be able to showcase the excellence of local food and drinks companies, and their products to a large consumer audience in the Tesco marquee at the Taste Northern Ireland Garden Party”. There will be 2 main areas at the event:

The Tesco Northern Ireland suppliers marquee – including favourite local companies such as

• Dale Farm, Clandeboye Yogurt, Morelli’s Ice Cream, Glens of Antrim Potatoes, Ashers Baking Company, Fivemiletown Creamery, Punjana, McCann Apples and Avondale Foods.

The Cookery Theatre in the Tesco marquee - live demonstrations from local producers and well-known chefs including:

• Jenny Bristow, Noel McMeel, Liz Moore, CoCo, Gardiners Restaurant, me:nu and The McErlain Brothers from Genesis Breads

• The Diageo cocktail finale

Opening Times:

Saturday 18th September 2010 – 11am–6pm
Sunday 19th September 2010 – 11am-6pm
The Autumn Flower Show opens at 12 noon each day

Local Tesco suppliers interested in exhibiting should contact David Moule at Denvir Marketing on: 01786 448 160 or [e-mail]

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Notes to editors
A private VIP Launch event will be held on Friday 17th of September from 4pm-7pm at the Botanic Gardens, College Park, Belfast. If you have not received an invitation to this event and would like to attend, please contact Eilidh Macleod at Denvir.

Exhibitor List

Allied Bakeries Ireland Ltd
Allied Mills
Ashers Baking Co
Avondale Foods (Craigavon) Ltd
Dale Farm Ltd
Doherty & Gray Ltd
James Doherty (Meats) Ltd (sausages)
Mash Direct
Millar Savoury Foods
Provenance Salads
Scotts Bakery Ltd
Tayto (NI) Ltd
Whites Speedicook Ltd
Willowbrook (Mash)
Diageo N Ireland
Punjana Ltd
Genesis Breads
Golden Cow
Coleraine Cheese
H Denny & Sons (NI) Ltd
Moypark
Coca-Cola Bottlers (Ulster) Ltd.
TS Foods Ltd
Wilson's Country Ltd
Clandeboye Estate Company Ltd
Fivemiletown
P McCann & Sons
Roy Lyttle
C & C (Tennents)
W.D Irwin & Sons Ltd
Vion Grampian Country Pork, Cookstown
Classic Mineral Water
Morelli’s Ice Cream
Premier RHM Bakeries Ireland - Ormo Bakery
Glens of Antrim Potatoes Ltd (North Antrim Foods)
Foyle Food Group Ltd
Kepak Foods

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