Gildernew visits Tastefest
Minister
Michelle Gildernew MP, MLA has opened the 4th Kennedy Centre Tastefest by
addressing a group of local business and community leaders as part of the
annual Féile an Phobail in West Belfast.
Each
year since 2006 the Kennedy Centre hosts the Tastefest along with Curley’s
Supermarkets and more recently Sainsbury’s, who have acquired the Curley’s
business.
Over
40 food and drink exhibitors, from all over Ireland, will participate in
cookery demonstrations and offer food sampling to the public visiting the
Centre over the two days of 7-8 August.
Speaking
at the breakfast launch, the Minister said: “The opportunity provided by Tastefest for farm-based diversifiers and
small enterprises to exhibit alongside our larger processors, who operate in
the global marketplace, is almost unique. As well as offering networking
opportunities for the suppliers, the festival also allows a face to face
interaction between consumers and suppliers which is rarely available these
days.
“Curley’s Supermarkets have been at the backbone of
local retailing in the community over the last forty years and I’d like to take
this opportunity to thank the Kennedy family for their support of local
producers throughout that time.”