The Centre of Food Culture, Boyne Valley, believes that by preserving and celebrating our food culture, past, present and future, we will enhance people’s relationship with food, connect them to the source of their food and the people who produce it. When we speak about food, we also include our rich heritage in brewing, distilling and drink production. Our purpose is to facilitate greater connectivity between food, people, soil and sea. We are doing this by creating the first national Centre of Food Culture, based in the Boyne Valley.
This centre will facilitate education, discussion, enterprise and advocacy of our food culture for current and future generations. We will strengthen the connections between all stakeholders be they consumers, food producers, food professionals, state agencies, communities, academic institutions locally, nationally and internationally.
To foster a vibrant, creative, sustainable, regenerative and interconnected food culture.
To create a national centre for food and drink culture, originated in the Boyne Valley to facilitate education discussion, enterprise and advocacy by connecting people to their food, soil and sea.
Making our initiatives available to everyone.
Valuing the origin of our food, from the soil and sea to people, and the journey this food takes.
Sharing knowledge and skills through learning and experience.
Enhancing people's relationship with food by connecting them with nature and the regeneration of our agriculture, food systems and food production.
Working in partnership with all stakeholders for the shared benefit of all.
Join us on our journey to develop a vibrant, creative, sustainable, regenerative and interconnected food culture.
The Centre of Food Culture, Boyne Valley is a social enterprise with a mission to create a national centre for food and drink culture to facilitate education,
discussion, enterprise and advocacy by connecting people to their food, soil
and sea.
The Centre of Food Culture, Boyne Valley runs webinars, masterclasses and other immersive educational and cultural events. We facilitate internships between international students and Irish food and drink businesses, providing hands-on immersive learning. We are working towards building a library of food heritage and craft skills to act as a repository of knowledge about past and current skills and crafts. We celebrate our food culture through our annual flagship event; Samhain Festival of Food & Culture.
Currently operating from a virtual base, the Centre of Food Culture, Boyne Valley organises and runs initiatives in satellite locations in the Boyne Valley (counties Meath and Louth), with a national and international reach.
We would love to hear from you! Please email info@foodcultureireland.ie to get in contact with the team.
There are lots of ways that you can get involved and contribute to our vision for a vibrant, creative, sustainable, regenerative and interconnected food culture:
The Centre of Food Culture, Boyne Valley runs webinars, masterclasses and other immersive educational and cultural events. Check out our Events page here
Samhain Festival of Food & Culture is the annual flagship event of the Centre of Food Culture, Boyne Valley, and is a celebration of Irish food and culture, past, present and future. The festival showcases the very best of Irish food and drink, food culture and history through a weekend long series of events from food & drinks tastings, cookery demonstrations, and cocktail masterclasses, to food safaris, farm visits, kids workshops, and debates with Ireland’s foremost culinary experts.
Samhain Festival of Food & Culture takes place each year in Kells, Co. Meath in November. This year, it is taking place 7th – 10th November 2024.
