All Together Now reveal foodie programme for 2024 festival

All Together Now have announced a wide range of artisanal food vendors and culinary experiences for this year's Curraghmore festival.

Top producers and suppliers from Ireland and abroad are participating in the food lineup, including a list of renowned TV chefs.

Crudo, the award-winning casual dining restaurant, inspired by Mediterranean fare, is one such offering set to return this year.

They will take over the All Together Now restaurant with a four-course dinner available over all three days, and a brunch menu on Saturday and Sunday mornings.

Their four-course menu is inspired by summer BBQs and the Italian family table, with a focus on local and sustainable produce, including a traditional Antipasti sharing starter featuring house-cured Irish wagyu beef bresaola with jalapeno mustard, signature burrata with romesco, and plenty of vegetarian options. 

The Primi course offers fresh chorizo lasagne, while the Secondi includes Spiedini (Italian BBQ skewers) with choices of Slane Valley lamb, Venetian spiced monkfish, and pumpkin and oyster mushroom, all served with grilled flatbreads, green chilli gremolata, black garlic aioli, and organic leaf salad. 

It's finished with a Macedonia summer fruit salad, complemented by Amaretto zabaglione and fennel seed crumble.

For Brunch they’ll offer a bottomless "Irish Breakfast" Buffet including honey-roasted local sausages, maple cured pancetta, free range eggs (with veggie options), also included are complementary freshly baked pastries, fruit juices and tea or coffee

Kids will be able to dine too with a kid-friendly menu for both dinner and brunch. 

There will also be a bar on site serving some special signature cocktails and a wine list to complement the meal.

The Grub Circus at The Theatre of Food also returns this year, programmed and hosted by multi-award winning Senior Food Writer at the Irish Examiner, Joe McNamee.

The two-day extravaganza at The Grub Circus features demos, cooking competitions, tastings, workshops and debates, featuring some of Ireland’s top food personalities including, chefs, producers, growers, makers, distillers, food writers and more.

This year's lineup features Aisling Moore, Chef/Co-proprietor of Goldie and freshly crowned RAI Best Chef in Ireland, along with the renowned culinary siblings and co-founders of the Ballymaloe Cookery School, Darina Allen and Rory O’Connell.

TV Chef Rachel Allen, twice Michelin-starred chef Kevin Thornton, Michelin-starred chef Enda McEvoy and Sally Barnes, the legendary forerunner of the modern Irish specialty food movement will also all appear at the event.