Exciting food tours at this year's Harvest Festival
Massive crowds at last year's Waterford Harvest Festival. Photo: Joe Evans
A range of exciting culinary tours are available at this year's Harvest Festival, running from September 5 to September 7.
The three-hour 'City Select Taste Tour' lets Ireland’s oldest city reveal its rich food and drink past, whilst discovering the award-winning culinary delights of today.
Highlights include ‘coffee cupping’ at Trade Coffee, Blaa tastings at The Reg by Walsh’s Bakehouse, hearing interesting food stories and your experienced local tour guide Pamela Flanagan.
This tour gives tour-goers a sense of time, taste and place, blending Waterford’s historical events and social stories with contemporary food products, producers and businesses.
Guests will meander from the quayside to off-the-beaten-track areas and meet with friendly independent café and gastropub staff to hear about their product offerings and food stories.
Your guide will lead you through a Medieval Quarter of cobbled streets and city walls, pass by historical buildings and wander down ancient laneways, before continuing through the Cultural Quarter surrounded by a vibrant street art scape, stopping along the way to enjoy the famous Waterford blaa.
A one hour tour combining history, food history, humour and lots of things you never knew about Waterford and its fascinating web of historic connections.
The tour will be hosted by well known local guide Jack Burtchaell, who has been conducting Walking Tours of Medieval Waterford for over 25 years
A signature river experience with Keith and Carmel Boyle.
Guests will travel along the River Suir from Waterford Marina to Waterford Castle.
Aboard the beautifully appointed Osprey, guests will be treated to a refined selection of finger sandwiches, buttery scones, handmade pastries, and exquisite sweet creations, all showcasing the finest seasonal ingredients, presented with the finesse and attention to detail Chef Boyle is known for.
Dates and times for all the tours are available at waterfordharvestfestival.ie
