Body&Soul is a feast for the senses and a festival full of surprises! The 2014 luscious line up of food at the festival, features decadent dining in a fantastical long-table Banquet Feast prepared by celebrated Chef Niamh Fox and Yum Tree Kitchen and presented by Folláin, Traditional Irish Preserves.
Nestled in the Walled Gardens of the 15th Century Ballinlough Estate, gramophone grooves and orchestral strings will entertain as guests are treated to a grand affair of Bacchanalian proportions in an Indian tent adorned with chandeliers, wild flowers and a lavishly dressed interior. Festival foodies will be transported, in a two hour sitting, to a magical place of culinary decadence and tantalizing tastes. Follow the hum of dinnertime music and the chatter from within the private party of 50 to consume the delectable menu** inspired by Ballinlough Estate and featuring Folláin’s Traditional Irish preserves.Pre-booking is recommended (https://decadentdiningatbodyandsoul2014.eventbrite.ie) for this gourmet gastronomic five course banquet. Tickets are priced at €52 for dinner and €27 for brunch (inc booking fee).*
Experience fine dining, fine wine, clinking plates and flickering candlelight and in keeping with the lavish setting all must come in their finery; whether old-school glamour, sparkles and feathers or styled as mischievous characters.
The menu will change each evening and include wild Irish foods, artisan fare and locally sourced produce. There will be two dinner settings each evening and a festival friendly brunch served each morning.
Another foodie feature of Body&Soul Festival this year will be the serving on the Wonderlust, spoken word stage. Entitled ‘Food – The Ties That Bind’, the conversation will explore relationships and food by talking to two brothers, a husband and wife and close friends who work in three of Ireland’s most innovative food businesses. Hosted by Aoife McElwain (Forkful TV), it features Kevin and Seamus Sheridan (Sheridan’s Cheese mongers), John and Sandy Wyer (Forrest Avenue) and Aisling Rogerson and Luca D’Alfonso (Fumbally).
Elsewhere and dotted throughout the Ballinlough landscape artisan food yurts will feed the famished with the finest of foods and most tempting of treats as they celebrate the Summer Solstice including Suhas Falafel, Kanum Thai, Happy Campers Tea & Toast, Ecobus Café, Quenchers Smoothies and the return of the Happy Pear.
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