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Date/Time:
13:00, 11th October 2023
Location:
Zoom
Ticket: €0
Date/Time:
10:00, 3rd October 2023
Location:
Zoom
Ticket: €10
Date/Time:
15:30, 23rd August 2023
Location:
The Louis Fitzgerald Hotel, Newland's Cross, Exit 1A Naas Road, Dublin, D22, Ireland
Ticket: €15
Date/Time:
10:30, 8th August 2023
Location:
Zoom
Ticket: €10
Date/Time:
10:00, 19th June 2023
Location:
Guinness Enterprise Centre, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Ticket: €20
Date/Time:
15:30, 17th May 2023
Location:
Zoom, Online
Ticket: €10
Date/Time:
13:00, 15th March 2023
Location:
Zoom
Ticket: €0
Date/Time:
10:30, 8th March 2023
Location:
Louis Fitzgerald Hotel 1A Naas Rd, Newlands Cross, Dublin 22, D22 X5N7
Ticket: €10
Date/Time:
13:00, 10th February 2023
Location:
Zoom
Ticket: €0
Date/Time:
8th February 2023 8:00 AM - 1st March 2023 9:00 AM
Location:
Zoom
Ticket: €30
Target Participants This in person event will provide participants with an understanding of how the Grow with Aldi small supplier development programme works. It will provide you with all the information you need to help to apply, and also a brief rundown and insight into the 2023 programme schedule. Speakers LAURA HARPER Buying Director Aldi Ire...
Event ClosedDate/Time:
15:30, 23rd January 2023
Location:
TALBOT HOTEL STILLORGAN, Ireland
Ticket: €10
Date/Time:
13:00, 16th November 2022
Location:
Zoom
Ticket: €10
Date/Time:
16:00, 15th November 2022
Location:
Carlton Hotel Dublin Airport
Ticket: €15
Date/Time:
10:00, 25th October 2022
Location:
Zoom
Ticket: €10
Many Irish food and beverage producers have already harnessed the power of Amazon’s platforms across Europe to create a credible commercial model for themselves. The opening of Amazon Ireland will be a game changer and will offer those in Dublin’s food community new commercial opportunities. Dublin Food Chain is delighted to welcome Jack O’Sullivan from Amazon. Note the event will not specifically focus on Amazon Ireland, however all of the learnings are relevant to ...
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16:30, 3rd August 2022
Location:
Zoom
Ticket: €15
Date/Time:
12:45, 29th June 2022
Location:
Zoom
Ticket: €10
Date/Time:
11:00, 12th April 2022
Location:
Online via Zoom
Ticket: €0
Grow with Aldi is a partnership programme between Bord Bia and Aldi and is designed to help Irish suppliers develop their brand. The programme has been running for several years and Aldi have invested €2.5 million in this Aldi development programme in a bid to find new suppliers each year. Here is a link to the Grow with Aldi 2021 winners and background on the programme with past participants www.aldi.ie/grow Format: ...
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16:30, 13th January 2022
Location:
Online via zoom
Ticket: €0
Date/Time:
16:30, 30th November 2021
Location:
Zoom Online
Ticket: €15
Date/Time:
16:30, 13th October 2021
Location:
Zoom
Ticket: €10
This workshop has been postponed till September 17th due to speaker illness Hopefully you are still enjoying the last of the summer wine!! In this third and final event in our Summer Talks series we are delighted to bring you what promises to be our most popular event of the three. Social media is a universal topic that everyone in the food industr...
Event ClosedDate/Time:
15:00, 17th September 2021
Location:
Zoom
Ticket: €10
Date/Time:
10:00, 28th July 2021
Location:
Zoom
Ticket: €10
Dublin Food Chain is delighted to start our series talks with International Transformational Brand Strategist and Creative Director Beth Taubner of Mercurylab, who will share her extensive cross sector knowledge to highlight steps which Dublin food stakeholders can apply to their own brand transformation, with real-world results. Beth will connect the dots, from meaning to tactics, from all your visuals, packaging and graphic identity through to how y...
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10:00, 14th July 2021
Location:
Ticket: €10
For producers and foodservice operators looking for those magic tips to get your message across this event is for you. This energising online event will focus on the all-important area of storytelling and will be led by 2 of Irelands leading experts in their field. Ger Hennessy, Resident PR Ger has over 20 years’ experience in consumer PR. She specialises in providing media relations and event management for small to medium lifestyle brands. In her present...
Event ClosedDate/Time:
10:00, 11th March 2021
Location:
Online via Zoom
Ticket: €10
Date/Time:
10:00, 4th March 2021
Location:
Zoom
Ticket: €0
Date/Time:
10:00, 1st March 2021
Location:
Zoom
Ticket: €10
Date/Time:
10:00, 25th February 2021
Location:
Zoom
Ticket: €0
Date/Time:
10:00, 28th January 2021
Location:
Online via zoom
Ticket: €0
Date/Time:
8:00, 21st August 2020
Location:
Zoom
Ticket: €10
Date/Time:
7:45, 14th August 2020
Location:
Zoom
Ticket: €10
Date/Time:
16:30, 24th March 2020
Location:
Online Webinar
Ticket: €0
Date/Time:
17:30, 4th March 2020
Location:
Red Cow Moran Hotel, 22 Naas Rd, Dublin, D22 YX80, Ireland
Ticket: €15
Date/Time:
8:00, 18th February 2020
Location:
Dublin
Ticket: €50
Date/Time:
17:30, 21st January 2020
Location:
The Spencer Hotel - IFSC, Excise Walk, International Financial Services Centre, Dublin 1, D01 X4C9, Ireland
Ticket: €15
For our final Dublin Food Chain event of 2019, we wanted to do something special. We have invited three of Irelands leading food entrepreneurs to spend some time with members sharing tips and knowledge.
Why not join us in the intimate surroundings of Haddington House Hotel on December 10th at 07.30 am.
Sold OutDate/Time:
7:30, 10th December 2019
Location:
Haddington House Hotel, Dún Laoghaire
Ticket: €15
Date/Time:
8:00, 22nd November 2019
Location:
Teagasc Food Research Centre, Ashtown, Scribbletown, Dublin 15, Ireland
Ticket: €15
Date/Time:
17:30, 11th September 2019
Location:
Talbot Hotel Stillorgan, (formally The Stillorgan Park Hotel), Stillorgan Rd, Stillorgan, Dublin , Ireland
Ticket: €15
LEO South Dublin Packaging Event 17th June 2019 “Food Packaging Seminar for Food Producers”Packaging has become a significant challenge and opportunity for many Irish producers over the last decade. This Dublin Food Chain event will pull together a selection of industry experts who will exhibit packaging at the event and we will hear from an innovative line up of speakers on the topic. This event is being led by LEO South Dub...
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15:30, 17th June 2019
Location:
Tallaght Stadium, Whitestown Way, Oldbawn, Dublin 24, Ireland
Ticket: €15
Date/Time:
7:30, 10th April 2019
Location:
13-17 Newmarket, The Liberties, Dublin 8, Dublin, D08 KD91, Ireland
Ticket: €15
Date/Time:
17:30, 5th March 2019
Location:
Radisson Blu Hotel, Dublin Airport, Corballis, Dublin
Ticket: €10
Date/Time:
18:00, 4th March 2019
Location:
Howth Yacht Club, Howth, Co. Dublin
Ticket: €0
Date/Time:
8:00, 12th February 2019
Location:
Red Cow Moran Hotel, 22 Naas Rd, Dublin 22, D22 YX80, Ireland
Ticket: €50
Date/Time:
17:30, 12th December 2018
Location:
Smock Alley Theatre, Templebar, Dublin, Ireland
Ticket: €15
This Fingal led initiative will see some of Fingal’s largest food manufacturers share knowledge with food producers at small to medium level. This knowledge sharing will be conducted through group mentor sessions with a maximum of 7 participants in each group. The groups will be led by an expert in a particular field and participants will have the opportunity to participate in two sessions. “First come first served). Each mentor session will last 30 minutes. ...
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9:15, 15th October 2018
Location:
Newbridge House , Hearse Rd, Newbridge Demesne, Donabate, Co. Dublin, Ireland
Ticket: €10
Continuing with the Dublin Food Chain theme of understanding the retail market place, this unique event will provide participants with the opportunity to meet with the team from Tesco Ireland and understand more about succeeding with listings and ongoing business.
This event is being led by LEO Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown and will be held in The Studio, DLR Lexicon.
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17:30, 26th July 2018
Location:
The Studio Lexicon, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin
Ticket: €10
Following the successful format change at our recent Dublin Food Chain event where we had expert contributors in the room and with most of the learnings coming from the participants who contributed their tips and advice, based on their own journey, we are using a similar format again. This event will focus on the all-important topic of how to succeed with trade buyers from the food sector. We have an exciting line up of buyers as you will see from below and each will share their...
Event ClosedDate/Time:
9:30, 6th June 2018
Location:
Tallaght Stadium, Whitestown Way , Tallaght, Dublin 24 , D24, Ireland
Ticket: €10
LEO Dublin City Breakfast Event 24th April 2018 This is a new format event for Dublin Food Chain. As well as having expert contributors in the room (see below), most of the learnings will come from the participants who will contribute their tips and advice, based on their own journey. This event is being led by LEO Dublin City and will be held in Hallows College, DCU All Hallows Campus, Gracepark Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, D09 N920. AGEN...
Event ClosedDate/Time:
7:30, 24th April 2018
Location:
Hallows College, DCU All Hallows Campus, Gracepark Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, D09 N920, Ireland
Ticket: €10
Understanding BWG This focused event led by Local Enterprise Office Fingal will provide an opportunity for participants to understand how to best succeed with the BWG group. BWG own retail brands such as Spar, Londis and Mace. Speakers will include representatives from the trading team and a producer case study on how best to succeed within the group.
Sold OutDate/Time:
17:15, 6th March 2018
Location:
Castleknock Hotel and Country Club
Ticket: €10
We ran a very successful DFC producer showcase/meet the buyer event during 2016 and 2017 and we will be organising a similar event on Friday February 16th in The Red Cow Hotel, Naas Road. To give you some example of the type of trade buyers who attended the event, here is a selection from the trade buyers who attended last year:Donnybrook Fair Horgans Hour Kitchen KSG La Rousse Foods Lynas Foodservice McL...
Event ClosedDate/Time:
10:00, 16th February 2018
Location:
The Red Cow Hotel, Naas Road., Dublin
Ticket: €20
LEO Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Breakfast Event 26th January 2018 Learning from Digital Experts Digital Media has become the Number 1 brand building tool for the majority of food stakeholders whether you are running a café or manufacturing a food product, this is part of daily life. Video as a communication tool on your platforms is the latest trend taking the sector by storm. This first breakfast workshop of 2018 will provide you with dozens of practical tips from a p...
Event ClosedDate/Time:
7:30, 26th January 2018
Location:
Radisson Blu Hotel St. Helens, 4 Stillorgan Road, Booterstown, Co. Dublin
Ticket: €10
The TASTE Council of Ireland and LEO Dublin City This Dublin Food Chain event is being led by LEO Dublin City in partnership with The Taste Council of Ireland and will be held in City Hall, The Rotunda Room (Ground Floor), Dame Street, Dublin 2. The TASTE Council of Ireland is a voluntary representative group of the smaller food business sector made up largely of local, artisan and speciality food producers and formally established in October 2003. www.tasteco...
Event ClosedDate/Time:
9:30, 15th November 2017
Location:
Rotunda Room (Ground Floor) in City Hall, Dame Street, Dublin 2, Ireland
Ticket: €10
This workshop will bring together three high-level speakers from the food sector on the topic of foodservice. The speakers will each guide participants through their foodservice journey and share tips and advice. The foodservice sector is worth over €7.5 Billion annually and can be a real opportunity area for food producers. Whether your interest lies in finding a foodservice distributor or growing your sales through a new sector, this event is for you. ...
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7:30, 11th October 2017
Location:
Áras Chrónáin Irish Cultural Centre, Watery lane Orchard Lane, Clondalkin, Dublin, D22, Ireland
Ticket: €10
This workshop will bring together three high level speakers from the food sector on the topic of innovation. Liam Murphy, HPP Tolling www.hpptolling.com The presentation will give an introduction to HPP Technology and the many benefits that it offers to the Irish Food Industry which include enhanced food safety ,extended shelf life and the potential to manufacture a wide range of clean l...
Event ClosedDate/Time:
17:30, 6th September 2017
Location:
The Guinness Open Gate Brewery, Ushers, Dublin, , ,
Ticket: €10
This breakfast morning will allow participants the opportunity to hear from three speciality retailers and learn how best to increase your chance of success in supplying these businesses on an ongoing basis. Michael Savage JC Savage Supermarket JC’s is an iconic independent supermarket based in Swords. It is a fourth generation business and provides consumers from Fingal County with a wide range of grocery items including a strong emphasize on Dub...
Event ClosedDate/Time:
7:30, 5th July 2017
Location:
TBD
Ticket: €10
While the impacts of Brexit are still unclear, there is certainty that it will affect every Dublin food business in one way, or another. Some impacts will be largely positive, while others could be damaging. The upcoming Dublin Food Chain event in the Studio, DLR Lexicon on June 12th (from 5pm-9pm) will see a panel of experts debate the potential pros and cons of this significant milestone, and most importantly the event will attempt to highlight opportunities that can be created thro...
Event ClosedDate/Time:
17:30, 12th June 2017
Location:
DLR Lexicon Library, (Entrance to the event will be through Brambles Café.), Dún Laoghaire, Dublin, Ireland
Ticket: €10
PR is a critical element of brand building for any food business. This practical session will see three experts give their own personal advice and tips on how best you can attract the attention of the media for your business. We are delighted to be able to host this event at the unique setting of Rathfarnham Castle (due to the nature of this venue, the maximum number of participants for this event is restricted to 60) Dee Laffan...
Event ClosedDate/Time:
7:30, 16th May 2017
Location:
Rathfarnham Castle, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14
Ticket: €10
This event is being run as part of Local Enterprise Week 2017. Ever wondered how to open a food outlet or café in Dublin Airport?Well wonder no more! Join us for “Doing Business at Dublin Airport” where John Bolger, Head of Concessions, will explain how to make this happen. Dublin Airport are seeking to expand their food service offering in the airport terminals. They are inviting up-and-coming Irish food brands to talk to ...
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17:30, 6th March 2017
Location:
The Clayton Hotel Dublin Airport, Stockhole Lane, Swords, Co. Dublin
Ticket: €10
Distribution is one of the most talked about topics among food producers with many listing it as their number one challenge. This breakfast workshop will bring some new insights to the distribution area by showcasing several different approaches to both domestic and international food distribution. DPD https://dpd.ie/ will overview the parcel market in Europe with focus on Ireland. Where & what is the future of this mar...
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7:30, 27th January 2017
Location:
DLR Lexicon Library, (Entrance to the event will be through Brambles Café.), Dún Laoghaire, Dublin
Ticket: €10
Tourism is the lifeblood of every major city in the world, it provides jobs and revenue, incentivises the preservation of cultural heritage, and allows for the worldwide exchange of ideas and inspiration. The importance of tourism to Dublin is no different. In October last year, following many months of consultation coordinated by the Grow Dublin Tourism Alliance’, Fáilte Ireland launched a new brand proposition for Dublin: “Dublin. A Breath of ...
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7:30, 30th September 2016
Location:
Marlay Park House, Marlay Park, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16
Ticket: €10
This breakfast workshop will focus on digital media, a critical topic for the food community. DigitalFood.ie, leading digital marketing experts, are partnering with DFC to provide a team of digital experts to support this event. Among the clients DigitalFood.ie work with are Roz Purcell, Natural Born Feeder and Roisin Hogan, Hiro by Roisin Participants will also...
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7:30, 12th May 2016
Location:
The Gresham Hotel in the O’Connell Room, 23 Upper O'Connell Street, Dublin
Ticket: €10
This breakfast workshop will give an unprecedented view behind the scenes at the new state of the art Pallas Foods distribution centre in Blancardstown. This is a must attend event for anyone interested in supplying the foodservice sector. Since the early 1980s Pallas Foods has evolved into one of the leading foodservice distributors on the island of Ireland under the leadership of the Geary Family. Pallas Foods is now part of Sysco (March 2009) and has a team of 978 peopl...
Sold OutDate/Time:
7:30, 7th April 2016
Location:
Pallas Foodservice Centre, Killamonan, Co. Dublin
Ticket: €10
UCD Group Food Mentor Evening Following the success of the recent Dublin Food Chain group mentor session, which ended up being Irelands largest food mentor event, we are delighted to be hosting another similar event with a new line up of great mentors as part of the LEO Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Enterprise week. This event will take place on March 10th in UCD and will be facilitated by the UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science and will focus on food innovation...
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17:00, 10th March 2016
Location:
UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science Centre, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
Ticket: €10
Featuring talks and panel discussions with top entrepreneurs and industry experts Topics include:Latest Trends in the Food Industry Innovation in Agri-Food Technology Third Level R&D Collaboration New Business & Entrepreneurship Developing New Ideas Join us for DFC's largest ever event with a superb panel of experts when: Thursday, 26th November, 12pm – 3.00pm ...
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12:00, 26th November 2015
Location:
Gleeson Hall, DIT Kevin Street, Dublin 8
Ticket: €0
This will be Ireland’s largest food mentoring event ever held and promises to be an evening of high energy, food innovation ideas and practical advice for those attending. The format for the evening will start with 3 veterans from the food sector who will share their top tips and advice on the main stage. This will be followed by a unique opportunity for participants to join in small group mentor sessions with 10 food experts who have a...
Event ClosedDate/Time:
17:00, 7th October 2015
Location:
Crown Plaza Hotel, (Redwood Suite), Northwood Avenue, Santry, Dublin 9
Ticket: €10
Dublin Food Chain are partnering with the Food & Hospitality Show http://www.foodhospitality.ie/ on Thursday 17th September to bring you a unique event and have the opportunity to hear from two pioneers in the industry. Niall Harbison who founded Lovin Dublin http://lovindublin.com/ which has over 100,000 followers will share his views on Dublin&r...
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9:00, 17th September 2015
Location:
Citywest Hotel, Conference & Event Centre , Saggart , Co. Dublin , Ireland
Ticket: €10
In partnership with Bord Bia, the Dublin Food Chain are organising a study visit to London on April 10th Here is how it works:Uniquely for this visit, we will be taking 5 Dublin retailers, 5 foodservice operators and 5 food producers (This cross sector approach is a first, and will have an added networking benefit for the duration of the tour)It’s a one day trip, going out on an early flight and back that evening Y...
Event ClosedDate/Time:
6:00, 10th April 2015
Location:
London, England
Ticket: €92
This event will be the Dublin Food Chains largest event to date and will take place at Google’s European headquarters in Barrow Street, Dublin. The evening will focus on how to maximise brand presence online and grow sales. A panel of experts from Google have been working on this event to ensure that Dublin Food Chain members get maximum benefit from this unique evening. A digital expert from AIB and Tesco Irelands online food manager will also present stimulating ideas and sugg...
Sold OutDate/Time:
17:30, 22nd May 2014
Location:
Google Headquarters Barrow Street, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin 2
Ticket: €0
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