Local Enterprise Week 24 - Starting a Food Business – Your Roadmap to Success

Venue:
The Richmond Education and Event Centre, 1 Brunswick St N, Smithfield, Dublin, D07 TH76
 
Date:
05/03/2024
 
Note:
Tuesday 5th March 2024
 
Time:
10:00 - 12:00
 
Category:
Workshop
 

Whether you are just thinking about a food idea, or already selling at a local farmers market or to a local shop/cafe, this event is for you. Learn from guest speakers James Burke, Ireland’s leading advisor in the food sector, Carmel Biggane SuperValu who manages the Food Academy programme, Aisling Cullen Thanks Plants who has successfully grown her business to a national presence and Margaret Hoctor of Killmullen Farm who is expert at direct selling to the consumer via markets. Each presenter will draw on their wealth of experience and share knowledge with those attending. There will also be an opportunity for questions after the presentations.

This event is no longer available
 

***Please note that this event is not suitable for those thinking about opening a café or restaurant.

 

Optional Free 1:1 Mentoring

Ahead of the event starting there will be an opportunity to have a 20-minute chat with a mentor. In order to pre book this, please email cathy.mcpadden@dublincity.ie – Within this email, please advise of your food idea so that we can match you accordingly with a mentor.

 

Optional Tour SPADE Shared Kitchen

As an optional extra at the end of the event, participants who have prebooked, can have a tour of the brand new SPADE shared kitchen facility which is specifically targeted at early stage businesses https://www.spade.ie/  – Closer to the event date all those registered for the workshop will be contacted about the optional kitchen tour.