When we kicked off Real Bread Ireland in January this year (2015) in Highbank Organic Orchards in Kilkenny we were 6 bakers and 2 supporters with a shared vision of how things could and would be better.

We are at 42 members now with a hell of a lot of support and good wishes from all across Ireland and that deserves a small celebration 🙂

So on Wednesday 2nd in Dublin we are having an open house in The Bernard Shaw on 11 Richmond Street South, Dublin sponsored by Bretzel Bakery who are also celebrating the 15 year of William Bretzel’s custodianship of the bakery.

There will be a supply of real breads from bakers around Ireland and a chance to listen to a chat on where Real Bread is at in Ireland and UK with a discussion being run by William from Bretzel:

• Andrew Whitley, founder Real Bread Campaign in UK
• JP McMahon, owner of Aniar Galway and founder of Food On The Edge, RBI member
• Seamus Sheridan, Sheridan Cheesemongers
• Katy McGuinness, Journalist
• Keith Bohanna, co-founder of RBI

Especially great to have Andrew Whitley with us. He founded Village Bakery in 1976 and the Real Bread Campaign 7 years ago. He has written a number of books on baking and for bakers alone is a true legend!

Details on the event on Facebook here.

Andrew Whitley is passionate about good bread

/keith

(this post also appears in the Biabeag blog)

The Foodie Forum is a an interactive one day experience which will showcase the abundance and variety of food on offer in Ireland and in particular along the West Coast. It is happening next Tuesday.

As part of the day Patrick Ryan from Firehouse Bakery is doing a two hour fermentation demo and he will also be talking about Real Bread Ireland. Timetable here.

Meantime on Saturday 7th February in Limerick Joe Fitzmaurice, Riot Rye is talking about the Common Loaf and Real Bread at the Wise Traditions in Food, Farming and the Healing Arts. Link to their timetable here.

/ Keith