Centre of Excellence for Small Business

NEALS YARD DAIRY Trade Relationships Core to our Work

Promoting Small and Speciality Food Business Promotions, Consumer Events and Public Relations

National Organic Plan Implementation of 3-year market development plan €500,000 per year Researching export markets National Organic Week

TASTE Council Sub Committee Education Sub Committee Innovation & Market Entry Sub Committee Distribution Sub Committee Strategy, Finance & Effecting Change Main Council Secretariat (Bord Bia) Sub Committee Food Tourism

TASTE Council FSAI – Consultation on regulations pertaining to small scale food production and markets Agri Vision 2015 Committee Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise and Small Business DAF and DCGRA National Rural Development Strategy DAF and DCGRA National Rural Development Programme DANI National Rural Development Strategy and Programme Tourism Policy Review Group Review Process for Skill Development in Food Tourism Curriculum Review Teagasc Training Consumer Foods Board (Bord Bia) Artisan Food Forum (FSAI) Food Tourism Expert Group (Failte Ireland) HFFA (Crosscare and Combat Poverty)

TASTE Council Darina Allen – Chef, Cookery School owner, organic farmer, author, Director General Slow Food Ireland Domini Kemp – Author, Food Writer, Owner It’s a Bagel and It’s a 4 Eilis Gough – Owner Mileeven Foods Evan Doyle – Owner Brooklodge and Director Organic Trust Hugo Arnold – Author, Food Writer, James Burke – Food Business Consultant Jilly Dougan – Owner Moyallon Foods John Mckenna – Bridgestone Guide and Author Kevin Sheridan - Sheridan’s Cheesemongers Michael Horgan – Horgans Delicatessen Supplies Peter Dunn – Dunns Seafare Peter Ward – Country Choice Nenagh Raymond O’Rourke – Food and Consumer Lawyer and Author Robert Ditty – Owner Dittys Biscuits and Master Baker Ross Lewis – Owner Chapter One and Chef Siobhan Ni Gharbhaith – Owner Ina’s Farmhouse Cheese Stuart Gates – Food Director Daylesford Organics, Chair British Guild of Fine Food Retailers