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Orla McAndrew Food Cork-based wedding and event caterer cooking seasonal Irish food with care, curiosity and a zero-waste mindset.

Cookbook author and writer, using food as a lens to talk about culture, systems and how we feed people well.

A little excerpt from my latest musings.What are your thoughts on the emergence of the "TradWife" culture?
04/06/2026

A little excerpt from my latest musings.
What are your thoughts on the emergence of the "TradWife" culture?



We are absolutely thrilled to be finalists in FIVE categories at this years awards!FIVE different aspects of the busine...
03/06/2026

We are absolutely thrilled to be finalists in FIVE categories at this years awards!

FIVE different aspects of the business recognised at this national level!

Catering Company of the Year
Sustainability Site of the Year
Menu Provenance of the Year
Outstanding Customer Service of the Year
Ireland's Event Caterer 100 guests or more

Looking forward to celebrating alongside businesses I truly respect and admire.

Thank you for this recognition. The team are delighted.

02/06/2026

Feeling very zen after a day at the remarkable 270-acre nature restoration project founded by Kloë Wood Lyndorff.

Kloë's relationship with the landscape is genuinely inspiring. Much of modern land management is about control, intervention and productivity, but here the philosophy feels different. She's creating the conditions for nature to recover and express itself on its own terms.

Sitting on handcrafted wooden seats created by Will, crushing wood sorrel in hand-carved river stone pestle and mortars, and topping wood-fired pizzas with foraged and locally sourced ingredients felt like a reconnection to our food heritage and culture.

I was particularly heartened to hear about the use of venison as part of the land management plan. It's one of our most sustainable wild food resources, and wonderful to see it being embraced as part of a broader ecological conversation.

It was also a pleasure to meet Sean from and sample some beautiful cheeses, while Kloë's foraged cordials and pickles perfectly captured the flavour of the place itself.

This is somewhere I'd happily return to, and Kloë is someone I could listen to for hours.

Thank you for the invitation, .

May was such an incredible month. As says From awards ceremonies to meeting Hollywood royalty, catering gigs, auditio...
01/06/2026

May was such an incredible month. As says

From awards ceremonies to meeting Hollywood royalty, catering gigs, auditions, cookery demos, talks, podcasts, gardening, sourdough breadmaking, fashion try-ons, breakfast invitations, branwork, making new connections, contributing to the paper, spotting my book all over the country............ and keepung my little humans alive and well.

I am overwhelmed with gratitude for the life I get to live. Plenty of blood, sweat, and tears in the mix too ...... but my goodness, it's quite the ride!!!

30/05/2026

I really wanted to make a special reel to celebrate the truly gifted female craftspeople that I got to connect with today in the at

Exquisite designs handmade right here in Ireland by gifted artists, designers, jewellery makers, ceramicists and crafts people.

When we support small business, we are voting for the world we wish to live in. One that rejects fast fashion and honours the talents and gifts of our fellow citizens.

I believe in supporting each others dreams and keeping our little economy afloat by seeking out Irish talent and encouraging it to thrive.

Just some of the incredible talent from today:














If you love handmade beautiful crafts

Please follow each of these accounts.

29/05/2026

As Bank holiday weekends go, thos is already hard to top!
is in full swing and I got to meet so many new and familiar faces! The atmosphere is difficult to describe but pure magic comes close.
From a logistics point of view, the team work and effort that goes into creating this magical event year after year is absolutely incredible. Hats off to the entire crew!

Loved chatting all things organic produce with having picked up the best of the best in in before hopping on the train.

Loved meeting .ie in the flesh and hanging out with my gorgeous friend for part of the afternoon.

Great to see transformation and many more.
Looking forward to heading back for more on Sunday!

If you were there and I didn't see you, look out for me on Sunday and come say hi!!

Thanks for inviting me on behalf of





27/05/2026

Not me getting to model for one of my very favourite last week???

What I love most about and her Charleville clothes shop is what an absolute champion of women she is. You don't even have to be a woman in business to bask in the glory of Maeve's support. She jas a phenomenal clothing business and operates online at

I am very excited to see what is coming for season 9 of .ie Maeves own brand available exclusively through

I own a piece from every season and still wear all of them.




27/05/2026

The UCC Women Graduates' Association invites you to a meet and greet with Orla McAndrew award-winning chef, writer, speaker, and founder of Orla McAndrew Food, Cork's luxury zero-waste catering company.

📅 Thursday 28 May, 7.30pm
📍 Creative Zone, Library, UCC

Places are limited register in advance via Eventbrite.
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25/05/2026

One thing I really love about the Food Academy programme at SuperValu is the genuine support it gives small Irish producers, from mentoring and guidance to the chance to get products onto supermarket shelves, which can completely change a business.

Working closely with Irish producers every day, I know the courage it takes to put something out into the world, so I always look forward to discovering the newest Food Academy producers and seeing Irish food continue to evolve and thrive.

 

Check out the Taste of Local section at your local SuperValu to see what new Food Academy producers await you! Available in Select Stores Nationwide.

 


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Check out today to read ths opinion piece on what the many perceptions of Irish food culture are. I welcome debate on t...
25/05/2026

Check out today to read ths opinion piece on what the many perceptions of Irish food culture are. I welcome debate on the subject!
Link in stories.





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