Tickets start from as little as €10 each, without any booking fees, for what is expected to be THE food and social event in Corks summer calendar.
Once inside the event you can buy Corker Tokens from one of the Token Booths around the park. You then use your Corker Tokens to purchase your food & drink from the many restaurant & food stalls, craft stalls as well as the numerous bars dotted around the park.
For your ticket price you get much more than just entry into the event.
There are free demonstrations in the LIVE Chefs Theatre throughout each day with a line up of top chefs like Rachel Allen, TV3’s Head Chef Conrad Gallagher and Ireland AM’s celebrity chef Andrew Rudd plus a host of Corks finest chefs from restaurants such as Augustines, Hayfield Manor and Electric amongst others.
There’s also free live entertainment, from swinging party tunes to get the party started for the weekend to smooth chill on a Sunday afternoon tunes. Then there’s the free sampling from various food & beverage exhibitors which are a great opportunity to taste new locally produced delights from some well known and some upcoming food producers.
The main features of TasteFest will be 15 of Cork’s top restaurants all offering tasters of their signature dishes for around 3-8 Corker Tokens (these are the tokens you buy once you get inside, 1 Euro = 1 Corker). These taster dishes are a superb way of experimenting with new dishes without having to go to the expense of a full meal and even perhaps try dishes from a restaurant you had not considered visiting before.
It is also a fantastic chance to meet the talented & hard working teams behind the kitchens of your favourite restaurants with the chefs themselves very much looking forward to meeting their customers in a far more relaxed & open environment then they normally operate from!
So take a few hours to meet friends, indulge in a range of Irish and International cuisines while enjoying the most elegant of wines, cocktails, beers and, of course, a selection of champagnes and sparkling wines from the cellars of Cork’s own Barry & Fitzwilliam.
