AppleCore Foods held a Meat Academy Event, the second event of its type where clients were invited to an evening of Irish lamb tasting, prepared and cooked by chef Christopher Gherxi.

Chef Warren Cremona showing off his cooking skills with Irish Ambassador Padraig Mac Coscair and Pierre Mattocks.

Nicolas Ranninger, market manager for Italy, Switzerland and Malta, from the Irish Food Board – Bord Bia, together with a representative from Irish Country Meats, Matthew O’Connor, gave a short presentation about Irish lamb as an introduction to the event.

AppleCore Foods sampled various lamb cuts from Irish Country Meats, a specialist lamb and sheep meat processing division of Slaney Foods and a subsidiary of the Linden Food Group.

The Irish Minister of State, Catherine Byrne, attended the event and gave a short speech about the love of the countryside and the well-being of how the animals are cared for by the farmers to make sure that the consumer receives the best quality Ireland can offer.

Irish Ambassador Patrick Mac Coscair accompanied Ms Byrne to the event.

Irish food and beverage exports to Malta reached €12 million in 2016, up four per cent when compared to the previous year. Irish lamb exports to Malta also doubled in 2016.

Antoinette Stellini, director of sales, said AppleCore Foods customers were always offered premium quality products and the Meat Academy event serving Irish Country Meats lamb was a clear example of the way ‘we do business’.