Taste Kildare festival voted ‘best year yet’ as 17,000 food lovers flock to The K Club

THE K CLUB golf and spa resort turned into a food-lover’s heaven on Sunday[Aug 23] as a crowd of around 17,000 came to the Taste Kildare Festival.

Celebrity chefs from all over the county shared their cooking secrets and joined over 40 exhibitors to make Taste Kildare at The K Club its third and most successful event.

Missy Moo ice-cream bring smiles all round at Taste Kildare

Families, food-junkies and excited kids were treated to a day packed with food, art, crafts and live music at the 550-acre stunning country estate.

§  For kids there was a duck race on the River Liffey, which runs through The K Club’s grounds, as well as fun new flavours by Missy Moo ice-cream

§  Grown-ups chilled out in the mini spa, enjoyed top quality food from The K Club’s head chef Finbar Higgins, and joined in art and wine cellar tours

§  The Michael Dixon School of Golf also held a special one-day “golf clinic”

§   TV chef Clodagh McKenna promoted her new local cookery school, while other high-profile chefs included Louise O’Hare, Ciaran Cunningham and Rozanne Stevens.

Taste Kildare, whose proceeds supported the charity Enable Ireland, wouldn’t have been possible without the support of local restrauteurs, including Tenors Grill Room, The Westgrove Hotel, Chapter 16 at Silken Thomas, Vie de Chateaux, Bistro Sola and Indie Spice Naas.

Michael Davern, general manager of The K Club, said: “We were delighted to see so many people – it is really important to support the tremendous work that local food producers, crafts people and restaurants do.”

New sales centre at Firstlight The K Club

Staff at Firstlight The K Club, which offers stunning fractional real estate homes for sale in the grounds of the historic resort, were also on hand to show families around the spacious new sales centre at The K Club.

One-eighth titled interests in designer apartments and family homes are set within the Ladycastle Estate. This is The K Club’s very own private residence club where owners have access to 24-hour concierge and family residential membership.

High-profile residents within Ladycastle include former Kilkenny hurling legend DJ Carey and RTE’s Dragons’ Den star Sarah Newman.

Firstlight The K Club residents will also be part of an international holiday exchange program swapping a week of their time with a week in a five-star resort around the world. Prices of fractional real estate at Firstlight The K Club start from €131,500 per titled interest.

Call +353 1 610 7111 to book a one or two-night Discovery Trip at Firstlight The K Club, or visit www.firstlightkclub.com

If you have a question about shared ownership, comment on this page and Firstlight The K Club will get right back to you

Kildare’s masterchefs serve up their finest at The K Club

IT USUALLY plays host to great golfers, but tomorrow The K Club, Straffan, will play host to Ireland’s finest chefs at the Taste Kildare festival.

 

What’s K-ooking? Our culinary teams are ready to host you at the Taste Kildare festival

This is the third year for the food, arts, crafts and music festival, which was co-founded by The K Club’s executive chef Finbar Higgins. But also the first year that fractional real estate owners at Firstlight The K Club will get to see the finest talent from around Kildare on their own doorstep.

Over 14,000 people came to the event last year at The K Club but the Taste Kildare festival promises a bigger day of fun for all the family on Sunday Aug 22.

 

Chat to celebrity chefs and try out the local delights from food producers, arts and crafts people, farmers, chefs, painters, jewelry makers and musicians who will celebrate how rich in culture this beautiful county in Ireland is.

Local villages around The K Club – which is itself just 30 minutes from Dublin – include Naas, Maynooth, Kilcullen, Straffan and Athy, and will all be represented through food, art or music at the Taste Kildare festival.

Families and kids can enjoy big band hits from Harlequin, one of Ireland’s best event bands, as well as face-painting, mini golf, duck races and clowns. Fly-fishing will also be demonstrated down at the river Liffey, one mile of which runs through The K Club’s 550-acre historic estate.

 

You can even try the fine wines of Bordeaux’s Barton and Guestier –The K Club is the original home of the Barton family who built the grand house in the 1830s.

Fractional ownership homes at Firstlight The K Club

Firstlight The K Club now has a limited number of family residences available to purchase on a fractional ownership basis.

What is Firstlight The K Club?

Firstlight The K Club is a private residents’ club situated at Ireland’s top golf and spa resort, The K Club, Kildare.

Ø  Apartments and homes are sold in one-eighth titled interests and come with family residential membership in one of the most stunning and historic country resorts in Ireland.

Ø  Prices start from €131,500 per titled interest.

 

Call +353 1 610 7111 to book a one or two-night Discovery Trip. Or, to find out more visit www.firstlightkclub.com

If you have a question about shared property ownership, comment on this page and Firstlight The K Club will get right back to you!

The Taste Kildare festival

When? Sunday, August 22^nd 2010

Time? 12pm-5pm

Get a flavour for fractional real estate at Taste Kildare

THE VERY BEST in Ireland’s food and drink will be celebrated at Taste Kildare this week at the five star golf and spa resort The K Club.

 

All this week, restaurants across the county will open their doors for “Taste Week”, culminating in the Taste Kildare festival at The K Club, Straffan, on Sunday Aug 22^nd.

The historic country estate’s own award-winning restaurant will join other popular venues for a week-long “Dine for €35” deal – there will also be county-wide food tastings and free demonstrations.

The K Club will host an array of celebrity chefs at Taste Kildare on Sunday, along with local arts and crafts, demonstrating the best of what Kildare has to offer both Irish residents and overseas visitors who come to this beautiful county.

Discover Firstlight at The K Club

The K Club now has a limited number of family residences available to purchase on a fractional ownership basis through Firstlight The K Club and the 550-acre resort is itself no stranger to the limelight.

It played host to golf’s Ryder Cup in 2006, it has held two AA Red Stars for 14 years in succession and the K Spa treatment was voted the number one in Ireland in 2010.

The K Club’s 19^th century château-style hotel sits within Kildare’s breathtaking countryside just 30 minutes from Dublin airport – it also has a mile of the River Liffey running through the estate. The origins of Bordeaux’s second growth estate Léoville-Barton wine started at The K Club. The original château was built by the Barton family who also built an underground wine cellar still in use today.

Michael Davern, general manager and CEO of The K Club, said: “The K Club is proud to host Taste Kildare for the third year, last year we had huge numbers through our gates and look forward to welcoming even more people to this year’s Taste Kildare.”

What’s on at The K Club?

The Taste Kildare festival

When? Sunday, August 22^nd 2010

Time? 12pm-5pm

Where: Inside the stunning Victorian walled garden of The K Club

Ø  Celebrity chef, including The K Club’s own Finbar Higgins

Ø  Demonstrations of traditional and modern Irish food

Ø  Local arts and crafts

Ø  For families: Duck races mini golf, fly-fishing shows by the River Liffey

Ø  Live music, wine cellar and art tours in The K Club’s historic hotel.

Discovery trips at Firstlight The K Club

Why not plan your Taste Kildare weekend with a “discovery night” at Firstlight The K Club? Our team can arrange one or two nights of luxury at fractional ownership apartments and family homes at The K Club.

You will also get to play a round of golf, or take a refresher lesson, with golf pro Michael Dixon who has opened a new golf school at The K Club.

*offer exclusive to Discovery Trips at The K Club

What is Firstlight The K Club?

Firstlight The K Club is a private residents’ club situated at Ireland’s top golf and spa resort, The K Club, Kildare.

Ø  Apartments and homes are sold in one-eighth titled interests and come with family residential membership in one of the most stunning and historic country estates in Ireland.

Ø  Prices start from €131,500 per titled interest.

 

Call +353 1 610 7111 to book a one or two-night Discovery Trip and experience living in Ireland, home to some of the most friendliest and accommodating people in the world. Or, to find out more visitwww.firstlightkclub.com

If you have a question about shared ownership, comment on this page and Firstlight The K Club will get right back to you! 

Rory for 2010 Ryder Cup team – but which of the ‘wild cards’ will Montgomery pick?

More predictions from founder of The Michael Dixon School of Golf

WITH SEVEN of the top 12 golfers in the world on the European team, captain Colin Montgomery will have a challenge picking the next best from a brilliant line-up.

 

These are the views of Michael Dixon, founder of The Mi chael Dixon School of Golf at The K Club in Ireland – home of the 2006 Ryder Cup.

“It’s only a matter of time before Rory McIlroy becomes a world number one. Other form European players include Lee Westwood – currently number 3 in the world after finishing second in the British Open,” says Dixon, part of 2006 K Club support team for the Ryder Cup in 2006.

But, he added: “One of Montgomery’s hardest parts of being captain is who his three wild card picks are going to be. You have the likes of Padraig Harrington, Sergio Garcia, Henrik Stenson, Justin Rose, Edoardo Molinari, Oliver Wilson, Alvaro Quiros and Ross Fisher all being on the border of the team, and at the minute looking like they will need a wild card pick.

“Graeme McDowell who won the US Open and Welsh Open at Celtic Manor will be a huge plus for the Europeans. Luke Donald has won on the European tour this year. Ian Poulter winning his first World Championship Match play,” said Dixon.

“Paul Casey looking back to his best after his injury after a third place finish in the British Open Championship and the young German machine, Martin Kaymer, playing his way into the world’s top 12. This just scratches the surface of the strength and depth in the 2010 Ryder Cup side.

Predicting that Montgomery will be the most successful Ryder Cup captain of all time, Dixon noted he also has talent on his side. “As it currently stands, there’s not a player in the running for a place outside the world’s top 50. Never has the European team looked so strong going into a Ryder Cup.” 

Discover Firstlight The K Club

When you book a Discovery Trip to Firstlight The K Club, you will get to play a round of golf, or take a refresher lesson, with golf pro Michael Dixon.

Firstlight The K Club is a private residents’ club situated at Ireland’s top golf and spa resort, The K Club, Kildare.

Ø  Apartments and homes are sold in one-eighth titled interests and come with family residential membership in one of the most stunning and historic country estates in Ireland.

Ø  Prices start from €160,000 per titled interest.

Call +353 1 610 7111 to book a one or two-night Discovery Trip and experience living in Ireland, home to some of the most friendliest and accommodating people in the world.

Or, to find out more visit www.firstlightkclub.com

 

What’s in store for me on a Discovery Trip at Firstlight The K Club?

Ø  Play golf on Arnold Palmer’s Ryder Cup course

Ø  Fish on one mile of the famous River Liffey

Ø  Ramble around 550 acres of this stunning country estate, just 30 minutes from Dublin airport

Ø  Wine, dine and stay at our AA Red Star Resort – including our French-style château hotel modeled on the original home built here by the Bordeaux wine family, the Bartons

Ø  Or relax with a free, award-winning K Spa treatment.

 

If you have a question about shared ownership, comment on this page and Firstlight The K Club will get right back to you!

Dixon’s predictions for the 2010 Ryder Cup

THE EUROPEAN Ryder Cup team is in such good form it will be as classy as a “Rolls Royce” says top golf pro at the K Club, Michael Dixon.

The PGA golf coach, who has just launched The Michael Dixon School of Golf at the prestigious K Club in Ireland, is also predicting that Colin Montgomery will reign supreme at the tournament this year.

Dixon was part of the K Club’s support staff when Tiger Woods played in the 2006 Ryder Cup at The K Club and says: “’King’ Colin Montgomery, Europe’s Ryder Cup captain. I feel Colin Montgomery will go down in history as being one of the best Ryder Cup captains of all time.

“Since 1991, Colin has played on eight Ryder Cups, winning five of these and still holds the Ryder Cup record as being the biggest point-scorer in the singles matches on the Sunday.

“He’s been on winning teams under captains Bernard Gallagher, Seve Ballesteros, Mark James, Bernhard Langer, Sam Torrance OBE and Ian Woosnam. I feel if he took a little from each of the victorious captains, plus his own input of how best to manage Europe, we have a very, very good chance of winning the cup back.

“Montgomery is quoted as saying, ‘this will be the proudest moment of my career’. He said that the first point would be won in the opening speeches. This is the attention to detail that, for me, means Montgomery will leave no stone unturned and another reason why they will have the cup.”

About the 2010 Ryder Cup course at Celtic Manor  

Looking more closely at the Celtic Manor course, where this year’s Ryder Cup will take place from Oct 1-3, Dixon said he doesn’t envy the players.

“At 7,493 yards, par 71, this is going to play a monster of a course in October in Wales. The course at Celtic Manor has been specifically designed for the Ryder Cup with great risk and reward holes, this being a very important component in the Ryder Cup.

“There is water in play on nine of the 18 holes. The 18th hole is looking like it will provide serious drama. Players must decide whether to take on the pond for the second shot or lay up leaving a downhill pitch onto an uphill green – not one that I would fancy.

“An added advantage for the European side will be the weather and slower greens than what the American’s will be used to on a weekly basis.”

NEXT WEEK: Dixon’s predictions for the new No1 in golf

Call +353 1 610 7111 to book a one or two-night Discovery Trip to Firstlight The K Club. Experience living in Ireland and play golf at the 2006 Ryder Cup venue. Or, to find out more visit www.firstlightkclub.com

Golf with Dixon as part of your Discovery Trip 

Golf pro Michael Dixon will accompany you in a round of golf on your visit to discover fractional real estate at Ireland’s number one golf and spa resort, The K Club Ireland.

Firstlight K Club is a private residents’ club in the picturesque village of Straffan, Co Kildare, where apartments and homes are sold in one-eighth titled interests.

Every share comes with family residential membership in one of the most stunning and historic country estates in Ireland. Prices start from €160,000 per titled interest.

Why buy fractional ownership at Firstlight The K Club?

•  One of the most prestigious country estates in Ireland and 30 minutes from Dublin airport
• Family residential membership, which includes golf on the Arnold Palmer’s Ryder Cup course
• Homes have superior interior furnishings, high-spec kitchen and bathroom facilities, as well as state-of-the-art TV and music systems.
• Ireland’s business tax is one of the lowest in the world and shared ownership at The K Club can be offset against your balance sheet
• Access to over 40 worldwide destinations if you wish to swop one of your six weeks with a holiday overseas – choose from Australia, Spain, South Africa and Portugal, plus many more!
• The K Spa is award-winning and perfect to relax in after a gym workout
• Fish on one mile of the famous River Liffey and have your catch cooked at our AA Red Star restaurant
• Ramble around 550 acres of this stunning country estate.

 

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