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

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