EARLY DETAILS UPDATE – Real Bread Ireland  – a new network to encourage and support the baking of real bread will be launched on the evening.

Timing Date: Saturday 24th January 2015 Time: 6.30pm for 2 hours or thereabouts. Venue: Highbank Orchard – http://www.highbankorchards.com. You will also be able to sample and buy from the wonderful range of Highbank Ciders – Proper, Medieval and Drivers and sample and buy from their their new Orchard Spirit range.

Map showing entrance to Highbank – https://mapsengine.google.com/map/edit?mid=zFi7I69FJBfk.kkTe3qWzL_98 Link to buy tickets (only €8 to join us if you book in advance, €5 for Slow Food Ireland members). €10 on door

Whats happening on the night? Josephine Plettenburg (Speltbakers), Joe Fitzmaurice (RiotRye) and Declan Ryan (Arbutus Bakery) all return to Highbank to continue the night of discussion and munching of real bread. For the first hour we’ll be hearing about their stories since the first gathering in January 2014 and exploring topics such as aggressive sourdoughs and the provenance and growing methods of the flours which each of them use. The second hour will be special.

They will be joined on stage by a number of other bakers including Patrick Ryan from Firehouse (Dublin) and Kemal Scarpello SlowFoodCo (Donegal) to launch Real Bread Ireland.

This is a new network to support and encourage real bread baking (by both bakeries and consumers) and to make it easier to identify and find. The bakers will be looking to discuss and debate how the new network should operate.

Link to buy tickets (only €8 to join us). If you want to sign up for my email newsletter click here.

Keith