In the Spring 2024 PodBLASt series Fallon Moore talks to a selection of Blas judges.

In this final interview of the series, we meet Ali Dunworth.

Ali is a writer, journalist, consultant and events curator who loves writing and talking about food and drink so much that she’s made a career out of it. She started out working in hospitality before a career behind the scenes in food TV. In between TV productions, she always returned to bar and restaurant work, either waiting tables, making drinks or back in the kitchen. There was even a year spent cooking at Lord’s Cricket Ground and another running a butchers in Melbourne. As a freelance food, drink and travel writer, Ali contributes to the Irish Times, Food & Wine Magazine and many others. She also curates and hosts numerous Irish food events and festival stages. At the heart of everything Ali does is great local food and drink and a hunger for the stories that go with them. Cooking, writing, storytelling, washing up, pouring pints, writing about pints – she’s done them all, and as a freelancer, she’s always prepared to do any of them again. 

Her book “A Compendium of Irish Pints” is available to order from Blasta Books.

Other episodes in the Spring 2024 PodBLASt series:
Episode 1 Patrick Hanlon
Episode 2 Shane Smith
Episode 3 Una Martin

#Blas2024 is open for entries until Thursday 16 May 2024!  Visit www.irishfoodawards.com for more details.

PodBLASt Spring 2024 - Ali Dunworth

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