Welcome to PodBLASt by Blas na hEireann, the Irish Food Awards.

This is the pilot episode presented by Fallon Moore with guests Miena Rust, Miena's Handmade Nougat and Helen and Donal McEntee from McEntee's Tea.

Join Fallon, Miena, Helen and Donal for half an hour to hear about the challenges their businesses have faced and what they have learned along the way.

For more information about Blas na hEireann visit www.irishfoodawards.com

PodBLASt Pilot June 2021

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In this episode of the Best Possible Taste, Sharon Noonan talks to Arnaldo Morellis from Morellis' Ice Cream Ltd whose mango sorbet was awarded the Supreme Champion award at the 2023 Blas na hÉireann / Irish Food Awards.

THE BEST POSSIBLE TASTE IS CELEBRATING 10 YEARS ON AIR IN 2023 MAKING IT IRELAND'S LONGEST RUNNING FOOD & DRINK RADIO SHOW & PODCAST.

Best Possible Taste

10 October 2023 - Arnaldo Morelli, Morellis' Ice Cream Ltd

In the Spring 2025 PodBLASt four-part series, Fallon Moore talks to Blas finalists and winners from the farming community.

In the final episode, Maria Flynn shares the journey that brought her to Ballymakenny Farm where she now grows heritage and speciality potatoes. 

Other episodes in the Spring 2024 PodBLASt series:
Episode 1 Sharon Sugrue, Réalta Mara
Episode 2 Cass & Nick McCarthy, Lunasa Farm
Episode 3 Helen Bracken, Fox Covert Farm

PodBLAST is presented by Fallon Moore and produced by Sharon Noonan

For more information about Blas na hÉireann/Irish Food Awards, visit www.irishfoodawards.com

#Blas2025 is open for entries from Monday 17th March 2025 until Thursday 15th May 2025!
Early bird deadline is Wednesday 2nd April 2025.

PodBLASt Spring 2025 - Maria Flynn

This special episode of Best Possible Taste was recorded live at Cork on a Fork.
Host Sharon Noonan had the pleasure of sharing the stage with Fallon Moore from Blas na hÉireann, the Irish Food Awards. Now in its 18th year, Blas na hÉireann is the largest blind-tasted food awards on the island of Ireland, celebrating the very best of Irish produce and the passionate people behind it. 
Fallon chats to Sharon about Cork’s award-winning drinks—an area where the Rebel County truly shines. 

Best Possible Taste is Ireland's longest-running food and drink podcast.  Visit www.sharonnoonan.com for more details and episodes.

Best Possible Taste at Cork on a Fork!

This panel discussion was recorded in October 2025 as part of the #Blas2025 Conversations in the Backyard supported by Bank of Ireland.

Strength in Numbers 💪 
Collaboration was the key theme in this session hosted by Dee Laffan

We heard how Rivesci, our #Blas2024 Supreme Champion, joined forces with O’Donnell Crisps to create a delicious new product.
(And there was one for everyone in the audience!)

From chef–butcher partnerships to festival collabs, panellists Eunice Power and Tom Flavin shared powerful stories that prove working together makes producers stronger (and it also more fun!!!)

𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘉𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘺𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 are available to view on the Blas na hÉireann YouTube Channel.

October 2025 - Strength in Numbers

This panel discussion was recorded in October 2025 as part of the #Blas2025 Conversations in the Backyard supported by Bank of Ireland.

Shaping the Rules

As consumer expectations shift and new regulations roll in, how much should producers share?
Malachy O’Connor, Food First Consulting, hosted a timely discussion that explored how regulation can become a powerful opportunity. Kate Dempsey, Kinsale Meade shared their journey so far, with insights from Best Of Irish’s Maria Svejdar.

A𝘭𝘭 𝘉𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘺𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 are available to view o𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘛𝘶𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘭.

October 2025 - Shaping the Rules

In this week’s Best Possible Taste Sharon Noonan travels to Ballyhahill in Co Limerick to meet the Kearney sisters at the bakery they founded 25 years ago.
Caroline Gray has details about the latest issue of Easyfood Magazine and Patricia Roberts shares details about the 2017 Culture and Chips festival.

The Best Possible Taste is sponsored by TheTaste.ie , voted Ireland’s best on line digital food and drink magazine.

10 October 2017

Colette O Connor from Delicious Kingdom and Sharon Noonan visit artist, grower writer and filmmaker Lisa Fingleton at her home near Ballybunion in Co Kerry to hear about the local food project.

Maria Svejdar from GS1 joins Sharon on the programme to tell us about the work she does with food and drink producers and in particular the launch of a new interactive map that identifies the Blas Na HEireann finalist and award winning food and drink businesses in all corners of Ireland 
And 
blogger Helen Cooke from www.thiswindinglife.org encourages us to slow down and gives advice on food and drink for sleep.

13 October 2020

In this programme we visit Sonas Health Foods in the heart of Newcastle West to meet owner Rosemarie Bennis to find out about the wide selection of food and drink products that are made in West Limerick.

Then we travel to Co Offaly to chat to Anne Marie Feighery about Feighery’s Farm Blas Na hEireann award winning Irish beetroot juice and finally towards the end of the show we check in with the Delicious Kingdom’s Colette O Connor to hear about Colette’s favourite food and drink producers in North Kerry.

20 October 2020

Food and Drink Podcast with Sharon Noonan.
Ireland's longest-running food and drink podcast airing since 2013.

Some people like to blog, Sharon Noonan likes to interview!  In 2013 her food and drink show, Best Possible Taste, premiered on West Limerick 102FM and entertained listeners for 11 years up until October 2024.  

Sharon continues to interview guests from the food and drink scene in Ireland and beyond for the podcast.  From restaurant reviews to discussing current affairs issues affecting the hospitality industry to hearing a famous family recipe to enjoying an award winning artisan product, the topics covered are diverse and delectable.  Happy listening and Bon Appetit!

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