WELL known showing exhibitor and founder of Good Food Ireland, Margaret Jeffares, is helping to promote Irish food produce and culinary cuisine at one of America’s top equine sporting events.

The Taste of the World Experience, is the most prestigious culinary event during the Breeders’ Cup World Horse Racing Championships, the richest two days in sports, held next weekend, at Del Mar, San Diego, USA.

Good Food Ireland has been invited by Breeders’ Cup acclaimed US TV Chef Bobby Flay to host an Ireland tasting station and join top international chefs representing the cuisines of Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, France, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa, UAE, UK, USA and Venezuela.

“This is as good as it gets, Ireland’s food produce and culinary cuisine showcased on a world stage to international guests and a global TV audience. Ireland is a key destination in the thoroughbred racing and breeding world and many of the guests at this event will visit Ireland in 2018. It is our aim to direct them to the Good Food Ireland trust mark,” said Margaret Jeffares.

Next Thursday, Irish TV chef and author Martin Shanahan, of Fishy Fishy Restaurant in Kinsale and Ed Cooney, executive chef of The Merrion Hotel, Dublin, will give 1,500 guests a tasting of “Twice Baked Kerrygold Dubliner Cheese Soufflé with Ballymaloe Relish”, the ingredients being flown from Ireland to California. The Ireland tasting event will be featured during the broadcast on NBC-TV.

Good Food Ireland has for over 10 years identified Ireland’s exceptional local produce and showcased its culinary cuisine to international visitors.

For more information, visit www.goodfoodireland.com