A BRAND new two-day festival celebrating the best in Cork food, music and racing is on the cards at Cork Racecourse on May 10-11th. The Barry Group Race and Taste Festival will bring together many of Cork’s finest food producers at a specially created food village, with entertainment from The Frank and Walters indie bank and a glamorous ladies’ day competition.

The meeting features the new seven-furlong flat track at Cork on Friday, May 10th. Saturday features seven National Hunt races, along with cooking demonstrations and workshops from some of Cork’s finest chefs, including Rory O’Connell, Lilly Higgins and Martin Shanahan.