Collectively, these 23 destinations for ’23 have nothing whatsoever in common.
In some instances, they are experienced food people opening a new chapter, opening a new place, reinventing themselves, or playing their part in reinventing a street, a city, a county, through their work.
In others, we are searching for new voices, new potential, the next generation who will be the new players for the future. Some are breaking new ground, others are providing unlikely surprises in unlikely places. Some are shaping up to be the new thing, others are transforming the old thing.
What they do have in common is obvious: they are all dynamic, creative, and part of the ever-developing Irish food culture that stretches from Coleraine to Kildare, from Connemara to the Ring of Kerry.
In no particular order, here are 23 places we are excited about for ‘23.