The best of Food & Wine
Yesterday I had a gorgeous lunch in the fashionable Herbert Park Hotel as a guest of Tesco Ireland, who were launching their new summer range of food and wine. Every year the weather is most unpredictable for this event and this year's was no exception. The previous night it had been torrential rain, the morning and afternoon of the event is was hot and sunny and then in the evening it turns to a thunderstorm. The gods are surely looking down on Tesco!
I'm not being sycophantic here, but I love Tesco. I feel as if they actually put the customer first and that everything they do is in our interest. For example, their Skin Wisdom range of skincare is developed in consultation with Bharti Vyas, who was in town last week to introduce new ranges to the line. Bharti is one of the world's foremost experts on skincare, has been operating her clinics for over 20 years and has written many books on the subject.
Another example would be Barbara Daly, who Tesco developed their Make Up range with. Barbara is a renowned make-up artist who has worked with the likes of Diana, Princess of Wales and on movies like A Clockwork Orange. Far from being celebrity endorsements, the experts have a 'hands-on' role with Tesco to making sure we have the best on offer.
But I digress. Their range of food and wine is second to none for price and availability and, having sampled them all, for taste. At the lunch I spotted Ernie Whalley, editor of Food and Wine magazine, Freda Molamphy of Tesco, fashionista Bairbre Power, writer Myles McWeeney and publicist Mary Crotty, who is busy preparing for the IPRN conference which, as chairperson, she is hosting in Dublin this month.
So it's food: check; wine: check; BBQ: check; sunshine .....eh....
