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<h1>HASTINGS HOTELS CELEBRATES ULSTER FRY-DAY WITH LOCAL FOOD SUPPLIERS </h1>
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<p>NORTHERN Ireland’s leading
collection of hotels celebrated <em>Ulster
Fry-Day</em> today by treating its local food suppliers and a host of tourism
industry representatives to breakfast and a cookery demonstration by leading
chef Paula McIntyre at the Europa Hotel.</p><p>The event was part of Hastings
Hotels’ festivities in support of Northern Ireland’s Year of Food & Drink 2016
and the hotel group wanted to celebrate the local producers it works with to
provide the breakfasts in its six hotels and showcase the produce to
representatives from the tourism industry and local media. </p><p>At the event, Paula McIntrye was
joined by the Europa’s Executive Head Chef Adrian McDaid to treat the guests to
a demonstration of some of her own breakfast recipes including Armagh Apple
Potato Cakes and Fruit Slims on the Griddle before everyone tucked in to an
Ulster Fry made completely with local produce by the fabulous team of chefs at
the Europa Hotel. </p><p>Howard Hastings, Managing
Director of Hastings Hotels said: “Every year we serve over 250,000 breakfasts
made from the very best of local produce to ensure all our guests can enjoy a
true taste of Northern Ireland. Breakfast is regarded as the most important
meal of the day and at Hastings Hotels this is something we wholeheartedly agree
with.</p><p>“As part of 2016 being Northern
Ireland’s Year of Food and drink, January has been all about the breakfast so and
it is great to see that one of Northern Ireland’s favourite breakfast’s is
bring celebrated with the inaugural <em>Ulster
Fry-Day. </em>We couldn’t think of a better way to mark the occasion than by
celebrating with the local producers we work with to create the very best
breakfasts for our guests every day of the year. </p><p>“We have developed a fantastic
relationship with our local suppliers over the years and aim to showcase them
at every occasion as we really believe in their produce, in fact we have even
created the ‘Who Made My Breakfast’ booklet that is on the restaurant tables in
all of our hotels so that guests can read our suppliers’ stories to find out
more about the food they are eating,” Howard continued. </p><p>In attendance at today’s event
were representatives from Hannans Meats from Moira, suppliers of award-winning
Moyallan bacon; Carnbrooke Meats from Dromara, suppliers of Apple & Pork
Sausages; Clements Free Range Eggs from Newtownards; Get Fresh Tomatoes from
Drumbeg; Irwin’s Bakery from Portadown; Thompson’s Family Tea from Belfast;
Farmview Dairies from Castlereagh and
McCanns’ Armagh Apple Juice. </p><p>“We were also delighted to host a
group of visiting chefs from Yorkshire, including Simon Wood the winner of
MasterChef 2015, who are guests of Tourism Northern Ireland. They are in
Northern Ireland to find out more about our wonderful food offering and it was
a great opportunity for us to showcase some of the local produce we use in our
breakfasts and introduce the chefs to the fantastic local suppliers we are
lucky to work with,” Howard concluded. </p>
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