Beár Bia Podcast

Sliabh Liag Distillers & Knockcranny House Hotel

Ballina Whiskey & Belleek Castle

For their first outing of 2026, Dee Laffan & Oisín Davis hit the road for county Mayo to record two episodes. The first of which features two local dishes from the team at Belleek Castle and each one was cooked and paire

Christmas Special: A Fireside Chat in The Shelbourne, Dublin

For their final episode of 2025, Dee Laffan & Oisín Davis of the Beár Bia travelling podcast wanted to celebrate Irish festive hospitality at its absolute finest - so they took a trip into town and hit up, The Shelbourne

Five Farms Irish Cream Liqueur

Beár Bia Podcast Hits West Cork With the Yuletide season now in full swing, this is the time of year in Ireland when we like to indulge a little. A mid-morning mince pie, a cheeky Christmas sambo or maybe even a wee drop

Hawk's Rock Distillery & White Hag Brewery

For the latest episode of the Beár Bia podcast, we hit the road for Sligo City to spend some quality time in the company of a master whiskey blender, a legendary brewer, a local oyster producer and a publican par excelle

LIVE at The Shed Distillery, Drumshanbo

On Thursday, October 16th, the Beár Bia podcast hosted its first live and ticketed recording event. It took place at The Shed Distillery in Drumshanbo, down in County Leitrim. It was a celebration of the modern, iconic I

Dingle Distillery

BEÁR BIA HITS KERRY WITH THE DINGLE DISTILLERY AND SOME LOCAL PRODUCERS There are very few towns on the island of Ireland with such a high concentration of premium food producers and world renowned pubs, as Dingle in cou

Hospitality Heroes: McNally Family Farm

There are many individuals across the island of Ireland who are game changers in how they passionately engage within the restaurant and bar industry. On the Beár Bia podcast, we like to call them "Hospitality Heroes" and

Stonewell Irish Cider

It took them long enough, but Dee Laffan and Oisin Davis of the Beár Bia travelling podcast finally made it to Cork! And not only did they get to hang out with one of their favourite drinks producers - the wonderful Dani

Bord Bia Bloom 2025 - Part 2

It's one of Ireland's largest gatherings of top tier Irish food & drink producers, so it's always great to be down at Bord Bia Bloom in the Phoenix Park. This year, the Bloom team there engaged with Irishbeer.ie and Beár

Bord Bia Bloom 2025

Kickstarting things off for 2025, the first two episodes of this new season will highlight beer and food producers who are exhibiting at one of Ireland's largest festivals, Bord Bia Bloom at Phoenix Park. With a little h

Ep. 12 Christmas & NY Special with Sian Conway and Garron Noone (Part 02)

When we saw that our final two episodes would land in late December, we knew we had to go festive! So we called upon a few friends to see if they could share their favourite Irish Christmas and Irish New Year's Day meals

Ep. 11 Christmas & NY Special with Garron Noone and Sian Conway (Part 01)

Our first season of Beár Bia has been one hell of an adventure. We have recorded in 12 different locations across 6 counties. Along the way, we have showcased 24 different Irish food producers, 22 Irish drinks producers

Ep 10. Kildare

The county of Kildare is renowned the world over for its thriving equine industry but more recently, its food & drink producers have taken a bigger share of the spotlight. At the invitation of Kildare Local Enterprise Of

Ep. 09 The Smithwicks Experience

The wonderful Smithwick's is one of Ireland's most iconic brands. It is deeply connected to its hometown of Kilkenny and is particularly well celebrated by the local hospitality community there. Kilkenny also boasts a hi

Ep. 08 Ards Peninsula and North Down

It's just a couple of hours from Dublin and boasts spectacular coastlines, amazing heritage sites and some rather brilliant food & drink producers. We're talking about north county Down and the Ards peninsula, a culinary

Ep 07. Tipperary Food Producers

Tipperary might well be renowned the world over for its majestic castles and monuments, but here at Beár Bia HQ - the most important thing you need to know about it, is that it's Dee's home county! So it was obviously ju

Ep. 06 COPPINGER - Marc Bereen & Dan Hannigan

Up and down the 32 counties, there are vast amounts of bar, restaurant and hotel owners whose great work in celebrating the entire Irish culinary landscape needs to be showcased. They are Irish Hospitality Heroes and for

Ep 05. Seaneen Sullivan, L. Mulligan Grocer

Showcasing hospitality heroes within the Irish food & drink scene was something that we always wanted to do on the Beár Bia podcast. All around the 32 counties, there are huge amounts of bar, restaurant and hotel owners

Ep 04. Roe & Co Summer Garden Series

For episode four, we are taking a trip to Dublin's Liberties and making our way to Roe & Co Irish Whiskey Distillery. Their 2024 Summer Garden Series is in full swing. Now in its fifth year, it sees the front outdoor spa