Lakeland Dairies’ survey discovers chefs’ favourite Irish food
The survey found chefs’ favourite Irish food is colcannon (25%), a popular side dish created with a creamy mixture of buttery mash and greens. The second and third most popular foods were Irish coffee cheesecake (20%) and Dublin Bay prawns (17%).
Two fifths (40%) of the chefs surveyed said they were planning to make a special dinner to celebrate St Patrick’s Day on 17 March 2021.
Paul Chmielewski, head of marketing and international at Lakeland Dairies, said: “Celebrate Green during the month of March is a fantastic opportunity to embrace our Irish heritage and dairy farming excellence.
“St Patricks Day is such a popular event throughout the globe, when many households will be creating some of their favourite Irish dishes and food. We were delighted to see Colcannon come out on top!
“Lakeland Dairies creates professional dairy products for chefs including a range of creams which have been carefully crafted and treated to have great taste, and to provide a longer life for added convenience in busy kitchens.”
The survey also found that 97% of chefs said it is important (35%) or extremely important (62%) to them that their dairy products come from farms where cows can graze freely on green grass.
The chefs’ top ten favourite Irish foods
- Colcannon
- Irish coffee cheesecake
- Dublin Bay prawns
- Irish scone and jam
- Boxty pancakes
- Dublin coddle and chump
- Chocolate & stout cake
- Seafood chowder
- Irish stew
- Irish porter cheese