{"id":15922,"date":"2018-03-07T10:11:09","date_gmt":"2018-03-07T09:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=15922"},"modified":"2018-03-07T10:11:09","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T09:11:09","slug":"hastings-hotels-support-local-suppliers-with-launch-of-new-breakfast-booklet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2018\/03\/hastings-hotels-support-local-suppliers-with-launch-of-new-breakfast-booklet\/","title":{"rendered":"HASTINGS HOTELS SUPPORT LOCAL SUPPLIERS WITH LAUNCH OF NEW BREAKFAST BOOKLET"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>HASTINGS Hotels has launched its new\u00a0<em>Who Made My Breakfast?<\/em>\u00a0booklet which celebrates the dedication and passion of the group\u2019s\u00a0suppliers from across Northern Ireland and the local produce used in what is said to be the most important meal of the day.<\/h1>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15923\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15923\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-15923\" src=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/press1-5-1024x687.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"268\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15923\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WHO MADE MY BREAKFAST?&#8230;Howard Hastings of Hastings Hotels was joined by Michele Shirlow from Food NI, John McGrillen from Tourism NI and some of the Hastings\u00d5 local producers at a Food NI event in the Culloden Estate &amp; Spa to launch the new Who Made My Breakfast? booklet. Hastings Hotels launched the new booklet to celebrate the dedication and passion of the group\u00d5s suppliers from across Northern Ireland and the local produce used in what is said to be the most important meal of the day.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The new<em>\u00a0<\/em>booklet was launched at a recent Food NI event in the Culloden Estate &amp; Spa with members, local suppliers and representatives from Tourism NI in attendance.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the launch, the leading hotel collection has announced two new breakfast suppliers \u2013 Grand Caf\u00e9 Coffee from UCC, roasted in County Antrim and Grant\u2019s Dry Cured Bacon from Derry-Londonderry.<\/p>\n<p>Also showcased in the booklet are the stories behind Hastings long-standing breakfast suppliers including black and white pudding from Gracehill Fine Foods in County Antrim, mushrooms from Malachy McKenna in Dungannon, Waggle Dance Honey from Portadown, Clandeboye Estate Yoghurt from Bangor and Just Live a Little granola and muesli from Portaferry.<\/p>\n<p>Howard Hastings, Managing Director of Hastings Hotels said: \u201cIt is no secret that we at Hastings Hotels are extremely passionate about food provenance and our fabulous local suppliers. We make no apologies for only working with the very best of Northern Ireland\u2019s food producers who continue to enable us to offer guests wonderful, seasonal menus in each of our six hotels.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe\u00a0<em>Who Made My Breakfast?\u00a0<\/em>booklet is our little book of stories introducing our local suppliers and the delightful produce that helps us serve up the finest breakfasts every day. It allows guests to see the photos of the people responsible for the produce they are eating and find out more about where it comes from including McCann\u2019s Apple Juice and White\u2019s Oats from Co Armagh, Bushmills Whiskey which is served with the porridge, milk from Farmview Dairies and Thompson\u2019s Tea from Belfast, Carnbrooke Meats from Dromara who produce Honeybee Sausages, Clements Eggs from County Down and Get Fresh Tomatoes from Bob Colhoun in Drumbeg,\u201d Howard continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFood is a hugely important part of the visitor experience and at Hastings Hotels we are exceptionally proud of our local suppliers who help us create great menus. We hope the new\u00a0<em>Who Made my Breakfast?\u00a0<\/em>booklet will help increase the business of our local suppliers, who I think are amongst the best in the world,\u201d Howard concluded.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HASTINGS Hotels has launched its new\u00a0Who Made My Breakfast?\u00a0booklet which celebrates the dedication and passion of the group\u2019s\u00a0suppliers from across Northern Ireland and the local produce used in what is said to be the most important meal of the day. The new\u00a0booklet was launched at a recent Food NI event in the Culloden Estate &amp; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2018\/03\/hastings-hotels-support-local-suppliers-with-launch-of-new-breakfast-booklet\/\">Continued<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15922"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15922"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15922\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15924,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15922\/revisions\/15924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}