With temperatures for the week ahead set to tip the early-to-mid 20s, it's Sunday all over again, which means another helping of Food In 5 Minutes.

This week shines a light on...

• SafeFood's Talk About Food report
• Food Vision 2030 - Annual report 2023
• Food Vision 2023 - Annual report 2022
• Food Vision 2023 breakdown
• Opportunity to acquire a portfolio of KFC restaurants in Ireland
• Crunch time looms for smokey bacon crisps as EU bans potential cancerous flavouring
• EFSA: Smoke flavourings
• Member States endorse withdrawal of smoke flavourings from EU market
• Lab-grown burgers and cricket salads 'could be meal staples' by 2054
• More talk about lab-grown burgers and cricket salads

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The elections are done and dusted, I've got a few days off, a hearty breakfast and a fresh cup of coffee.

This week's story highlights include...

• Birdhill Coffee Festival
• FSAI enforcement orders for May 2024
• Full list of winners: 2024 National Dairy Awards
• EY Future Consumer Index
• Theatre of Food: Grub Circus at this year's All Together Now

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On this week's podcast, I'll take a look at

• A new survey detailing the impact of the VAT rate hike on Irish food-led businesses
• The launch of the Co-Centre for Sustainable Food Systems
• How free app TooGoodToGo has helped rescue over 1m bags and boxes of food from waste
• The judging of this year's Great Taste Awards, held this past week in Tipperary and
• How scientists and chocolatiers are joining forces to help find a more sustainable approach to making chocolate

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On this week's podcast you can

• Learn about the finals of the 2024 Irish Restaurant Awards
• Check out some of the lineup on the food side of this year's Kaleidoscope Festiavl
• Discover a new exhibition rooted in an 18th century kitchen in Roscommon
• Review new research from Safefood highlighting food safety concerns about smart device usage in the kitchen and
• See who's been picked for this year's Grow with ALDI campaign as products hit shelves this week.

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For Sunday 19 May, 2024, here's what you'll find on this edition of Food In 5 Minutes...

• A look at the Yes Chef annual awards for 2024, held in Dundalk earlier this week
• A look ahead to this year's All-Ireland final of the Irish Restaurant Awards, due to take place in Dublin this Monday
• Some new additions to Taste Of Dublin, setting up shop in a new location next month
• A new whiskey from Michael Flatley, our very own Lord of the Dance
• More funding for food waste production initiatives as the FoodCloud Growers Project gets a financial injection from the State

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With the bank holiday firmly in the rearview mirror, this weekend I'm hopping between restaurants and gigs as a birthday (not mine) brings with it a Michelin-star night out while Bruce Springsteen picked Sunday to turn up in Kilkenny and play a few songs - how bad.

This week's headlines include a look at

• The full lineup for this year's Bord Bia Bloom over the June bank holiday weekend
• Drive-thru sausage rolls becoming a thing in Northern Ireland
• The highest enforcement orders from the FSAI for 2024 to date last month (and here)
• The lineup reveal for Beyond The Plate at this year's Beyond The Pale festival
• How a drought in Mexico is leading to a Sriracha shortage in the US

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As the May Bank Holiday weekend lands in Ireland, I've got two festivals on my door step with the inaugural FoodieFest taking place in Mountain View while the Kilkenny Roots Festival is in full swing.

I'll blame the former for the extra few hours in the bed this morning before the podcast release, but as always on a Sunday, I've got five more stories from the food world for you to digest and read up on while you sink your morning coffee.

Check the links below for stories mentioned in this week's episode.

• Healthy Carlow on Facebook
• Millions of euros unclaimed from Deposit Return Scheme
• Official release via gov.ie as outdoor table fees waived for 2024
• US fast food chains may have to amp up promotions as more people eat at home
• ‘Unethical’ junk food packaging manipulates children into craving sweets, report claims
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• 5 Cinco de Mayo recipes to try this week

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For Sunday April 27th 2024, you’re listening to Food In Five Minutes, the part of the Ken On Food podcast that brings you five food stories from Ireland and beyond each Sunday, all drawn from the past week.

It’s been another busy week on the food front and another busy week in general as all of a sudden we’re hitting the end of April, gearing up for the May Bank Holiday weekend, Foodie Fest hitting Kilkenny (more on that in the podcast). As always, if you’ve got a story to share, email me at any stage, it’s ken@kenonfood.com or give me a shout anywhere you find @kenonfood on socials.

• Foodiefest.ie
• Agri Aware's Healthy Eating Week
• Incredible Edibles
• Repak.ie: Don't waste earth day
• GLAS @ TU Dublin anniversary celebrations
• West Clare town bucking the national trend of restaurant closures

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