Feast In The Forest Sunday 3rd of March 2013
Details of the festival programme can be found on www.waterfordfestivaloffood.com
Labels: In The Media, News
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Details of the festival programme can be found on www.waterfordfestivaloffood.com
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Wonderwomen of Business Award-Winners Announced
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| Denis McCarthy - Waterford County Manager, Eunice Power - Businesswoman of the Year, Mags Durand O'Connor - Dungarvan Enterprise Centre |
The WEN Wonderwomen of Business Awards took place on Friday 15th June at Lismore House Hotel. Guest speaker, Lauren Fisher of Simply Zesty flew in from London to join the local businesswomen in their celebrations. Having started her business from her bedroom, Lauren successfully grew the company and sold it to UTV for £2million. As part of the deal, she still works for the company and is currently growing the UK branch.
"Anything is possible," says Lauren, "you just need to put the time into building your dreams. There's always an extra hour in the day that you can use, whether that means getting up an hour earlier or staying at it an hour longer in the evening, if you want success you'll find the time."
County Manager and Chair of Waterford County Enterprise Board, Denis McCarthy, congratulated all the finalists and highlighted the importance of female entrepreneurship to the achievement of the county's economic plan. Anike Tyrell, CEO of Waterford County Enterprise Board, who sponsored the top prize of €2500 worth of social media from Simply Zesty spoke about the impact of social media and about the female contribution to social media. This was the first time these awards have taken place in Co. Waterford and the standard of entries was extremely high.
The wonderwomen of business award winners were: Businesswoman of the Year, Eunice Power; Outstanding Professional Service, Tracy Quinlan; Outstanding Employee, Jenny Beresford; Outstanding Personal Service, Olivere Lannen; Excellence in the Arts, Miranda Corcoran; New Business, Breda Mackle; Tourism and Leisure, Imelda Walsh; Food, Audrea Hassett and Online, Emma Penruddock.
Dungarvan Enterprise Centre was proud to be involved in the Waterford WEN and also host the WEN meetings once per month. It is a free network open to all women in business. The network offers skills development, guest speakers, networking and referrals. We look forward to starting meetings again in September. More details about the network can be found on www.facebook.com/waterfordwen .
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Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Waterford Festival Of Food
We have had a busy spring at Powersfield House. Our rooms have been refreshed and refurbished, ready for the busy year ahead. Room reservations can be made via our website www.powersfield.com.
Our Waterford festival of food takes place on the 12, 13, 14 & 15th of April. We have an exciting line up of fabulous foodie events. Myself and two Dungarvan girls, Niamh Shields - AKA Eat like a girl, and Claire Dalton from Dungarvan Brewing Company have a pop up restaurant planned for Saturday the 14th of April at the Council offices in Dungarvan.
All festival details are available on www.waterfordfestivaloffood.com
Hope to see you in Dungarvan during the year.
Labels: News
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Powersfield House Award Winner B&B Of The Year 2012
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| Evie Flynn (on behalf of Powersfield House) accepts The B&B Of The Year 2012 Award from Georgina Campbell |
"What makes a great B&B? The best are lovely, friendly places to stay, with comfort, good food and interested hosts who anticipate their guests' needs yet give them space - and who enjoy nothing better than helping their guests to explore the surrounding area. If that area is West Waterford then you’re in for a treat, both in the area itself - which remains one of Ireland’s most unspoilt gems - and for the pleasure of staying at Edmund and Eunice Power's fine Powersfield House on the edge of Dungarvan, which has all the attributes listed above, and then some."
Powersfield House also won the Best Breakfast Award in the Bed & Breakfast Category.
Labels: In The Media, News
Friday, June 3, 2011
Eunice Cooks At Lismore Music Festival
Website: www.lismoremusicfestival.com
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Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Eunice Featured In The Irish Times
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Irish Times Magazine
1st May 2011
Eunice Power, one of the driving forces behind the Waterford Food Festival, appeared to have a clone over the weekend, as she kept popping up all over the place - giving a baking course at the Tannery Cookery School, looking after guests at her Powersfield House B&B, and cooking up a giant paella for customers at the farmers' market.
Power, who also runs a catering business, was one of many customers at the market stocking up on Triskel fresh goats' cheese made by Anna Lévêque in Portlaw. Lévêque, who was named "2010 artisan of the year" by the Bridgestone Guides, had been having difficulty keeping up with demand for her cheese, but she now has more milk to work with, and is supplying Sheridan's Cheeesemongers. Which is good news, as it's the perfect cheese to use in Eunice Power's goats' cheese and apple dressing.
"At this time of the year, the addition of a few wild garlic leaves (two or three) to the dressing gives it a wilder flavour and a pretty green colour. The dressing is beautiful with purple sprouting broccoli, asparagus or as a dressing on a Baby Gem or Cos salad with spinach leaves and thin slices of Granny Smith apple. I use Crinnaghtaun brambly apple juice when making this, as it has a unique, bitter-sweet flavour, and it's local," she says.
Eunice Power's goats' cheese and apple dressing100g mild creamy goats' cheese
86ml apple juice
1 garlic clove chopped (or a few wild garlic leaves)
Maldon sea salt and pepper
Place the goats' cheese, apple juice and garlic into a blender and whizz until combined. Season to taste, and chill until needed.
Labels: In The Media, News
Monday, March 14, 2011
My Hens
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| Eunice With 1/4 Of Her Flock |
We are now eating eggs every day, boiled in the morning and omelettes, pancakes and frittatas for tea. Love giving eggs to my mum on a bed of straw. Feel I have arrived as a farmerette! Thank you dear little hens, I hope we have a long meaningful relationship!
E xxx cluck cluck
Labels: News
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Eunice Power Featured In Sunday Business Post
The Lasting Power Of Catering Success
Sunday Business Post
30 January 2011
Tina-Marie O'Neill
Ten years in business is a milestone for any enterprise, not least a small catering business operating in a highly competitive market during the worst economic downturn in living memory.
Yet, none of this seems to faze Eunice Power, who not only is an award-winning chef, caterer and cookery book author and tutor, but also one of the co-founders and director of the annual Waterford Food Festival.
She also works on an ad hoc basis with Tourism Ireland, and often travels overseas to prepare meals using Irish produce for foreign ambassadors and trade ministers.
Power opened her guesthouse and cookery school business at Powerfield House outside her native Dungarvan in 2001, after working in contract catering and the hospitality sector in Ireland, Britain and Switzerland.
She also began supplying her local specialist greengrocer, the Country Store, with homemade breads, cakes, jams, chutneys, ready-meals, soups and other seasonal produce.
'The business evolved over time when, about five or six years ago, I was approached by clients looking for outside quality catering,' she said.
'That is both a mix of formal and informal dining, to a high standard - not the kind that requires disposable plates and cutlery.
'It extends to corporate functions, conferences, weddings and other offsite events and can be both outdoor and indoor - so [can be hosted in] marquees, private estates and houses, castles or even a hay shed,' said Power.
Her client list includes Irish Rail, Dublin City Council, Pfizer, the Royal College of Surgeons, Waterford County Council and Tourism Ireland.
A recent increase in demand for onsite catering - preparing food at the client's chosen venue and cutting out room rental costs - from the corporate and wedding sector led Power to rebrand and relaunch her website, and reposition herself in the market and build the business further.
'Catering is considered a lucrative business, but it's hard to make money on good quality, wholesome food in Ireland,' she said.
'A lot of catering firms are closing, so you have to simultaneously keep your business small but be able to scale up for any occasion.
'A dinner party for 20 people is easily doable. A sit-down dinner for 1,000 is in a different league.
'I have a good organisational background from working in hotel management in Shannon. Catering is demanding and requires stamina and an ability to work under pressure. 'You also have to build up a good reputation for your business. If you use local suppliers, they will look after you.
'You have to have a strong core team and invest in training them. And you also need to pay people and get paid on time.
'I haven't had a chance to think about celebrating a decade in business,' Power said. 'But I will organise something for it. I can't let it pass without marking the occasion,' she said.
Sunday Business Post
30 January 2011
Tina-Marie O'Neill
Ten years in business is a milestone for any enterprise, not least a small catering business operating in a highly competitive market during the worst economic downturn in living memory.
Yet, none of this seems to faze Eunice Power, who not only is an award-winning chef, caterer and cookery book author and tutor, but also one of the co-founders and director of the annual Waterford Food Festival.
She also works on an ad hoc basis with Tourism Ireland, and often travels overseas to prepare meals using Irish produce for foreign ambassadors and trade ministers.
Power opened her guesthouse and cookery school business at Powerfield House outside her native Dungarvan in 2001, after working in contract catering and the hospitality sector in Ireland, Britain and Switzerland.
She also began supplying her local specialist greengrocer, the Country Store, with homemade breads, cakes, jams, chutneys, ready-meals, soups and other seasonal produce.
'The business evolved over time when, about five or six years ago, I was approached by clients looking for outside quality catering,' she said.
'That is both a mix of formal and informal dining, to a high standard - not the kind that requires disposable plates and cutlery.
'It extends to corporate functions, conferences, weddings and other offsite events and can be both outdoor and indoor - so [can be hosted in] marquees, private estates and houses, castles or even a hay shed,' said Power.
Her client list includes Irish Rail, Dublin City Council, Pfizer, the Royal College of Surgeons, Waterford County Council and Tourism Ireland.
A recent increase in demand for onsite catering - preparing food at the client's chosen venue and cutting out room rental costs - from the corporate and wedding sector led Power to rebrand and relaunch her website, and reposition herself in the market and build the business further.
'Catering is considered a lucrative business, but it's hard to make money on good quality, wholesome food in Ireland,' she said.
'A lot of catering firms are closing, so you have to simultaneously keep your business small but be able to scale up for any occasion.
'A dinner party for 20 people is easily doable. A sit-down dinner for 1,000 is in a different league.
'I have a good organisational background from working in hotel management in Shannon. Catering is demanding and requires stamina and an ability to work under pressure. 'You also have to build up a good reputation for your business. If you use local suppliers, they will look after you.
'You have to have a strong core team and invest in training them. And you also need to pay people and get paid on time.
'I haven't had a chance to think about celebrating a decade in business,' Power said. 'But I will organise something for it. I can't let it pass without marking the occasion,' she said.
Labels: In The Media, News
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Eunice Power Outside Catering Wins Best Small Business Award
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| Eunice Power Accepting The Best Small Business Award in the FBD & Chamber Business Awards! |
Labels: News
Thursday, November 4, 2010
See Eunice At The BBC Good Food Show
Our Catering Company Is Shortlisted For An Award
Eunice Power Catering is one of three companies short listed for the FBD 2010 awards. Winners will be announced on the 19th of November.
See Eunice At The BBC Good Food Show
Come and visit Eunice at the Failte Ireland Stand at the BBC Good Food Show in Birmingham from the 24-28 of November 2010
Cookery Demonstration In Tallow
Eunice will be giving a Christmas Cookery demonstration in Tallow Community Centre on Thursday the 2nd of December - all are welcome tickets are €10.00, in aid of a local charity.
Eunice Power Catering is one of three companies short listed for the FBD 2010 awards. Winners will be announced on the 19th of November.
See Eunice At The BBC Good Food Show
Come and visit Eunice at the Failte Ireland Stand at the BBC Good Food Show in Birmingham from the 24-28 of November 2010
Cookery Demonstration In Tallow
Eunice will be giving a Christmas Cookery demonstration in Tallow Community Centre on Thursday the 2nd of December - all are welcome tickets are €10.00, in aid of a local charity.
Labels: Cookery Demonstration, News
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
New Website For Eunice Power Outside Catering
John McKenna of the Bridgestone Guide, among Ireland's most respected food experts, last week labelled Eunice Power as "One of the archetypal female food dynamos," and advised that "Whatever your catering requirements Eunice should be your first port of call." This was in response to the launch of Eunice Power's wonderful new website www.eunicepower.com.
Eunice has, over the last ten years, established herself as one of the foremost caterers in the country. She and her wonderful team have provided delectable food and outstanding service for every size and type of event, from intimate family gatherings to public openings of in excess of 2,000 people. However Eunice has never rested on her impressive laurels and in the last few months, working in conjunction with Dungarvan based, award-winning Totem Visual Communications and Deise Design, she has re-branded her business and her original website has been replaced with a crisp and sparkling new look. These efforts have all combined to reflect the freshness and energy which have become synonymous with Eunice Power's cooking. The site features beautiful photography, delicious recipes, details of types and styles of catering for all events, including wedding catering, and a quick financial quotation service.
Officially launched last week www.eunicepower.com has received a wonderful response.
"I am utterly thrilled with the vibrancy of the new brand and the website has been receiving some great comments since it went live. Now everyone can get a real flavour of what we have to offer, by browsing our photo gallery, some of our sample menus and client testimonials," says Eunice.
The site also has details of upcoming cookery demonstrations as well as local and national events.
Eunice has, over the last ten years, established herself as one of the foremost caterers in the country. She and her wonderful team have provided delectable food and outstanding service for every size and type of event, from intimate family gatherings to public openings of in excess of 2,000 people. However Eunice has never rested on her impressive laurels and in the last few months, working in conjunction with Dungarvan based, award-winning Totem Visual Communications and Deise Design, she has re-branded her business and her original website has been replaced with a crisp and sparkling new look. These efforts have all combined to reflect the freshness and energy which have become synonymous with Eunice Power's cooking. The site features beautiful photography, delicious recipes, details of types and styles of catering for all events, including wedding catering, and a quick financial quotation service.
Officially launched last week www.eunicepower.com has received a wonderful response.
"I am utterly thrilled with the vibrancy of the new brand and the website has been receiving some great comments since it went live. Now everyone can get a real flavour of what we have to offer, by browsing our photo gallery, some of our sample menus and client testimonials," says Eunice.
The site also has details of upcoming cookery demonstrations as well as local and national events.
Labels: News
