Our executive Chef Darina Brennan not only works with large suppliers but many small independent suppliers to source a range of excellent Irish ingredients. Working with these local suppliers is something Maldron Hotels prides itself on. With a selection of fish, meat, fruit and vegetable, cheese and dairy suppliers in each province, this enables us to ensure the freshest of produce reaches your table. Darina works with her team of chefs’ to ensure all hotels, whether in Cork, Galway, Belfast, Dublin or the UK, that all chefs create menus using fresh and locally produced ingredients. You can read about some of the amazing suppliers we work with throughout Ireland below.
Our Suppliers
Our Beef Supplier
We work with Heaney Meats Catering Ltd on a range of Irish Angus Steak products. Our most successful project to date is the exclusive supply contract for our Irish Angus Steak Burger which is made from a combination of lean chuck steak mixed with rib cap with its natural fat and nothing else but seasoning to produce the Signature Irish Steak Burger
Kish Fish
Kish Fish is a family run business which was established in Dublin in 1966. As a progressive seafood supplier, we are delighted to be in partnership with the Dalata Group for past 4 years. At Kish Fish, our primary aim is to supply the highest quality seafood at competitive prices. They with an extensive list of trusted partners who supply the best quality fish and shellfish from around Ireland’s coastline and beyond.
Kish Fish operate from a state-of-the-art premise in Dublin and are approved by the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority. In addition, they are certified as a BRC processing facility and are committed to responsible sourcing and sustainability. Kish Fish are excited to launch their organic smoked salmon and have spared no effort to ensure that their smokehouse in Howth, the heart of fishing in Ireland, delivers our customers with the finest, freshest quality Irish organic smoked salmon.
Paddy O’s
Have you had our vitality breakfast yet? Be sure to taste our delicious Paddy Oats Granola & porridge. Specifically chosen for our hotels by Darina our head chef Paddy O’s is a fantastic Irish success story.
Working with Dalata Hotel Group for the past three years, they are our sole supplier of porridge oat flakes; with all oats being sourced from local farmers and milled in Portlaoise, Co Laois. Try it with fresh fruit salad, delicious yoghurt and berry compote or have a bowl of hot porridge with seeds and honey to set you up for the day.
G’s Gourmet Jam
A truly dynamic family run business set up as an alternative farm enterprise situated near the heritage town of Abbeyleix, Co Laois. Twenty years ago, Helen Gee’s passion for food saw an opening to bring her family recipes back to life, and from her kitchen she started to build a brand that came from the heart. G’s Gourmet Jams are made with only the highest quality and all-natural ingredients to ensure her time-honoured recipes taste just like “Granny used to make”.
Cooleeney Farm Cheese
At Cooleeney Farm the fourth generation of the Maher family work the land. Their pedigree Friesian dairy herd is the main enterprise and animal husbandry and breeding receive Jim and Pat’s careful attention. The first recorded award for quality milk is noted in 1905 records. The farm continues to receive national and international awards for cheeses.
Quality is the keynote at Cooleeney. The cows are kept in a clean healthy environment. They enjoy the best of green pastures and carefully selected feed to ensure milk of the highest possible quality for the production of artisan cheeses. The Friesian dairy herd is a closed herd and all replacement animals are bred on the farm. This practice helps to reduce the risk of disease in the herd.
Coolhull Farm
Coolhull Farm is a family-owned Irish company. Founded in 1990 by Tomas Murphy who began making ice cream using a classic Italian recipe on his dairy farm, Coolhull Farm, in Wexford under the Paganini brand.
Today the company still specialises in dairy and makes a full range of premium ice cream and desserts using the raw milk from Coolhull Farm.
Cocktails & Spirits
We stock a range of regionally produced Spirits Including
- Jawbox Gin – Belfast
- Blackwater Gin – Co Cork
- H’apenny Gin – Dublin
- Glendalough Gin – South East
- Chinnery Gin – West Dublin
- Brennans Botanicals Irish Gin – Laois
- Micil Gin – Co Galway
Beers
We work with Small Craft Breweries across Ireland producing excellent beers for our restaurants
They include:
- 12 Acers Brewing in Laois
- Galway Craft Beers Ltd in the West
- Bru Brewery in the Boyne Valley
- Priory Brewing in Tallaght
- Rising Sons Brewery in Cork City