P: Cork Oyster & Seafood Festival

array( '1.head' => 'Cork Oyster & Seafood Festival', '2.body' => array( '1.footer' => array( '1.div' => 'Tel: +353 21 454 9800', '2.div' => array( '1.p' => 'Cork Oyster Festival,', '2.p' => 'The Metropole Hotel,', '3.p' => 'MacCurtain Street,', '4.p' => 'Cork City', ), '3.div' => 2017 by Cork Oyster Festival. Proudly created with', ), '2.main' => array( '1.section' => array( '1.div' => 'Murphy\'s Cork Oyster & Seafood Festival', '2.div' => 'The Metropole Hotel, Cork', '3.div' => '21-23 September 2018', ), '2.section' => array( '1.div' => 'About Cork Oyster Festival', '2.div' => 'Festival Sponsor', ), '3.section' => array( '1.div' => 'About Cork Oyster & Seafood Festival', '2.div' => array( '1.p' => 'The Cork Oyster & Seafood Festival 2018 will take place in The Metropole Hotel from Friday 21st September until Sunday 23rd September.', '2.p' => '​', '3.p' => 'Title sponsors Murphy’s Irish Stout produced in Cork City and Trigon Hotels will bring you a weekend festival of celebration of seafood, culture and music. The wonderful team from Harty\'s Oysters in Waterford will be at a variety of the events over the weekend.', '4.p' => '​', '5.p' => 'Events include live music with The Cork City Samba Band, The Loungeman, King K, Vienna Sings and more. The infamous Cork Gourmet Trail is returning and will feature some of Cork\'s best restaurants. The inaugural Cork Seafood & Oyster Festival All Ireland Oyster Shucking Competition featuring the Guinness book of records fastest Oyster shucker, Paddy the Shucker, The Lazy Chef Simon Lamont, three-time world champion Anti Lpik, and many more all MC\'ed by Derry Clarke of L’Ecrivain. ', '6.p' => '​', '7.p' => 'If you\'re not an Oyster lover, it\'ll still be a wonderfully exciting weekend that you won\'t want to miss.', '8.p' => '​', ), '3.div' => array( '1.p' => 'Photographs', '2.p' => '​', '3.p' => 'All sound and moving or still picture rights including, without limitation, on the Internet, vest exclusively with the Organisers and any material filmed or recorded at the Event may only be used for the personal, non-profit making enjoyment of amateurs. By entering the venue, Ticket Holders consent to being photographed, filmed or recorded as visitors attending the Event, and consent to the image or recording of them being used in future marketing material for the Event, or their sponsors.', ), ), '4.section' => 'Participating Venues', '5.div' => array( '1.div' => array( '1.div' => array( '1.h6' => 'Amicus', '2.span' => 'Amicus Cork Oyster festival', ), '2.div' => 'Cornstore', '3.div' => array( '1.h6' => 'Arthur Maynes', '2.span' => 'Arthur Maynes Cork Oyster Festival', ), '4.div' => array( '1.h6' => 'The Imperial Hotel', '2.span' => 'The Imperial Hotel, Cork Oyster Festival', ), '5.div' => array( '1.h6' => 'Jacques Restaurant', '2.span' => 'Jacques Restaurant Cork Oyster Food Trail', ), '6.div' => array( '1.h6' => 'The Old Town Whiskey Bar', '2.span' => 'at the Bodega', ), '7.div' => array( '1.h6' => 'The Oyster Tavern', '2.span' => 'The Oyster Tavern Cork Oyster Festival', ), ), '2.div' => 'Show More', ), '6.section' => array( '1.h2' => 'Schedule of Events', '2.h2' => '2018', ), '7.div' => array( '1.h4' => 'Friday 21st September – Cork Culture night', '2.p' => 'Opening Evening – so what’s happening', '3.ul' => array( '1.li' => 'Flaming Oyster Stand selling oysters outside the front door with Simon Lamont ‘The Lazy Chef’ from TV3 and Wrights of London cooking oysters as you have never seen before from 6pm – 8pm', '2.li' => 'Cork City Samba Band playing on MacCurtain Street from 6 - 7pm', '3.li' => 'Vienna Sings (4 Piece Opera Group) in the hotel lobby from 7-8pm', '4.li' => 'The Songstress in the hotel lobby from 8.30-10pm', '5.li' => '‘Shuck and Suck’ with Harty Oysters with live music from King K playing from 8:30-10:30pm in the Douglas Vance Suite - Tickets are now on sale on Eventbrite (Insert link) for €10 which includes a pint of Murphy’s with 2 oysters', '6.li' => 'In addition to our live music line up we also have a talk from Regina Sexton of UCC at 6:30pm in the Beckett room where she will talk about the history of oysters in Ireland. You can purchase tickets', ), '4.h4' => '​', '5.h4' => 'Saturday 22nd September', '6.p' => 'Cork Gourmet Trail', '7.p' => '​', '8.ul' => array( '1.li' => 'Start the trail at The Metropole Hotel with drinks reception at 12 sharp before taking off on the gourmet trail.', '2.li' => 'Tickets for the Gourmet Trail are currently on sale on Eventbrite at €75pp. To book tickets', '3.li' => 'Return to the hotel and visit the Douglas Vance suite for after party until 8pm', ), '9.p' => '​', '10.p' => 'Murphy’s Oyster and Seafood Cookery Demonstrations with Bord Bia on Saturday', '11.p' => '​', '12.p' => 'Time                    Location                              Event', '13.p' => '11am-11.45am       The Ballroom                            Fiona Uyema', '14.p' => '12pm-12.45pm      The Ballroom                            Patrick McMurray', '15.p' => '1pm-1.45pm          The Ballroom                            Fiona Uyema', '16.p' => '2pm-2.45pm          The Ballroom                            Simon Lamont', '17.p' => '3pm-3.45pm          The Ballroom                            Fiona Uyema', '18.p' => '​', '19.p' => 'Tickets are not required for the Bord Bia cookery demonstration zone. Seating will be provided on a first come, first served basis.', '20.p' => 'Fundraising Black Tie Gala Dinner', '21.p' => '​', '22.ul' => array( '1.li' => 'Fundraising Black Tie Gala Dinner in aid of the RNLI in the Ballroom', '2.li' => 'Price is €65.00 per person', '3.li' => 'Arrival from 7pm with sparkling drinks reception', '4.li' => 'Delicious Gala Banquet with each course prepared by a separate celebrity chef', '5.li' => 'Music by the Roaring Forties', '6.li' => 'VIP guests include celebrity chef Derry Clarke from L’Ecrivain in Dublin', '7.li' => 'To book', ), '23.p' => '​', '24.p' => 'RNLI Gala Dinner Menu', '25.p' => 'Amuse Bouche', '26.p' => 'Harty’s Rock Oyster', '27.p' => 'Salmon belly', '28.p' => 'Chef – Patrick McMurray – Pearl Diver & The Céilí Cottage – Toronto', '29.p' => '**********', '30.p' => 'Starter', '31.p' => 'Cured Trout & Crab', '32.p' => 'Oyster Mayonnaise, Seaweed', '33.p' => 'Chef – Bryan McCarthy – Greenes – Cork City', '34.p' => '**********', '35.p' => 'Main Course', '36.p' => 'Braised Bandon beef', '37.p' => 'Ballyhoura mushroom vol au vent, wild cress and spirulina veloutè', '38.p' => 'Chef – Martin O’Mahony – Cork International Hotel - Cork', '39.p' => '**********', '40.p' => 'Dessert', '41.p' => 'Lemon and Sour Cherry Posset', '42.p' => 'Cherry Foam, Fresh Mint', '43.p' => 'Chef – Rachid Zaouia – Fota Island Resort – Cork', '44.p' => '**********', '45.h4' => 'Sunday 23rd September', '46.p' => 'All-Ireland Oyster Shucking Competition.', '47.p' => '​', '48.ul' => array( '1.li' => 'Time & Venue: 3pm-5pm in the Douglas Vance Suite', '2.li' => 'Derry Clarke of L’Ecrivain will judge and MC the competition ', '3.li' => 'All-Ireland Trophy with top prize', '4.li' => 'Previous World champion Oyster shucker Paddy the Shucker & Simon Lamont will challenge the finalist', '5.li' => 'Watch as some of Irelands finest chefs battle it out for pole position', '6.li' => '€5 entry free which will be donated in full to the RNLI.', ), '49.p' => '​', ), '8.div' => array( '1.div' => 'I\'m busy working on my blog posts. 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