Founded in 1987 by Eileen Bergin, this was soon known as the place to go for really tasty 'home style' food - great tasting breads, ready meals, desserts - a reputation built on fresh, quality-led, additive-free ingredients, seasonality and a special 'homeliness' that they have successfully retained in today's much larger volume production, a philosophy reflected in the Butler's Pantry Cookbook.
As well as the baking and ready meals that they are famous for, the shops also stock some of the best Irish artisan products suxh as Gubbeen chorizo and salami, Crossogue preserves and Lorge chocolate:"Working closely with the artisan food community has helped us to develop our reputation for distinctive Irish cuisine with a modern twist."
They now have ten shops in Dublin and Wicklow, all supplied by food produced freshly in their kitchens in Bray and delivered twice-daily.
