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Frank Hederman

Hederman

Redefining Irish Smoked Salmon 

Frank Hederman has dedicated over 38 years to creating the finest handmade smoked salmon in the world. Drawing on Ireland’s heritage, focussing on small batch production, and avoiding mechanisation or automation where possible, he has spent decades refining the rare traditional skills of hang–smoking in an authentic timber smoke house. 

Today, he is widely recognised as the very best in the profession, and exports his Irish smoked salmon, including very rare wild smoked salmon, worldwide. At home in Ireland we offer a wider range of smoked fish and foods which can be found at farmers’ markets, our shop at the English Market, Cork City, and online, here, and at Neighbourfood.

We deliver to destinations throughout Ireland, Europe, North America. 

Frank Hederman
Frank Hederman
Frank Hederman

FRANK HEDERMAN

Luxury Smoked Salmon

Frank Hederman is a self taught craftsman and businessman. His childhood, spent largely on the water in Cork’s vast natural harbour, may have informed and inspired his decision to smoke fish: local boats landing the wild Atlantic salmon catches, men on the camber salting and barrelling herring for export, the seawater literally ‘boiling’ with mackerel chasing spratt in season were all familiar sights. Following the footsteps of his late father, Pat, Frank was also building long lasting relationships with the men of the harbour and estuary who would later supply his fish.

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Organic & Wild
Irish Fish

How we select and prepare our raw materials for smoking. As with anyone producing good food, excellent ingredients are paramount. Here we focus on the wonderful Irish organic salmon and wild fish from our shores.

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Smoked Salmon
Recipes

Good smoked fish requires very little embellishment. However, if you're a curious cook, we have a range of ingredients that will inspire you, and some ideas we have gained from chefs, friends and family along the way.

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Smoke House
Visits

Come savour the earthy, sweet beech-wood smoke, reminiscent of a log fire, and gain an insight to the highly skilled craft of traditional cold smoked salmon. Individuals are requested to call the day before you plan to visit. Advance bookings are taken for large groups only.

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Frank Hederman
Frank Hederman

What people say

No Better Experience

  • "“I have just tasted the best smoked salmon in my life. It is simply amazing.I am very impressed with the stunning smoke aroma, and delicate textures without any off tastes often found in salmon”"
    Mr Hermes ,
    Munich, Germany
  • "Best smoked salmon in the world! "
    S_debrun,
    Instagram
  • "What a service! "
    Adrienne Egan SC ,
    Dublin, Ireland
  • "We just received a pack of Smoked Salmon , Hot Smoked Salmon, and Hot Smoked Salmon with Chillies as a gift from our son and daughter in law today. I just wanted to let you know that your product is incredible…absolutely fantastic.

    "
    Marie Woods ,
    Dublin, Ireland
  • "Thank you for all your kindness in getting a parcel to Sarah and Mat to celebrate their non–wedding day in May. They were absolutely delighted with their present."
    Una O’Dea ,
    Cobh, Ireland
  • "Thank you so much for your fantastic service.. the packaging was so beautiful too. He was thrilled to bits! We’ll certainly all be back for more in the future."
    Clover Storan
  • "I was wondering if there would be any way to include some of your delicious smoked butter also? I have become quite a fan and my stock is running dangerously low…"
    Eduardo Monzon ,
    Dublin, Ireland
  • "I’ve been desperately looking for something a little different online as we always visit the English Market when we are in Cork but not sure when we will get there again "
    Louise Howe,
    Dublin, Ireland
  • "Thank you from Dubai! We are also locked in!
    I was home at Christmas and bought some of your smoked salmon by chance when in McCarthys in Kanturk – I absolutely loved it! I gave some to my father Noel and he loved it too… I thought it would be perfect to send to them while cocooning!
    "
    Michael O’Halloran ,
    Dubai
  • "Pleased to say product arrived in great condition, very well packaged, this afternoon.
    Looking forward to enjoying the Belvelly delight.
    It is the best smoked salmon I have experienced.As an emigrant from Cobh to Arklow I am proud of your work.
    "
    Liam McGrath,
    Arklow, Ireland
  • "All arrived in perfect condition… Looking forward to trying the haddock, butter and salmon with champ and salad this evening."
    Richard Brunsdon,
    Co Antrim, Northern Ireland
  • "Just a word of thanks to say the smoked mussels are absolutely FABULOUS, and you can publish that as a review!… I’ll be ordering more."
    Michael Smith ,
    Clonakilty, Ireland
  • "Just want to let you know I have just taken delivery of my medium box of ‘mostly smoked fish’ which I ordered yesterday. Everything looks wonderful (as I expected!) and I can’t wait to start serving.Thank you all so much for bringing your shop to my door in these very difficult times. "
    Gerardine Lee,
    Dublin, Ireland
  • "Just wanted to reiterate how delighted I am that you’re shipping your English Market staples all over Ireland! I usually find myself in Cork at least once a month – and always make a special trip to the Hedermans stall in the English Market! "
    Algitha White ,
    Dublin, Ireland
  • "Must comment on the wonderful people in your shop in the market. Went in late yesterday when she had everything put away but she gave me what I required. What a pleasure to deal with nice people…Keep up the good work"
    Robert O’Brien ,
    Cork, Ireland
  • "Hello Caroline & Frank, the smoked salmon arrived, and is giving great joy and delight. It went like clockwork, thankyou! "
    Brigitte Shelswell–White,
    Bantry House
  • "Dear Grandad, We wanted to send you some tasty fish for your tea. We are thinking about you all the time. Lots of love, Lily xx"
    Lily ,
    Dublin
  • "“Without doubt the best smoked salmon I’ve ever tasted. I’ve been a fan and a customer for a long time and cannot recommend this highly enough…phenomenal smoked food…do go check them out.”"
    Colm O’Gorman,
    Food columnist, Irish Examiner
  • "Happy Anniversary Conor, just a few of your favourite things…"
    Louise Howe,
    Gift card
  • "One for each of you, so no fighting ;–) "
    Gavin,
    Galway, Gift Card
  • "I miss your fish and a walk through the market after my Saturdays at Nash19. Delighted to be able to order online"
    Mairead,
    Mitchelstown
  • "A little lockdown gift! Enjoy"
    Rosemary,
    Glasnevin, 2020, gift card
  • "We enjoyed the salmon so much I can not find words for it. So you definitely gained some new fans and customers !

    "
    Boris Althammer,
    Germany
  • "Well I was blown away by the smoked salmon we received last week, truly stunning. I’ve been telling everyone I meet about it. "
    Paul Weaver ,
    Head Chef, Noble Rot, London
  • "Got it. Had some tonight for a dinner party. It was fabulous !"
    Kevin McGinty,
    Ohio, USA
  • "Finding your stall in the English Market was one of the reasons why I find this town [Cork] such an enjoyable place…My fiancee and myself enjoy your smoked chilly salmon or whole mackerels pretty much every weekend for breakfast."
    Florian Hanneman,
    German customer in Cork
  • "You have me as a customer for life now, nothing else will do"
    Vanessa Jane Falshaw ,
    Tamworth, England
  • "Bravo Hedermans.
    I cannot believe that THIS MORNING our Salmon arrived.
    It travelled so fast to the South of France that its ice pack was still frozen.
    "
    Martin & Sile Dwyer ,
    France
  • "IT WAS DELICIOUS!"
    William Parente,
    Wellbeck Jan 2019
  • "Finest smoked salmon in the land"
    Tazel H,
    Twitter
  • "Your products are always in my dreams."
    Stefano Fumi,
    Italy
  • "I cannot thank you enough for that amazing (wild) smoked salmon – everybody at the party loved it, it was just superb. Thank you also for your excellent customer service."
    Siobhan Egan ,
    London
  • "We really enjoyed the beechwood smoked salmon you sent us last Easter. It was fantastic! "
    Mark Dixon ,
    UK
  • "I’ve purchased your salmon several times at the English Market in Cork – I’m a super–fan. I know it’s going to be the hit of the Christmas feast."
    Sarah Squier ,
    USA
  • "Honestly, I really like your products and I placed order not just for the Christmas reason!"
    Andrej Ozarionkov,
    Nice, France
  • "So perfect. Thank you Caroline and Frank.
    "
    Bob McConnell,
    Raleigh, US
  • "Wonderful delivery earlier today! Merry Christmas"
    Jonathan Staunton,
    Dublin
  • "The nicest smoked salmon you will ever taste. We are big, big fans."
    Ger Geasley ,
    Cork, Ireland
  • "The smoked salmon is exquisite, another firm favorite for our family."
    Olivia O’Neill,
    FaceBook
  • "Look forward to whetting my Christmas appetite with your amazing salmon and a glass of Saten."
    Rhona Culliane
  • "Frank Hederman smoked salmon is truly the best."
    Jill Stein ,
    The Seafood Restaurant, Padstow
  • "Hederman Smoked Salmon is utterly delicious. Nothing comes close. A great present too."
    Alice Garrad Kerr ,
    Holywood, Co Down
  • "“It simply blew me away”"
    Richard Corrigan,
    Corrigans Mayfair & Bentleys Seafood
  • "The highlight of the English Market in Cork, it is simply superb."
    Paula Coughlan
  • "“A new form of legal narcotic… smoked mussels never survive the journey home”"
    Regina Sexton ,
    Irish Examiner
  • "“The rich gorgeous flavour is unrecognisable from the ubiquitous farmed smoked salmon that packs the supermarket shelves…it reminded me how utterly wonderful good smoked salmon can be.”"
    Lindsey Bareham ,
    Evening Standard
  • "“Order arrived today, in perfect condition. Thanks for your exemplary service and product.”"
    Steve Wilson,
    United States
  • "The work you are doing is making all our lives richer and brighter."
    D J McCloskey,
    Dublin, Ireland
  • "“Mr Hederman smokes fish, which is a little like saying Steinway makes pianos.”"
    Johnny Apple ,
    New York Times
  • "Unbelievably good smoked salmon from County Cork in Ireland…A different league"
    Tom Parker Bowles,
    Daily Mail
  • "Frank’s fish is truly a thing of beauty"
    Simon Hopkinson,
    Country Life
  • "“The finest smoke, the finest fish, the finest waters, the whole wide world in my honest opinion.”"
    Allan Jenkins,
    Editor, Observer Food Monthly
  • "“I would just like to thank you and Frank for the fantastic service you have provided our guests this season. They are all, without exception, extremely impressed with the quality of your smoked salmon. I do hope that we can do business again next season.”"
    Maura Bielski,
    Careysville House
  • "“I have just tasted the best smoked salmon in my life. It is simply amazing.I am very impressed with the stunning smoke aroma, and delicate textures without any off tastes often found in salmon”"
    Mr Hermes ,
    Munich, Germany
  • "Best smoked salmon in the world! "
    S_debrun,
    Instagram
  • "What a service! "
    Adrienne Egan SC ,
    Dublin, Ireland
  • "We just received a pack of Smoked Salmon , Hot Smoked Salmon, and Hot Smoked Salmon with Chillies as a gift from our son and daughter in law today. I just wanted to let you know that your product is incredible…absolutely fantastic.

    "
    Marie Woods ,
    Dublin, Ireland
  • "Thank you for all your kindness in getting a parcel to Sarah and Mat to celebrate their non–wedding day in May. They were absolutely delighted with their present."
    Una O’Dea ,
    Cobh, Ireland
  • "Thank you so much for your fantastic service.. the packaging was so beautiful too. He was thrilled to bits! We’ll certainly all be back for more in the future."
    Clover Storan
  • "I was wondering if there would be any way to include some of your delicious smoked butter also? I have become quite a fan and my stock is running dangerously low…"
    Eduardo Monzon ,
    Dublin, Ireland
  • "I’ve been desperately looking for something a little different online as we always visit the English Market when we are in Cork but not sure when we will get there again "
    Louise Howe,
    Dublin, Ireland
  • "Thank you from Dubai! We are also locked in!
    I was home at Christmas and bought some of your smoked salmon by chance when in McCarthys in Kanturk – I absolutely loved it! I gave some to my father Noel and he loved it too… I thought it would be perfect to send to them while cocooning!
    "
    Michael O’Halloran ,
    Dubai
  • "Pleased to say product arrived in great condition, very well packaged, this afternoon.
    Looking forward to enjoying the Belvelly delight.
    It is the best smoked salmon I have experienced.As an emigrant from Cobh to Arklow I am proud of your work.
    "
    Liam McGrath,
    Arklow, Ireland
  • "All arrived in perfect condition… Looking forward to trying the haddock, butter and salmon with champ and salad this evening."
    Richard Brunsdon,
    Co Antrim, Northern Ireland
  • "Just a word of thanks to say the smoked mussels are absolutely FABULOUS, and you can publish that as a review!… I’ll be ordering more."
    Michael Smith ,
    Clonakilty, Ireland
  • "Just want to let you know I have just taken delivery of my medium box of ‘mostly smoked fish’ which I ordered yesterday. Everything looks wonderful (as I expected!) and I can’t wait to start serving.Thank you all so much for bringing your shop to my door in these very difficult times. "
    Gerardine Lee,
    Dublin, Ireland
  • "Just wanted to reiterate how delighted I am that you’re shipping your English Market staples all over Ireland! I usually find myself in Cork at least once a month – and always make a special trip to the Hedermans stall in the English Market! "
    Algitha White ,
    Dublin, Ireland
  • "Must comment on the wonderful people in your shop in the market. Went in late yesterday when she had everything put away but she gave me what I required. What a pleasure to deal with nice people…Keep up the good work"
    Robert O’Brien ,
    Cork, Ireland
  • "Hello Caroline & Frank, the smoked salmon arrived, and is giving great joy and delight. It went like clockwork, thankyou! "
    Brigitte Shelswell–White,
    Bantry House
  • "Dear Grandad, We wanted to send you some tasty fish for your tea. We are thinking about you all the time. Lots of love, Lily xx"
    Lily ,
    Dublin
  • "“Without doubt the best smoked salmon I’ve ever tasted. I’ve been a fan and a customer for a long time and cannot recommend this highly enough…phenomenal smoked food…do go check them out.”"
    Colm O’Gorman,
    Food columnist, Irish Examiner
  • "Happy Anniversary Conor, just a few of your favourite things…"
    Louise Howe,
    Gift card
  • "One for each of you, so no fighting ;–) "
    Gavin,
    Galway, Gift Card
  • "I miss your fish and a walk through the market after my Saturdays at Nash19. Delighted to be able to order online"
    Mairead,
    Mitchelstown
  • "A little lockdown gift! Enjoy"
    Rosemary,
    Glasnevin, 2020, gift card
  • "We enjoyed the salmon so much I can not find words for it. So you definitely gained some new fans and customers !

    "
    Boris Althammer,
    Germany
  • "Well I was blown away by the smoked salmon we received last week, truly stunning. I’ve been telling everyone I meet about it. "
    Paul Weaver ,
    Head Chef, Noble Rot, London
  • "Got it. Had some tonight for a dinner party. It was fabulous !"
    Kevin McGinty,
    Ohio, USA
  • "Finding your stall in the English Market was one of the reasons why I find this town [Cork] such an enjoyable place…My fiancee and myself enjoy your smoked chilly salmon or whole mackerels pretty much every weekend for breakfast."
    Florian Hanneman,
    German customer in Cork
  • "You have me as a customer for life now, nothing else will do"
    Vanessa Jane Falshaw ,
    Tamworth, England
  • "Bravo Hedermans.
    I cannot believe that THIS MORNING our Salmon arrived.
    It travelled so fast to the South of France that its ice pack was still frozen.
    "
    Martin & Sile Dwyer ,
    France
  • "IT WAS DELICIOUS!"
    William Parente,
    Wellbeck Jan 2019
  • "Finest smoked salmon in the land"
    Tazel H,
    Twitter
  • "Your products are always in my dreams."
    Stefano Fumi,
    Italy
  • "I cannot thank you enough for that amazing (wild) smoked salmon – everybody at the party loved it, it was just superb. Thank you also for your excellent customer service."
    Siobhan Egan ,
    London
  • "We really enjoyed the beechwood smoked salmon you sent us last Easter. It was fantastic! "
    Mark Dixon ,
    UK
  • "I’ve purchased your salmon several times at the English Market in Cork – I’m a super–fan. I know it’s going to be the hit of the Christmas feast."
    Sarah Squier ,
    USA
  • "Honestly, I really like your products and I placed order not just for the Christmas reason!"
    Andrej Ozarionkov,
    Nice, France
  • "So perfect. Thank you Caroline and Frank.
    "
    Bob McConnell,
    Raleigh, US
  • "Wonderful delivery earlier today! Merry Christmas"
    Jonathan Staunton,
    Dublin
  • "The nicest smoked salmon you will ever taste. We are big, big fans."
    Ger Geasley ,
    Cork, Ireland
  • "The smoked salmon is exquisite, another firm favorite for our family."
    Olivia O’Neill,
    FaceBook
  • "Look forward to whetting my Christmas appetite with your amazing salmon and a glass of Saten."
    Rhona Culliane
  • "Frank Hederman smoked salmon is truly the best."
    Jill Stein ,
    The Seafood Restaurant, Padstow
  • "Hederman Smoked Salmon is utterly delicious. Nothing comes close. A great present too."
    Alice Garrad Kerr ,
    Holywood, Co Down
  • "“It simply blew me away”"
    Richard Corrigan,
    Corrigans Mayfair & Bentleys Seafood
  • "The highlight of the English Market in Cork, it is simply superb."
    Paula Coughlan
  • "“A new form of legal narcotic… smoked mussels never survive the journey home”"
    Regina Sexton ,
    Irish Examiner
  • "“The rich gorgeous flavour is unrecognisable from the ubiquitous farmed smoked salmon that packs the supermarket shelves…it reminded me how utterly wonderful good smoked salmon can be.”"
    Lindsey Bareham ,
    Evening Standard
  • "“Order arrived today, in perfect condition. Thanks for your exemplary service and product.”"
    Steve Wilson,
    United States
  • "The work you are doing is making all our lives richer and brighter."
    D J McCloskey,
    Dublin, Ireland
  • "“Mr Hederman smokes fish, which is a little like saying Steinway makes pianos.”"
    Johnny Apple ,
    New York Times
  • "Unbelievably good smoked salmon from County Cork in Ireland…A different league"
    Tom Parker Bowles,
    Daily Mail
  • "Frank’s fish is truly a thing of beauty"
    Simon Hopkinson,
    Country Life
  • "“The finest smoke, the finest fish, the finest waters, the whole wide world in my honest opinion.”"
    Allan Jenkins,
    Editor, Observer Food Monthly
  • "“I would just like to thank you and Frank for the fantastic service you have provided our guests this season. They are all, without exception, extremely impressed with the quality of your smoked salmon. I do hope that we can do business again next season.”"
    Maura Bielski,
    Careysville House

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