Welcome to the home of traditional smoked salmon in Cork, where you can the most delicious smoked organic salmon, and wild salmon - all Irish provenance - for delivery at home. Frank Hederman has been smoking fish here for over forty five years, and our dedicated smoke house team now shares 75 years of expertise in smoking salmon and seafood.

All of our cold smoked salmon is handmade in small batches in Ireland’s only traditional timber smoke house, where fish are hung for smoking. This natural smoking method gives the smoked salmon great depth of flavour and character, as well as making it
deliciously lean and tender, like no other.

It's been a wonderful year and summer so far with three film crews, including Michael Portillo for BBC Great Irish Railway Jourmeys, and lots of parties and people on tours from around the globe, to see behind the scenes, and learn what makes our smoked fish so special. Not least, we enjoyed a visit by a certain six-year-old, also named Frank Hederman, from NYC.

We've recently heard that Ascot will be serving Hederman smoked salmon at the Ryder Cup in Adare in 2027, while we entertain at least two large parties who will be using Cork as their base for the tournament. It's already shaping up to be a busy year.

The wild salmon season has been and gone - in a flash. Fishing quotas were reduced again and the season was shortened to two months - June and July. However we are happy to say that the fish we received was some of the best Frank has seen in years - all fine sizes and in good health, and caught remarkably quickly, indicating a substantial run in the River Lee.

Do drop in if you are visiting Cork. Caroline has written up her recommendations of where else you can go if you are travelling east or west, or just staying around - find them in the tours section.

And remember, smoked salmon is not just for Christmas! Enjoy it on high days and holidays too. We offer Loyalty Cards for use in the Tasting Room and English Market and they can be used any time except the month of December.

After twenty six incredible years trading at Midleton Farmers Market, where Frank was one of the pioneer producers who established and grew its loyal following, we have taken the momentous decision to pack up our trestle tables and move them to a more permanent position at the Tasting Room at the smoke house.

This follows a decision to consolidate what we do around our home base, where we will be trading Monday to Fridays in the Tasting Room. On Fridays, especially, Frank will be behind the counter, and we plan to offer simple breakfasts and lunch plates to shoppers and visitors. After 45 years, we think he deserves weekends off, though you can also buy smoked salmon by prior arrangement if our opening hours don't suit you and you are in dire need!

We'd like to thank our fellow traders and customers for all the wonderful years at Midelton, and we hope you follow us to Belvelly, which is only 15 minutes from Midelton, after all. Find us at P24 AW29, and follow the bright signs up the stone-walled lane. There is plenty of parking and shelter from the sun or rain.

We will also continue to run our English Market shop (Monday to Saturdays), our online sales and our smoke house tours and events. If you have a shop or a restaurant, and would like to stock our products, please do get in touch.