Visit the Smoke House
SMOKED SALMON TASTINGS, TALKS AND TOURS!
For a taste of authenticity, come and savour the sights, sounds and aromas of the only smoke house in Ireland. Here salmon are hung for smoking. We are now offering pre-booked private lunch tours, or simple tasting platters which you can reserve in advance online.
The experience starts the moment you arrive in the yard, where, more often than not, you’ll be greeted by the earthy sweet aroma of beech wood smoke – ours is a working smoke house, running for over 45 years, supplying markets in Cork, restaurants throughout Europe, corporate and private customers around the world
During the tours, you’ll gain insights to the time-honoured process that produces genuine, handmade, smoked fish, and understand what makes it so different to all other smoked seafood that you’ve ever tasted. You will of course have the opportunity to taste and savour as we go and when we’ve finished the tour you can linger to enjoy our smoked food in the Tasting Room and courtyard, or we can pack a picnic for you to enjoy somewhere else, like the neighbouring arboretum at Fota.
Buying Smoked Salmon
Weekdays, or by arrangement. (Please check Google for up-to-date opening hours.)
As ours is a working smoke house, we are generally unable to offer impromptu or unscheduled tours.
However, you are welcome to pop in to the smoke house to purchase fish any time that we are open. If we are conducting a Private Tour or Tasting Room event, we will be able to provide hatch service.
We also have a Click & Collect service, which is preferable if there is a particular product you wish to purchase, and want to ensure it is in stock.
If it’s a lovely day, and you would like to consume these products in our new courtyard, you are most welcome to stay. Unfortunately we cannot guarantee indoor shelter if the weather misbehaves, as places may be reserved for tour bookings. Naturally, if spaces are available, you will be welcome to avail of them.
Languages Spoken
Tours are conducted in English, but some individuals speak French, Italian, and Polish.
Location
Situated on the estuary shores of Cork harbour, the smoke house is only 10 minutes from Cobh, 15 minutes from Midleton or 30-40 minutes from Cork City and the airport, P24 AW29.
Who you might meet
Winners of the prestigious Walter Scheel Medaille, and lauded by the international food press over 45 years in business, Frank, and his wife Caroline run the smoke house. We have two experienced smokers, Dan and Tom and our English Market team, Bruna and Gabriel. We all look forward to meeting you.
