
Contact us to register for your FREE entry tickets to the Cork & Kerry Food Festival for food buyers.
This is a free opportunity to source new and innovative food products for your retail stores, or expand your foodservice menu with exciting new food and drink brands. You’ll benefit from VIP entry tickets to the festival where you can meet the people behind more than 80 food brands.
Benefits of the VIP Buyer Programme
- Free VIP Tickets – For you and your team to the Cork & Kerry Food Festival (worth €20 each).
- Meet over 80 food brands face-to-face at our indoor Food Festival (Saturday & Sunday).
- Free Parking – Located directly under Cork City Hall on both days of the market.
- Hotel Discounts – Preferential accommodation rates with our partner hotels.
Who Can Apply for FREE VIP Tickets?
VIP Buyer ticket applications are dedicated to buyers and decision-makers in the food industry who play a strategic role in purchasing processes and introducing new products to the retail and foodservice markets.
- Retail: Supermarkets, speciality stores, convenience stores
- Foodservice: Hotels, restaurants, catering networks (HoReCa)
- Distributors: Large-scale national and international distribution
- Export: Importers, wholesalers, distributors for export markets
- Online: E-commerce platforms related to the food sector
- Store Owners: Owners or managers of retail or foodservice stores
- Managers: Retail or foodservice management roles
- Purchasing Managers: Anyone involved in purchasing for retail or foodservice
- Strategic Buyers: Buyers responsible for securing key supplier contracts
- General Directors: Food sector executives responsible for strategic decisions
- FMCG Traders: Specialists in wholesale food trade (domestic & international)
- Category Managers: Professionals managing specific product segments
- Procurement Directors & Managers: Searching for new suppliers and products
- Exporters of Irish Products: Suppliers of Irish food products to foreign markets

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