New Northern Irish honey wins sweet contract
Waggle Dance Honey, a new Northern Irish product, has won its first major contract in foodservice.
Based in Portadown, county Armagh and led by beekeeper Lyndon
Wortley, Waggle Dance has signed a deal to supply Hastings Hotels,
Northern Ireland's biggest hotel chain, with the product which also uses honey from other members of the Northern Ireland Beekeeping
Association.
Hastings is sourcing the honey initially as part of its
locally-focused breakfast offering and for other dishes in hotels
such as the five-star Europa in Belfast and the Culloden, near
Holywood in county Down.
Mr Wortley, a beekeeper and association officer, says: "I am
thrilled to have secured a contract with Hastings Hotels to supply
its six hotels with my Waggle Dance Honey.
"Working alongside my father Leslie, we provide help and
accommodation for a few colonies of honey bees, deep in 'The Garden of Ulster' of Armagh. I look forward to working with Howard and the chefs in his six hotels to ensure guests from around the world enjoya true taste of Northern Ireland."
The honey is also sold by local delis.
Howard Hastings, managing director of Hastings Hotels, adds: "Food
provenance is of utmost importance to us and we have worked hard to ensure that where possible, we buy locally produced ingredients for our guests to enjoy.
"This is why I am delighted that we have secured a new partnership
for locally produced Waggle Dance Honey from Lyndon Wortley, who is a prominent member of the Northern Ireland Beekeeping Association.
"At breakfast our porridge oats come from other local suppliers
including White's in Tandragee for porridge, which is accompanied byfresh cream from Farmview Dairies in Belfast or Bushmills Whiskey
from county Antrim. And now for the first time, we are able to offerour guests a honey accompaniment from Portadown in county Armagh.
"The honey that Lyndon produces collaboratively with other local
Northern Ireland beekeepers, Waggle Dance, is named after the
figure-eight dance of the honey bee, as it searches for pollen and
indicates the best places to search to its fellow bees.
"The honey is also being used to glaze the vegetables in our specialmenus during February, when 'Love Local' is the theme throughout theregion for the 2016 Northern Ireland Year of Food & Drink," he adds.
Based in Portadown, county Armagh and led by beekeeper Lyndon
Wortley, Waggle Dance has signed a deal to supply Hastings Hotels,
Northern Ireland's biggest hotel chain, with the product which also uses honey from other members of the Northern Ireland Beekeeping
Association.
Hastings is sourcing the honey initially as part of its
locally-focused breakfast offering and for other dishes in hotels
such as the five-star Europa in Belfast and the Culloden, near
Holywood in county Down.
Mr Wortley, a beekeeper and association officer, says: "I am
thrilled to have secured a contract with Hastings Hotels to supply
its six hotels with my Waggle Dance Honey.
"Working alongside my father Leslie, we provide help and
accommodation for a few colonies of honey bees, deep in 'The Garden of Ulster' of Armagh. I look forward to working with Howard and the chefs in his six hotels to ensure guests from around the world enjoya true taste of Northern Ireland."
The honey is also sold by local delis.
Howard Hastings, managing director of Hastings Hotels, adds: "Food
provenance is of utmost importance to us and we have worked hard to ensure that where possible, we buy locally produced ingredients for our guests to enjoy.
"This is why I am delighted that we have secured a new partnership
for locally produced Waggle Dance Honey from Lyndon Wortley, who is a prominent member of the Northern Ireland Beekeeping Association.
"At breakfast our porridge oats come from other local suppliers
including White's in Tandragee for porridge, which is accompanied byfresh cream from Farmview Dairies in Belfast or Bushmills Whiskey
from county Antrim. And now for the first time, we are able to offerour guests a honey accompaniment from Portadown in county Armagh.
"The honey that Lyndon produces collaboratively with other local
Northern Ireland beekeepers, Waggle Dance, is named after the
figure-eight dance of the honey bee, as it searches for pollen and
indicates the best places to search to its fellow bees.
"The honey is also being used to glaze the vegetables in our specialmenus during February, when 'Love Local' is the theme throughout theregion for the 2016 Northern Ireland Year of Food & Drink," he adds.