July's monthly 9 giveaways have landed! And this month we're giving away monster food prizes worth over €300, lunches, brunches, restaurant vouchers, and VIP tickets to the most unmissable food festival of the summer. Being automatically entered into our monthly giveaways is just one of the perks of being signed up to ATF Insiders - our premium service that allows us to operate ad-free and independently, with everything featured and recommended here paid for by us, and experienced in our time, and on our terms.
Everyone signed up to ATF Insiders by midnight on Monday 17th July will be entered into the draw, and winners will be picked and notified on Tuesday 18th July. Here's what you could be in the draw for this month...
1) Dublin Cookery School's 'Ultimate Feast BBQ' class for two worth €380
The Dublin Cookery School in Blackrock, Co. Dublin have announced a Summer BBQ Series in partnership with Irish barbecue experts Smokin' Soul, to help home cooks perfect their grilling game and discover open-fire cooked dishes from around the world. We've got two places to give away for their 'Ultimate Feast BBQ' class on Saturday 5th August, where you'll learn dishes like their 'Sunday roast on the grill' and 'charcoal-grilled pizzettes', as well as starters and sides. Check out upcoming classes and book your place here if becoming a grill master is on your 2023 wish list.
2) A food & drink subscription from Lotts & Co worth over €300
Do you know someone hiding down the country for the summer who needs some special food delivered? Or do you want to treat yourself to a monthly box of new discoveries? Lotts & Co. have just launched brand new monthly subscription boxes, featuring Irish & international foods, craft beers & wines. You can choose a monthly rolling subscription, or three/six month options, with boxes delivered to your door. We've got a very generous six-month subscription to give away this month worth a whopping €335, and we've also nabbed a promo code for 10% off for the rest for you -just enter allthefood10 at checkout. Check out their website here, where you can subscribe for updates, promos and seasonal food chat.
3) Lunch for four from Neighbourhood Naas
Open since last December, Neighbourhood in Naas is the most exciting new restaurant in Kildare since Aimsir (and ex-Aimsir chef Jordan Bailery consulted on the menu). Head chef Gareth Naughton (ex-Circa and Charlotte Quay) was named best chef in Kildare at this year's Irish Restaurant Awards, and the current menu includes smoked eel and beetroot tart with crème fraîche; sourdough flatbread with bone marrow, cheese and onion; and BBQ Goatsbridge trout with white asparagus. We've got lunch for four to give away this month, so one lucky Insider can head down with three pals to try the menu and experience out for themselves.
4) A €150 voucher For Suesey Street
Suesey Street are in the middle of putting together a new menu with new Head Chef Matt Fuller (ex-owner of Boqueria in Stoneybatter and Howth), and they're hoping for a few more sunny days to serve it up in their gorgeous garden room (complete with retractable roof when needed). They're given us dinner for two with a bottle of house wine to give away this month, so one of our Insiders can be first in line to try their brand new dishes. Check them out here.
5) A Tiller + Trip Staycation Box for two from Tiller + Grain
Everyone's favourite salad source Tiller + Grain, have just launched Tiller + Trip Staycation Boxes, filled with a ready-to-eat feast and all the goodies to get you through breakfast, brunch/lunch, dinner and snack time, in your holiday home or rural retreat. We're giving away a box for two this month worth €100 (valid whether you're off on your holidays or not) including a gochujang-marinated whole roast chicken; red kale, spinach and feta filo pie; seasonal salads; vibrant dips; and brown butter chocolate chip cookies. Check them out here.
6) Four tickets to Big Grill with access to Rancho Relaxo
This summer, Europe's largest BBQ and Food Festival, Big Grill, returns for four days from August 17th - 20th, with over 60 chefs, restaurants and barbecue experts from all over the world coming to Dublin to celebrate the magic of cooking over live fire (and feed us all some very, very tasty barbecue). We're giving one ATF Insider four tickets for a day of their choice, along with access to VIP area Rancho Relaxo, with fast entry, a private bar, fire pits, guaranteed seating, DJs, posh loos and two complimentary drinks. Visit www.biggrillfestival.com for tickets or more info.
7) A €100 gift card to spend at Nobó
Irish food brand Nobó, known for its plant-based chocolate and award-winning ice cream, have just made their nut butters and spreads available nationwide. First launched last year at their flagship Ranelagh store, customers loved them on their açai bowls, ice cream and porridge bowls so much that the founders decided to increase production and sell it across the country. To celebrate, Nobó have given us a €100 gift card so you can splash out on nutty spreads, plant-based chocolate, ice cream, smoothies and more. Find out more about Nobó here.
8) A table for four at SABA's summer brunch with Belvedere Vodka
SABA Baggot Street and Belvedere Vodka are hosting summer brunches at their Secret Summer Garden this year, with entertainment from Sing Along Social - the "zero-commitment choir designed for people who cannot sing". Tickets are €40 including one brunch dish and two Belvedere cocktails and can be bought here. It sounds like ideal summer weekend craic, and we're giving one ATF Insider a table for four people on Saturday 29th July or Sunday 27th August to join in the fun.
9) Butlers Factory Tour for four people and an 'Ultimate Chocolate' hamper
Butlers Chocolates have been around forever, and now you can have a squiz behind the scenes to see what goes on in the Irish version of Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory. We're giving one ATF Insider four tickets (for adults or children) for a factory tour, and you'll be getting 'The Ultimate Chocolate hamper' to take home too. We can't promise Oompa Loompas but they do let you wear a lab coat and mop cap to make you feel like you're in the game.
Everyone signed up to ATF Insiders for July (new and old) will be automatically entered into the prize draw - you don't need to do anything. If you're not signed up yet join here before midnight on Monday 17th July. You'll be supporting independent content in Dublin and beyond, and be able to get answers to all of your burning questions about eating out, here and abroad, directly from us.
