With Easter weekend fast approaching, the traders at the English Market have local food offerings and treats to help you prepare for the Easter weekend celebrations.

Below are a selection of traders offering a variety of options to suit all tastes and budgets.

The Chocolate Shop

The Chocolate shop has a wide range of Easter-themed treats to indulge in this Easter Sunday, including its hero chocolate-filled shell. The much-loved shell can be filled with a wide selection of beautiful milk and dark handmade chocolates – from caramels, toffees, truffles, pralines and more – all chosen by you! The Chocolate Shop also stocks a full range of smaller Easter delights, including a milk chocolate hedgehogs from Michel Cluizel Chocolatier and Lorge easter eggs filled with 5 or 12 chocolates, in addition to half-shell eggs also filled with an array of handmade treats.These Easter eggs are all they’re cracked up to be!

Visit chocolate.ie to order online for click and collect or home delivery nationwide.

O’Mahony’s Butchers

O’Mahony’s continues to provide some of the best local meat from The English Market, and this coming Easter weekend is no different. With the best of new season Spring Lamb, available at the stall, O’Mahonys also have alternative meat options available for your Easter Sunday feast, including full-of-flavour Dry Aged Prime Rib and Sirloin. A feast indeed!

Visit www.omahonysbutchers.com/ to order online for click and collect.

On The Pigs Back

Doing what they do best, On The Pig’s Back has a selection of Farmhouses cheeses from Cork and all over Ireland, as well as charcuterie cured meat, and salamis, cooked ham and spiced beef in addition to its award-winning homemade pâtés and terrines. Fill your Easter table with a range of freshly cut cheese and charcuterie for antipasti boards or platters. Give the gift of local good at Easter as On The Pigs Back also offer beautifully made hampers, including a Cork rebel Hampers containing Cheese, pates chocolate, and crackers with all products made in Co Cork.

Visit www.onthepigsback.ie to view the full range of options available for delivery nationwide.

The Roughty Foodie 

As always, The Roughty Foodie boasts a wide range of treats and delicacies for true foodies, all of which are locally or Irish produced. From Cork-owned Ó’Conaill chocolate, to both Kerry’s Benoit Lorge Chocolatier & Skelligs chocolates, there are lots to choose from – but if you can’t choose, order a custom hamper with all of your favourites! Just in time for an Easter bloom, the Roughty Foodie is selling beautiful Tumbelina Tulips from West Cork – chemical-free flowers specially grown in homemade compost made from small animal house bedding, fallen autumn leaves, coffee grounds and local beach seaweed – that would make for the perfect centrepiece for an Easter Sunday Dinner. A pure Cork flower and feast!

Visit theroughtyfoodie.com to order hampers online or visit the English Market stall.

As always, the English Market is the home of quality Irish food, and this is just a small selection of stalls in the market with many more there to cater for all of your Easter needs under one roof. From succulent Spring lamb and a variety of meats to fresh fish and seafood, cakes, treats, chocolates, flowers and more, all of the traders at the English Market are here to help create a memorable & celebratory meal this Easter Weekend.

The English Market is open 8am-6pm, Monday to Saturday (closed on Sundays & Bank Holidays). For more information and to keep up to date with the latest news, visit The English Market social media pages on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook or visit www.corkcity.ie/en/english-market/