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Simply Pastry Wowed….

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011

 

Fota Island Resort is very excited to introduce ‘Simply Pastry Wowed’, a series of scrumptious cookery demonstrations by Executive Pastry Chef Rachid Zaouia, that is sure to bring out the hidden chef in you & leave your taste buds tingling for more. Taking time out of the busy kitchen in Fota Island Hotel, Rachid shares his latest delectable recipes and cooks up delicious desserts using easy to find quality ingredients. With a showcase of 5 star recipes including Thyme Pannacotta and White Chocolate Parfait with Red Wine Figs you’re sure to brush up on your baking savvy and learn inside tips & sought after techniques from a master pastry chef. Tune into the Video Recipe Section on our website every 2 weeks or find us on YouTube to experience the pleasure of home baking in the comfort of your kitchen while you cook along & recreate delicious desserts.

Coming soon…. ‘Christmas Pudding Spring Rolls with Mulled Wine Jelly & Nutmeg Crème Fraîche’ the first of many yummy treats….So get your apron on & turn your oven up high!

Coming soon......

And that’s not all……To top off the series nicely watch cocktail bartender Dariusz Chowaniec in action as he recreates his award winning cocktail ‘Island Twist’. ‘Island Twist’, which is one of his favourite cocktails to make, won an award for Dariusz in the Jameson Experience Cocktail Competition in Midleton Distillery 2010. This fun cocktail, which embraces a distinctive whiskey flavour tamed by sweet and refreshing fruit juices, is sure to dazzle your friends & cause a stir at the dinner party.

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Spinning Classes that will really put you through your paces!

Tuesday, January 25th, 2011

 

Fota Island Resort’s Spinning Academy, situated at the end of a new purpose-built road and with twenty new spinning bikes, will really put you through your paces. Run daily at 7 a.m., 10 a.m., 6 p.m. & 7 p.m. from Monday to Saturday, the spinning classes cost just €8 for a fun and fast-paced 45-minute indoor cycling class, focusing on endurance and strength while ensuring there is minimal impact on your joints. The workout to upbeat tunes on state of the art Keiser spinning bikes will increase your heart and lung capacity and tone up legs and bums, while the fully qualified instructors will help motivate and push you towards improved fitness levels. You can even come just the once to try it out and see if it’s the class for you.

There’s a fitness solution to suit everyone this winter at Fota Island Resort so get up off that sofa and blow away those cobwebs! For more information visit www.fotaisland.ie or contact the Resort on +353 21 467 3131.

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Ashtanga Yoga – Classes start Monday 24th January

Thursday, January 20th, 2011

New to Fota Island Resort is Ashtanga yoga, an ancient yoga practice as relevant today as it has ever been, which involves synchronising the breath with a progressive series of postures. This process produces intense internal heat and a profuse, purifying sweat that detoxifies muscles and organs. The result is improved circulation, a light strong body and a calm mind. Ashtanga yoga is dynamic and aerobic, and it strengthens, tones, improves posture and flexibility, and releases tension.

During an Ashtanga yoga class, you will be guided through breathing exercises, physical yoga postures and a relaxation session, so it can be a challenging workout, but can also help you relax and handle stressful situations more easily, teaching you how to quiet the mind so you can focus your energy usefully. Ashtanga also has excellent benefits as a weight-bearing exercise, boosting bone density, which is of particular importance to women. Ashtanga classes are held on Mondays at 10.15 a.m. with a 6 week course of one class per week costing €70.

There’s a fitness solution to suit everyone at Fota Island Resort, from the full-on focus of morning or evening fitness bootcamp to the gentler pace of private swimming lessons, the dynamic postures of Ashtanga yoga to the supportive regime of personal training. Invest in something that will repay your investment on a daily basis – your own health and fitness! For more information contact the Resort on +353 21 467 3131.

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It’s the time of the year to get in gear!

Wednesday, January 12th, 2011

 

The New Year calls with its resolutions and good intentions, and Fota Island Resort steps up to the mark with classes for all ages and body types, and for all the fitness levels…including none!

Fitness Suite at Fota Island Resort

From the full-on focus of morning or evening fitness bootcamp to the gentler pace of the private swimming lessons, the dynamic posters of the Ashtanga Yoga to the supportive regime of aqua aerobics, Fota Island Resort’s fitness team will motivate and lead you through the exercise that’s right for you.

Fota Island Resort’s Spinning Academy, situated at the end of a new purpose-built road, will really put you through your paces. Run daily at 7 a.m, 10 a.m, 6 p.m & 7 p.m from Monday to Saturday, the spinning classes cost just €8 for a fun and fast-paced 45-minute indoor cycling class, focusing on endurance and strength while ensuring there is minimal impact on your joints. The workout to upbeat tunes on state of the art Keiser spinning bikes, will increase your heart and lung capacity and tone up legs and bums, while the fully qualified instructors will help motivate and push you towards improved fitness levels. You can even come just the once to try it out and see if it’s the class for you!

There’s a fitness solution to suit everyone this Winter at Fota Island Resort so get up off that sofa and blow away those cobwebs! For more info visit http://www.fotaisland.ie/Fitness-Classes or contact the Resort on +353 21 4673131.

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Recipe for Crispy Duck Watercress Salad

Wednesday, December 1st, 2010

 

While walking through the hotel this week I popped into the kitchen in search of a new recipe to impress my family and friends with.  Head chef Craig gave me this great recipe for Crispy Duck Watercress Salad…I must say it sounds delicious! Enjoy and please do let me know how everyone got on making this.

 

Crispy Duck Watercress Salad

To Cook the Duck 

1.5kg Duck Legs

3 Star Anise

10 Cloves garlic, roughly chopped

60g fresh ginger, roughly chopped

20g fresh coriander, stalks only, washed

1tspn five spice powder

Good vegetable oil for deep frying

 

Method

 Cover the duck with water, add the herbs and spices, bring to boil and simmer gently for 45 minutes. Remove the duck from the stock set aside to cool.

 

For the Duck sauce

4 tbsp tomato ketchup

1 tbsp honey

Juice of an half orange

1tspn soy sauce

2tspn sesame oil

 

Method 

Whisk together all the ingredients (duck sauce)

 

Soy and Sesame dressing

2 tsp soy sauce

2 tsp balsamic vinegar

1 clove garlic crushed

10g fresh root ginger, peeled and crushed

3 tbsp sesame oil

 

Method 

Put all the ingredients together into a blender and process to smooth

 

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Getting Married?? The Fota Island Resort Wedding Forum takes place this Thursday 9th December. Brides-to-be take note!

Monday, November 29th, 2010

The Fota Island Resort Wedding Forum plays host to Ireland’s best and brightest for your wedding, bringing together Ireland’s most sought after Wedding experts for one exclusive evening to answer all your questions and queries.

With beauty experts, boutique owners, bridal fashions, chef’s expertise, makeup artists, travel information, and glamorous presenter Pamela Flood hosting the evening, Fota Island Resort’s Wedding Forum is an unmissable event & an invaluable resource if you are thinking of tying the knot!

Phyl Clarke, stylish beauty editor of the Irish Times, will be passing on her extensive knowledge to brides-to-be to ensure their skin looks flawless and picture perfect on the big day. Meanwhile, top Dublin makeup artist Leonard Daly will be demonstrating and revealing his much sought after makeup secrets and tips.

Sharon Hoey Bridal Boutique will have the new Sharon Hoey collection for 2011 on show as well as that of Olivia Couture, the modern romantic couture gowns exclusive to Sharon in Ireland, and voted by Vogue Brides and Cosmo Brides as some of their favourite wedding designs. For more information on Sharon’s stunning collection you can call 01 676 2772 or email info@sharonhoey.com

Fionn Davenport will give honeymoon and travel advice on the loveliest locations to unwind after your big day. Fionn reports for leading travel publications such as the Lonely Planet Guides, as well as presenting and contributing to programmes on Newstalk 106.

Head Chef at Fota Island Resort, Craig Coady, will share his extensive culinary knowledge, assisting you in designing the perfect wedding menu. And Nelius Buckley, the award winning wedding photographer from Kinsale, will advise on how best to capture the day for future reminiscing.

Super stylish model and TV presenter, and new face of Paco, Pamela Flood will host the evening, which will also include fantastic prizes, great goodie bags and much more!

All the essentials for making your wedding simple, stylish and stunning are here for you at the one event – the Fota Island Resort Wedding Forum, on Thursday 9th December at Fota Island Resort from 6.30pm – 8.30pm. Limited spaces available so please call to book your place on (021) 488 3700.

To Book your Place:

Visit www.fotaisland.ie/Wedding-Forum

Tel 021 488 3700

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Introducing Lycon Hot Wax

Wednesday, November 24th, 2010

 

Fota Island Spa now offers advanced waxing using a new and amazing Hot Wax System for all bikini, facial and underarm treatments. The new Lycon Rosette Hot Wax and Lycojet Lavender Hot Wax aims to bring you total customer satisfaction by leaving you with that smooth flawless finish and silky feeling.

 

This Australian Wax System has also taken Hollywood by storm and is popular with glamorous stars such as Uma, Demi, Posh and Sienna.

 

Lycon boasts a list of the finest natural ingredients, resins and aromatherapy oils which allow it to deliver superior performance, removing stubborn and short hair from as short as 1mm. This innovative wax contains various essential oils which nurture and sooth the skin, making it suitable for the most sensitive skin types. Unlike other waxes the Lycon wax requires a low temperature. This low temperature and pliable wax promises to give you a nurturing and skin conditioning treatment.  One last but striking benefit is that Lycon wax can be re-applied on just waxed areas instantly, without causing you any discomfort or skin irritation.

 

 

Lycon has been featured on Xpose, The Afternoon Show, Off The Rails, Image, Ireland AM, Irish Times, Sunday Independent as well as Marie Claire, Bazar, OK and GQ.

 

 To view our Waxing Treatments please click here

 

For further information or booking call us on +353 (0)21  476 3131 or E-mail us at spa@fotaisland.ie

 

 

 

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Competition Results

Monday, August 30th, 2010

On Sunday the 29th August 2010 we held the Junior Scratch Cup. The results were as follows:
1st Place – Gavin Kelly – Mallow
2nd Place – Jonathan Dunphy -Williamstown
3rd Place – Keith Bermingham -Castletroy
Best Nett – Gary O ‘Flaherty – Blarney
Congratulations to Gavin, Jonathan and Keith and thanks to all who took part. It was a great day out for everyone.

On Friday, 27th August Mr Der O’Neill’s Presidents Prize took place. Congratulations to the following people:
1st Place-Paul Byrd

2nd Place -Donal Corbett

3rd Place-Michael O’Driscoll

Congratuations to our winners and thanks to everyone who took part.

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Spinning has arrived at Fota Island Resort

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

We here at Fota Island Resort are thrilled to announce the launch of our new spinning classes.What exactly is spinning you may ask? Well I am here to explain the new class that will have you in tip top shape this summer. Spinning is a popular group class. According to Ivillage health.com Spinning is an aerobic exercise that takes place on a specially designed stationary bicycle called a spinning bike. As you pedal, motivating music plays and the instructor talks you through a visualization of an outdoor cycling workout.During the class you vary your pace — sometimes pedaling as fast as you can, other times cranking up the tension and pedaling slowly from a standing position. This helps you to focus inwardly and work on your mind as well as your body Spinning helps to increase ones lower body and cardiovascular fitness.Spinning takes place at Fota Island Resort Golf academy every Tuesday morning at 7am & 7pm and Wednesday evening at 7pm sharp. Our spinning classes last for 45mins. To participate in our classes one must bring a towel and plenty of water (you will need it after this intense workout). The cost per class is €8 for non members and €5 for members. Pre booking is essential to reserve your place on our spinning bikes please call the spa on 021 467 3131

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