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Host: Anthony

Timoleague, Ireland

USD
$58-$128 per person

Award-winning smoked salmon tasting and private smokehouse tour

Host offerings
  • Rural farmhouse
  • Professional cook
  • Pets
  • Vegetarian
  • Alcohol
  • Transportation
  • Cooking class
  • Market visit
  • Food tour

Meet Anthony

Anthony is the owner of the Ummera Smokehouse, a family-owned smokehouse in Timoleague that has won several awards for their smoked foods. Anthony spent many years in the world of wine working in many places from Dublin to France to Spain and Australia and many places in between, before he was drawn back to his family in Ireland where he setup a wine company in Kinsale. Anthony then decided to help his father, a chicken farmer and fisherman who discovered his love for smoking foods, grow his business. Anthony took over the business from his father in 1998 and built a new smokehouse in 2000. Meet Anthony and learn about the art and science of smoking foods. Ummera is primarily known for its smoked salmon but also offers smoked chicken, smoked duck, smoked Picanha beef and smoked dry cured bacon.

What to expect

Please note menu might vary. If there are particular dishes you are interested in trying, please include your request in the booking form.

Food tour: (1-30 guests) Meet your host Anthony, a charming Irishman (by adoption!) with a dry sense of humor at his traditionally-inspired modern smokehouse for your tour and tasting of their award-winning smoked foods. The Ummera smokehouse smokes organically farmed salmon fished from the west coast of Ireland grown to the highest standards in the ocean. You will learn about how Anthony cures his salmon using the wet curing process, the same process that his father started with in the seventies. Discover how oak sawdust renders a smooth and lovely flavor to their smoked salmon before you sit down at a farm table outdoors (weather permitting) to taste a variety of their smoked foods, including their smoked duck which won a 3-star gold award! Your smokehouse tour will last about 45 minutes before you enjoy a tasting of smoked salmon and meats at Ummera. The duration of the entire tour is 1.5 hours.

For an additional cost, Anthony offers an optional cider pairing of three locally crafted ciders – you will taste a variety of ciders, from a dry sparkling to a sweet cider, produced by his brother-in-law at Stonewell Cider.

Notes: This is a tour of a smokehouse by the owner himself and a tasting of locally crafted award-winning Irish smoked foods.

Languages spoken: English, French, German

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$58-$128 USD

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Pricing (per person)*
1 person 2-4 ppl 5+ ppl
Food Tour
$128 $66 $58
Alcohol
$14 per person
*Does not include 3% payment processing fee applied at checkout.
1 person 2-4 people 5+ people
Food Tour
$128 $66 $58
Alcohol
$14 per person
*Does not include 3% payment processing fee applied at checkout.
Experience Timings
Lunch Dinner
Food Tour
11:00am-1:00pm 3:00pm-5:00pm

Meet Anthony

Anthony is the owner of the Ummera Smokehouse, a family-owned smokehouse in Timoleague that has won several awards for their smoked foods. Anthony spent many years in the world of wine working in many places from Dublin to France to Spain and Australia and many places in between, before he was drawn back to his family in Ireland where he setup a wine company in Kinsale. Anthony then decided to help his father, a chicken farmer and fisherman who discovered his love for smoking foods, grow his business. Anthony took over the business from his father in 1998 and built a new smokehouse in 2000. Meet Anthony and learn about the art and science of smoking foods. Ummera is primarily known for its smoked salmon but also offers smoked chicken, smoked duck, smoked Picanha beef and smoked dry cured bacon.

What to expect

Please note menu might vary. If there are particular dishes you are interested in trying, please include your request in the booking form.

Food tour: (1-30 guests) Meet your host Anthony, a charming Irishman (by adoption!) with a dry sense of humor at his traditionally-inspired modern smokehouse for your tour and tasting of their award-winning smoked foods. The Ummera smokehouse smokes organically farmed salmon fished from the west coast of Ireland grown to the highest standards in the ocean. You will learn about how Anthony cures his salmon using the wet curing process, the same process that his father started with in the seventies. Discover how oak sawdust renders a smooth and lovely flavor to their smoked salmon before you sit down at a farm table outdoors (weather permitting) to taste a variety of their smoked foods, including their smoked duck which won a 3-star gold award! Your smokehouse tour will last about 45 minutes before you enjoy a tasting of smoked salmon and meats at Ummera. The duration of the entire tour is 1.5 hours.

For an additional cost, Anthony offers an optional cider pairing of three locally crafted ciders – you will taste a variety of ciders, from a dry sparkling to a sweet cider, produced by his brother-in-law at Stonewell Cider.

Notes: This is a tour of a smokehouse by the owner himself and a tasting of locally crafted award-winning Irish smoked foods.

Languages spoken: English, French, German

Pricing (per person)*
1 person 2-4 ppl 5+ ppl
Food Tour
$128 $66 $58
Alcohol
$14 per person
*Does not include 3% payment processing fee applied at checkout.
1 person 2-4 people 5+ people
Food Tour
$128 $66 $58
Alcohol
$14 per person
*Does not include 3% payment processing fee applied at checkout.
Experience Timings
Lunch Dinner
Food Tour
11:00am-1:00pm 3:00pm-5:00pm
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