What we are all about and who we are...
Cheerleaders of local people, places and produce.
Award-winning experiences we can’t wait to share with you.
Taste & Tour is a series of multi-award-winning food and drink tours and experiences with a 5-star Tourism Northern Ireland Rating.
We take pride in offering an authentic taste of both Belfast and Edinburgh while showcasing their respective stories, best told by the people we meet along the way in our favourite venues.
We curate unforgettable food and drink experiences for both public and private groups. Our selection of public tours includes the original Belfast Food Tour™, Edinburgh Food Tour™, City Cocktail Circuit, Whiskey Walk, Gin Jaunt, Crafty Beer and Tasty Bites along with our Wine Wander and 5 Stop Brunch. Each is designed to showcase the city’s brightest and best flavours.
We are proud to have been awarded the Green Tourism Silver Award, a coveted award demonstrating our dedication to sustainability in our cities through our experiences. You can find out more about our Green Tourism Strategy here.
At Taste & Tour, it’s about more than a food and drink tour, it’s an invitation to love our cities through their extraordinary tastes while our passionate, local guides lead the cheer!
What do we do for Tour Operators and Corporates?
We offer a suite of solutions for tour operators and corporate clients including Traditional Pub Tours with lunch or dinner, Taste & Tour Mini Market, Irish Bar Takeovers, Private Dining Tours as well as Interactive Dining Tours. Get in touch with our Experience Creation Team here.
MEET THE TEAM
CAROLINE WILSON
Founding Director of Taste & Tour.
After a 15 year legal career Caroline turned her passion into a business when she created Northern Ireland's first ever food tour, the Belfast Food Tour™, in March 2014. It all started with a desire to show off the very best of Belfast's hospitality scene and the incredible produce of Northern Ireland in a fun and informative way - and this ethos remains to this day.
Little did she know that what started as one tour a week would grow into what Taste & Tour - founded in 2016 with Phil - has become today with 36 tour guides and expansion into Edinburgh, Scotland in 2023.
Always passionate about tourism in Northern Ireland, Caroline is also a board member of the Visit Belfast, Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival and is a member of the Belfast City Council Food and Drink Tourism Network.
Favourite Cocktail: A classic Margarita
Favourite Condiment: Tarragon Mustard
Favourite Cookbook: Nigella Summer or Ottolenghi Simple
PHIL ERVINE
Founding Director of Taste & Tour.
Phil's passion has always been food and drink and BTT (before Taste & Tour) he worked in marketing for a hospitality group of 5 star hotels, pubs and pizzerias, a beer company and a gin distillery - all of his favourite things.
When he moved back to Belfast after university he fell in love with the city and has been determined ever since to put it on the map as the brilliant place it is to visit, eat and drink in.
As a drinks and cocktail geek it was a dream come true to have free reign and create The Spirit Circle, home to Sensorium and Belfast by the Glass. Phil was also the chair of a Tourism Northern Ireland Recovery Group that was formed in 2020.
Favourite Cocktail: Corpse Reviver #2, Old Fashioned or Gin Martini (he just can't choose)
Favourite Condiment: Ballymaloe Relish
Favourite Cookbook: Weber BBQ Bible
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