[trx_title type=»2″ style=»none» align=»left» bottom=»10″]Jacinta Dalton[/trx_title]

Head of Culinary Arts & Service Industries – Galway International Hotel School, Atlantic Technological University, Galway City

Jacinta is an IGCAT board member and a member of Faculty at The College of Tourism & Arts, Galway Mayo Institute of Technology, (GMIT) and lectures in Food & Beverage skills and service, Hotel & Hospitality Operations and Marketing. She has had direct operational experience at senior management level in the food and hospitality industry over the past 20 years and has developed and delivered a number of training programmes for Fáilte Ireland – Ireland’s National Tourism Development Authority. In 2011 Jacinta was co-founder of The FoodieForum (www.thefoodieforum.net) – an interactive, collaborative, educational networking platform for food producers, chefs, restaurateurs interested in the support and promotion of local food.