Over 400 food producers and chefs from across Ireland will serve artisan Irish food to 20,000 delegates over the next three days at this year's Web Summit.

Good Food Ireland will host the Food Summit, the largest showcase of Irish food in a specially built food village in Herbert Park, beside the RDS where the main event is taking place. It will also cater private events, breakfasts, lunches and dinner during the summit.

Over the course of the Food Summit, chefs will serve over 54,000kg of hot food dishes, 9,000 jars of yoghurt, 18,000 slices of cooked meats, almost 2,000kg of Irish farmhouse cheeses and over 10,000 handmade chocolates.

One single producer is supplying 10,000 Irish apples, and another is bringing 9,000 bags of crisps. One farmer is supplying 39,000 baby potatoes.

The Food Summit started last year after Paddy Cosgrave, founder of the Web Summit, paid a visit to Margaret Jeffares of Good Food Ireland on her farm in Wexford.

Jeffares said: “Good Food Ireland members have gone into overdrive to meet the requirements of each day of the Food Summit with Good Food Ireland, but the challenge is a pleasure, as there is nothing more satisfying than telling the story of Irish food in a very real way to an appreciative audience. What we are doing at the Food Summit is not just important for each individual business, but for the reputation of the whole country as a food island.”

Read Irish Country Living's interview with Web Summit founder, Paddy Cosgrave.