Green Saffron

Green Saffron We work ethically in local Indian spice farming communities to ensure a fully traceable, sustainable value chain. Cork, Ireland, 2006. Onward!

We source the freshest, most authentic spices to present the best Indian sauces, spice blends and rice. 100% natural, plant-based goodness. Green Saffron is a multi-award winning family business started by Arun Kapil in Midleton, Co. Married to Olive, a Cork native, they both share buckets of passion and a core belief that beautiful ingredients should be available to everybody; and so the pair set

upon a journey. It all began when Arun started attending Farmer Markets whilst cooking in the Ballymaloe House kitchens to earn his crust – selling highest grade, fresh, beautiful and authentic spice blends to an intrigued audience. The journey swiftly moved into a retail product with a presence in food specialist outlets. Today, Green Saffron's fresh spiced products are available in over 225 stores, including 140 Irish food specialists, Tesco Ireland, Supervalu, Dunnes Stores, Farmers Markets (Mahon Point and Ballyseedy) and Selfridges in London. Reach for the stars, grab a hold of your pans and shake the spice world by the scruff of its conventional collar!!

Get • Beyond The Plate: The Spice Bag Edition 🌶️✨Our much-loved food and drink programme is officially back for 2026, ...
19/05/2026

Get • Beyond The Plate: The Spice Bag Edition 🌶️✨

Our much-loved food and drink programme is officially back for 2026, and this year, things are getting spicy.

Curated once again by the brilliant Ali Dunworth, we are bringing together Ireland’s biggest food voices, rule-breakers, and trailblazers for three days of delectable tasters, chaotic panels, and absolute craic.

Expect deep dives into everything from the perfect Bloody Mary and K-Pop snacks for the kids, to the champagne-soaked drama of Below Deck, all mixed with live tastings, vinyl whiskey sessions, and a full-on spice rack showdown.

Featuring Cassie Stokes, Joe Macken, Louise McSharry, Shane Smith, Irah Mari, Graham Herterich, Aoife Carrigy, Arun Kapil and Reggie White - just to name a few.

The best part? Every single Beyond the Plate event is completely included in your festival ticket 🔴 🌿

Bring an appetite. We’ll see you at the table 🍽️

Beyond the Pale | 12-14 June 2026

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Thank you, .We love your food! 💚☀️🙏🏼
09/05/2026

Thank you, .We love your food! 💚☀️🙏🏼

Arun Kapil has been out and about. Mad for road, he’s out, off and at it, spicing up whichever venue he’s invited to. Fo...
29/03/2026

Arun Kapil has been out and about. Mad for road, he’s out, off and at it, spicing up whichever venue he’s invited to. For this one, this Curry Night, he headed over the most brilliant in Clanfield, Oxfordshire. He thoroughly enjoyed it and so, by all accounts, did the wonderful guests. (Photos care of Bill and Janet King

16/11/2025

Arun Kapil is in the kitchen today and will be making a Curried Rebel Roast: Irish Beef, Indian Heat at 4.05pm and then Apples, Crumble, Chai and Cream at 5pm

Delicious for this kind of weather- using our madras / Tamil spices
16/11/2025

Delicious for this kind of weather- using our madras / Tamil spices

Arun Kapil using our Tamil blend of , freshly milled. Delicious, indulgent with butter ghee flourish finish. 🤤
14/11/2025

Arun Kapil using our Tamil blend of , freshly milled. Delicious, indulgent with butter ghee flourish finish. 🤤

All set and ready . See you in the morning! 💚🌶️
31/10/2025

All set and ready . See you in the morning! 💚🌶️

Get • 🍴 We’re getting ready… 📅 Sat 1 & Sun 2 November📍 Cork City Hall🔗Tickets in bioJoin us for a tantalising weeke...
23/10/2025

Get • 🍴 We’re getting ready…
📅 Sat 1 & Sun 2 November
📍 Cork City Hall
🔗Tickets in bio
Join us for a tantalising weekend of local and artisan food – with top chefs and live cookery demos, explore the market, meet the producers, enjoy tastings, drop into food talks and seminars, be inspired, and even learn how to make that perfect coffee or cocktail!

Get • Congratulations to the finalists in our Award for Writing on International Cuisines✨In recent decades, Ireland h...
22/10/2025

Get • Congratulations to the finalists in our Award for Writing on International Cuisines✨

In recent decades, Ireland has benefited from a wealth of cuisines from all over the world. Some are from established chefs and restaurateurs, while others are street food, pop ups or home cooking.

This category aims to reward the best writing on these cuisines and the communities enriching us with fantastic flavours and food experiences
🌶️😎

Janine Kennedy for writing published in

for work in

Ronan Doyle from and

Alex Ní Neill in for writing published in .ie

This category is judged by the wonderful , thank you Romy! We are very grateful to the wonderful based food business for their sponsorship of this award 👏🏻👏🏻❤️

Looking forward to seeing all finalists at !



The Irish Food Writing Awards, which take place on November 13th in the RDS Dublin, are delighted to announce Green Saff...
11/10/2025

The Irish Food Writing Awards, which take place on November 13th in the RDS Dublin, are delighted to announce Green Saffron as sponsor of their Writing on International Cuisines Award. This award encourages and rewards journalism and food writing on the great diversity of cooking in Ireland, both at home and in restaurants and is judged by British Indian food writer Romy Gill, one the many prestigious UK and International media who make up the judging panel, ensuring impartiality.

Established to acknowledge the highest achievements in books, journalism, restaurant critiques, feature writing, recipe writing, photography, podcasts and social media on Irish food and drink, the awards are now in their fifth year and take place in November in the RDS Dublin. https://www.irishfoodwritingawards.ie/.

“We have such a mixed, diverse array of cuisines in Ireland, both in restaurants and in home kitchens” says Arun Kapil, CEO and founder of Green Saffron. “It’s so important to recognise excellence in food writing and storytelling - skills which help keep cultures alive. We are delighted at Green Saffron to sponsor the award of Best Writing on International Cuisines.”
 
“It’s wonderful to have Green Saffron sponsor this award” says Suzanne Campbell, founder of the Irish Food Writing Awards. “Green Saffron is a food company with great heritage - both as part of the Cork market scene and for bringing authentic spices sourced directly from farms in India into Ireland. We have long admired Arun Kapil and his passion for beautifully flavoured food, so it’s lovely to have Green Saffron sponsoring the Writing on International Food awards”. 
 
Green Saffron works within farming communities in India to guarantee it sources only truly sustainable, ethically produced, new season crop, single origin spices. They produce the best, 100% natural Indian ‘desi’ spice mixes and sauces to help consumers make authentic Indian meals of immense flavour at home. 
 
Website https://www.irishfoodwritingawards.ie/
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Back in Day’s , Whitegate again and looking….spicy! 🌶️💚
06/10/2025

Back in Day’s , Whitegate again and looking….spicy! 🌶️💚

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Knockgriffin
Midleton
P25Y597

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Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
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