Hadji Bey

Hadji Bey is a Turkish delight confectionery made in County Kildare, Ireland.[1][2]

History

The original product was created by Harutun Batmazian, an Armenian trader, who exhibited at the 1902 Great Cork International Exhibition. He moved to Cork City where the business thrived.[3] The business exported it confections to Harrods inLondon and Bloomingdale’s in New York. It was even supplied to Buckingham Palace.[4]

His shop facade on McCurtin Street read: Hadji Bey et Cie which gave the premises an exotic, international, quasi-French atmosphere.[5]

The business today

In the 1970s the business was sold and the product is now made by UHC Confectionery in Newbridge, while keeping a premises at the English Market in Cork.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Web mention accessed 2010
  2. ↑ Hadji Bey website 2010
  3. ↑ "A sweet story from Cork". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2018-01-15.
  4. ↑ Phelan, Kate. "A Brief History of Hadji Bey's, Ireland's Premier Turkish Delight". Culture Trip. Retrieved 2018-01-15.
  5. ↑ "Cie" abbreviates compagnie, the French word for a Limited company.
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