Hadji Bey

This article is about the confectionery. For history of Odessa, see Odessa.

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 set up in Cork City where the business thrived.

His shop facade on McCurtin Street read: Hadji Bey et Cie which gave the premises an exotic, international, quasi-French atmosphere.[3]

The business today

In the 1970s the business was sold and the product is now made by LC 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. ↑ "Cie" abbreviates compagnie, the French word for a Limited company.