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| Margaret Jeffares, Founder and Managing Director of Good Food Ireland, and Simon Coveney T.D., Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment at launch of highly-coveted Good Food Ireland Awards. |
Good Food Ireland® is delighted to announce the shortlisted finalists for its highly-regarded awards. County Cork was revealed to have an impressive 14 finalists shortlisted – the most of any county in Ireland.
The winners are due to be revealed at a high-profile business lunch taking place on Monday 17th April at The K Club, County Kildare.
The awards are unique in their cross-sector approach and core criteria around commitment to local Irish produce and the organisers are delighted to have them back after the Covid enforced gap. They aim to enhance linkages between agriculture and tourism and present significant opportunities for stimulating local production, retaining tourism earnings in the local area, and improving the distribution of economic benefits of tourism to the four corners of the island.
An independent panel of Irish and International leaders including Founder and Managing Director of Good Food Ireland® Margaret Jeffares, journalists John Wilson and Amii McKeever, IFAC Consultant Stephanie Walsh and Executive Chairman and Owner of Odyssey International Kevin Shannon, shortlisted the nominees from those businesses approved by Good Food Ireland®, subject to meeting strict criteria through onsite inspection. The expert panel will select the overall winner following mystery inspections and assessments.
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| The winners are due to be revealed at a high-profile business lunch taking place on Monday 17th April at The K Club (above), County Kildare. |
Featuring across 10 different categories, the County Cork businesses who made the shortlist are:
Hotel Of The Year – Hayfield Manor and Celtic Ross Hotel
Culinary Haven Of The Year – Ballymaloe House Hotel
Restaurant Of The Year – Fishy Fishy
Pub Of The Year – The Lifeboat Inn
Shop Of The Year – The Roughty Foodie
Food Truck Of The Year – The Garden Cafe Truck at Ballymaloe Cookery School and CRAFT West Cork at The Celtic Ross Hotel
Excellence In Food Tourism Award – Ballymaloe Cookery School Organic Farm & Gardens
Producer Of The Year (Fish & Seafood) – Ummera Smoked Products and "K'O'Connell Fish Merchants”
Producer Of The Year (Bakery & Chocolate) – Koko Kinsale and Praline
Producer Of The Year (Drinks) – Five Farms Irish Cream Liqueur
The public also has the opportunity to cast their votes for their favourite places across the island of Ireland in the Food Lovers Choice Award. The shortlist will be drawn from the finalists in all other categories. Online voting will commence on Tuesday 7th March and remain open until Monday 20th March.
Other awards of recognition will include Outstanding Contribution to Food Production, Outstanding Contribution to Irish Food/Drink Internationally and Lifetime Achievement Award.
Returning for the first time since pre-Covid, the awards – proudly sponsored by Kerrygold, Irish Farmers Association, Bord Bia, Tourism Ireland and National Dairy Council – will be opened by guest of honour, Simon Coveney T.D., Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, and attended by some 300 guests including business owners, Irish and international chefs, buyers, food and drink writers, media and industry leaders. Anita Mendiratta, Special Advisor to the Secretary General of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation, will deliver the afternoon’s Key Note speech.
Margaret Jeffares, Founder and Managing Director of Good Food Ireland® says: "There is great excitement around the return of The Good Food Ireland® Awards this year to celebrate the successful collaboration of cross-sector businesses working together for inclusive economic growth.
“All of those wonderful businesses who have made the shortlist are a committed collection of passionate and driven people who genuinely capture the essence of Ireland's food and drink, setting it in a cultural context to inspire travellers, international consumers and locals to seek out real authenticity and Irish provenance. All the judges would like to extend our congratulations to them all and wish everyone the best of luck for the 17th April."
See the full shortlist of finalists below. For full details on the individual awards, tickets to the event, and general information about Good Food Ireland® visit goodfoodireland.ie
About the Awards:
The 2023 Good Food Ireland® Awards are proudly sponsored by Kerrygold, Irish Farmers Association, Tourism Ireland, Bord Bia, IFAC and National Dairy Council.
All businesses approved by Good Food Ireland, subject to meeting strict criteria through onsite inspection, are eligible for the awards. An independent panel of industry experts will create a shortlist of finalists in each of the award categories. Following further onsite mystery inspection and assessment the winners will be selected. The public will also have an opportunity to vote from a shortlist of finalists for their Favourite Place to Eat, Favourite Food or Drink Producer or Favourite Place to Shop in each of the tourism regions across the island of Ireland.
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| Norma Kelly of Mitchelstown's Praline displays some of her delicious sweet things! |
FULL 2023 GOOD FOOD IRELAND® AWARDS FINALISTS
Hotel Of The Year
Grand Central Hotel Belfast
Hayfield Manor, Cork
Celtic Ross Hotel, Cork
Anantara The Marker Dublin Hotel, Dublin
The Merrion, Dublin
The Europe Hotel & Resort, Kerry
The K Club, Kildare
The Dunraven Adare, Limerick
Culinary Haven Of The Year
The Bushmills Inn, Co Antrim
Killeavy Castle Estate, Armagh
Ballymaloe House Hotel, Cork
BrookLodge & Macreddin Village, Wicklow
Killeen House Hotel & Rozzers Restaurant, Kerry
Cashel House Hotel, Galway
Rathmullan House, Donegal
Ghan House, Louth
Restaurant Of The Year
Fish City, Antrim
An Port Mor, Mayo
Prime 74, Tipperary
The Lemon Tree Restaurant, Donegal
Potager Restaurant, Dublin
Woodruff Restaurant, Dublin
Aniar, Galway
Fishy Fishy, Cork
Hugo's, Dublin
Pub Of The Year
The King's Head, Galway
The Glyde Inn, Louth
The Tavern Bar & Restaurant, Mayo
Harte's of Kildare, Kildare
Mikey Ryan's Bar & Kitchen, Tipperary
The Lifeboat Inn, Cork
The Oarsman, Leitrim
Rusty Mackerel, Donegal
Café Of The Year
Sweet n Green, Clare
Kelly's Kitchen Café, Newport
Farmhouse Café & Bakery, Dublin
GROW HQ, Waterford
Fennelly's of Callan, Kilkenny
The Hungry Bear Café, Wexford
Barrons Bakery & Coffee House, Waterford
Kelly's Café, Wexford
Shop Of The Year
The Roughty Foodie, Cork
Country Choice, Tipperary
Buddy's Farmers Market, Dublin
Brogan's Butchers, Meath
Cavistons Seafood Restaurant & Food Emporium, Dublin
Leaf & Larder Delicatessen & Bakery, Kerry
Firecastle, Kildare
Food Truck Of The Year
The Garden Cafe Truck at Ballymaloe Cookery School, Cork
CRAFT West Cork at The Celtic Ross Hotel, Cork
Koha Street Kitchen, Sligo
SEABISCUIT at The Strand Cahore, Wexford
Sustainability Award
GROW HQ, Waterford
BrookLodge & Macreddin Village, Wicklow
Connemara Smokehouse, Galway
Oriel Sea Salt, Louth
Fish City, Antrim
Atlantis of Kilmore Quay, Wexford
O' Shea Farms, Kilkenny
Excellence In Food Tourism Award
Long Meadow Cider, Armagh
Burren Smokehouse & Visitor Centre, Clare
Ballymaloe Cookery School Organic Farm & Gardens, Cork
Wilde Irish Chocolates, Clare
Vintage Tea Trips, Dublin
The Glyde Inn, Louth
Coppenagh House Farm, Carlow
Producer Of The Year – Fruit & Vegetables
"Garryhinch Wood Exotic Mushrooms", Offaly
The Apple Farm, Tipperary
O'Shea Farms, Waterford
Kearns Fruit Farm, Wexford
Producer Of The Year - Meat
Coppenagh House Farm, Carlow
Market House Ennistymon, Clare
Calvey's Achill Mountain Lamb, Mayo
Jane Russell's Original Irish Sausages, Kildare
Kelly's of Newport, Mayo
Donabate Dexter, Dublin
Producer Of The Year - Fish & Seafood
Burren Smokehouse, Clare
Ummera Smoked Products, Cork
"K'O'Connell Fish Merchants ", Cork
Realt na Mara Shellfish, Kerry
Atlantis of Kilmore Quay, Wexford
Producer Of The Year – Bakery & Chocolate
Koko Kinsale, Cork
Praline, Cork
Jinny's Bakery & Tea Rooms, Leitrim
Walshe's Bakehouse, Waterford
Ditty's Bakery, Derry
Producer Of The Year - Drinks
Armagh Cider Company, Armagh
Jackford Irish Gin, Wexford
Western Herd Brewing Company, Clare
Five Farms Irish Cream Liqueur, Cork
Dew Drop Inn & Brewhouse, Kildare
Producer Of The Year - Dairy
Glastry Farm Ice Cream, Down
The Village Dairy, Carlow
Freezin Friesian, Waterford
Killowen Farm, Wexford
Boyne Valley Farmhouse Cheese, Meath
Producer Of The Year - Jams & Savoury
Wexford Home Preserves, Wexford
Leahy Beekeeping, Galway
Achill Island Sea Salt, Mayo
Wild Irish Foragers & Preservers, Offaly
Harnett's Oils, Down
Keogh's Crisps, Dublin
Producer of the Year
Supreme Award
Outstanding Contribution to Food Production
Outstanding Contribution to Irish Food and Drink Internationally
Lifetime Achievement Award
