Good Food Ireland® has announced the shortlisted finalists for its acclaimed awards with the winners being revealed on November 11, 2024, at The K Club Hotel in County Kildare.

The Good Food Ireland® Awards 2024 celebrate businesses at every layer of Ireland's food and drink industry. From primary producers, manufacturers, and chefs, to shops, hotels, tourism experiences, and restaurants, those businesses who make the shortlist are regarded by the judges as embodying all that makes Ireland’s food offering stand out from the crowd.

The winners are due to be revealed at a high-profile, five-star dinner showcasing a wealth of Ireland’s fantastic produce taking place on Monday, November 11, at The K Club Hotel, Co Kildare.

For the first time, there was also the opportunity for all other businesses around the island of Ireland who believe they share the Good Food Ireland® philosophy, to enter a dedicated “Food Lovers Choice Award” for which the public will have the opportunity to cast their votes! Online voting will commence on Friday, October 4, and remain open until Sunday, October 20.

Róisín Hennerty, Kerrygold, Alex Nahke and Micheal Brennan, The Europe Hotel Resort, Margaret Jeffares, Good Food Ireland Awards 2023
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Róisín Hennerty, Kerrygold, Alex Nahke and Micheal Brennan, The Europe Hotel Resort, Margaret Jeffares, Good Food Ireland Awards 2023

Margaret Jeffares, Founder and Managing Director of Good Food Ireland® says: "We’re delighted to be back with another Good Food Ireland® Awards and, as part of the judging panel I have to admit that each year we do this, it gets harder due to the high calibre of entries and increasing commitment to prioritising local Irish produce.

"It is important that those businesses communicate this shared philosophy to inform customers and attract new visitors seeking an authentic, cultural Irish food or drink experience. Seeing all these businesses collaborate and work together across sectors to help build our island’s reputation for spectacular food and drink overseas in order to create inclusive economic growth is truly fantastic.

“All of those businesses who have made it onto 2024’s shortlist are a genuine inspiration. Proud and passionate ambassadors of Ireland who strive to capture the very essence of the authenticity and provenance that makes our food and drink so uniquely ours. All the judges would like to extend our congratulations to them and wish everyone the best of luck for November 11."

Here are just some of the Good Food Ireland® Awards Categories & Finalists 2024:

5 Star Hotel of The Year

  • The Europe Resort & Spa, Kerry
  • Hayfield Manor, Cork
  • The K Club, Kildare
  • Grand Central Belfast
  • Anantara The Marker Dublin
  • The Dunloe Hotel & Gardens, Kerry
  • Culloden Estate & Spa, Down
  • The Merrion, Dublin

Culinary Haven of The Year

  • Cashel House, Galway
  • The Bushmills Inn, Antrim
  • Ard na Sidhe Country House, Kerry
  • Delphi Lodge & Estate, Galway
  • Rathmullan House, Donegal
  • Castle Leslie Estate, Monaghan
  • Ballymaloe House Hotel, Cork
  • Ghan House, Louth
  • Bunratty Manor Hotel, Clare
  • Barberstown Castle, Kildare

Restaurant of The Year

  • Hang Dai Chinese Restaurant, Dublin
  • Hugo's Restaurant, Dublin
  • Khushee Indian Restaurant, Dublin
  • Wild Thyme Restaurant, Monaghan
  • Fishy Fishy, Cork
  • The Lemon Tree Restaurant, Donegal
  • Woodruff Restaurant, Dublin
  • An Port Mor, Mayo
  • The Church Restaurant, Cork

Café of The Year

  • Farmhouse Cafe & Bakery, Dublin
  • The Bakery Shack, Donegal
  • The Silver Restaurant at Newbridge Silverware, Kildare
  • The Hungry Bear Gorey, Wexford
  • On the Pigs Back Cafe & Deli Douglas, Cork
  • Cliff View Cafe at Cliffs of Moher, Clare
  • Kelly's Kitchen Cafe, Mayo
  • Kalbo’s, Cork
  • Heather at The Gap, Kerry
  • Sweet N Green, Clare

Pub of The Year

  • The King's Head, Galway
  • The Lifeboat Inn, Cork
  • The Glyde Inn, Louth
  • Mikey Ryan's Bar & Kitchen, Tipperary
  • Harte's of Kildare, Kildare
  • The Strand Cahore, Wexford
  • Lock 13 Brewpub, Kildare
  • The Oarsman, Leitrim
  • Harrigan’s Bar & Grill, Kildare

Food Tourism Experience Award

  • Vintage Tea Trips, Dublin
  • Aran Islands Goats Cheese & Tours, Galway
  • Burren Smokehouse & Visitor Centre, Co Clare
  • Realt na Mara Shellfish, Kerry
  • The Cliff View Cafe at the Cliffs of Moher, Clare
  • Croagh Patrick Oysters, Mayo
  • Ballymaloe Cookery School, Organic Farm & Gardens, Cork
  • Longmeadow Cider, Armagh

Sustainability Award

  • Brook Hall Estate, Derry
  • Fish City Restaurant, Belfast
  • Scopers Dundrum, Down
  • BrookLodge & Macreddin Village, Wicklow
  • O'Shea Farms, Kilkenny
  • Atlantis Seafoods, Wexford
  • Keoghs Farm, Dublin
  • GROW HQ, Waterford
  • Realt na Mara, Kerry

See the full shortlist of finalists for the Good Food Ireland® Awards 2024 in association with FBD Insurance below. For full details on the individual awards, tickets to the event, and general information about Good Food Ireland® visit goodfoodireland.ie.

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