Winners at the Irish Food Awards - Blas na hEireann 2011

The annual Blas na hEireann/National Irish Food Awards celebrate and reward the very best of Irish produce, and the passionate, driven individuals behind it.

All Irish Food companies, from North and South of the island of Ireland, are invited to submit food products that are commercially available to the public in at least three commercial outlets, including Market stalls.


Held as part of the annual Dingle Peninsula Food & Wine Festival, the winners of the 2011 were announced on this evening. The official presentation and awards ceremony by Ross Golden-Bannon, Peter Ward, Birgitta Hedin-Curtin and Martin Shanahan was attended by retail buyers, journalists and chefs as well as local visitors to the festival.


This is a quick List of all the Winners at the Blas na hEireann Awards 2011 which I put together through thanks to the on-the-spot reporting of Artisan Food Brand Master Keith Bohanna via his Twitter posts.

Blas na hEireann - National Irish Food Awards
Category	Bronze	Silver	Gold
Chocolate	-	Chocolate Here	Joint Chocolate Here & Butlers
Confectionary	Just Desserts	The Cake Stand	Aran Candy Co
Puddings & Desserts	Elizabeth Ann, Sligo	Diva Boutique, Cork	Coverture Desserts for Dunnes
Dessert Sauces	Tipperary Kitchen	Mileeven for Lidl	Terravale for Aldi
Dairy	Irish Yogurts for Aldi	Irish Yogurts for Tesco	Irish Yogurts for Supervalu
Ice cream & Sorbets	Curran Hill, Fermoy	Silver Pail for Superquinn	Silver Pail for Supervalu
Cheese	Wicklow Blue	JOD Foods – Old Irish Creamery	Irish Cashel Blue
Sausages	Oldhausen for Lidl	Oldhausen	AIBP for Superquinn
Black & White Puddings	Truly Irish	Brady Family Meats	Brady's for Supervalu
Cured Meats & Charcuterie	Tom Durkin	Callan Bacon Co	Glenieen Foods for Horgan
Bacon	Callan Bacon Co	Callan Bacon Co	Callan Bacon Co
Meat	AIBP for Aldi	Western Brand for Aldi	AIBP for Superquinn
Terrines & Pates	Flynn's Kitchen	On The Pigs Back	The Food Store, Castlebar
Savoury Pies & Quiches	Una Martin	Una Martin	Una Martin
Fish & Seafood	Dunns Seafare for Supervalu	Dunns Seafare for Supervalu	Joint Kenmare Salmon Co & Sushi King
Soup & Salads	Flynn's Kitchen	Atlantis Audrey	Joint Gold Wonder Foods & Glorious Sushi
Bread	Village Bakery, Dublin	Diva Boutique	Pat The Baker for Aldi
Functional Food	Gookies	Pure Foods	Billy's Bakery
Breakfast Cereal	Nash19, Cork	Joint Kelkin & NutriSnacks	Foods Of Athenry
Spirits & Liquors	Cooley for Aldi	Robert Merry & Co	Cooley for Aldi
Beer & Cider	Carlow Brew Co for Aldi	Carlow Brew Co for Aldi	Dungarvan Brewing Co
Bottled Milk	Adare Farm	Mulryans for Aldi	The Different Dairy Company Organic
Teas & Coffees	Baileys Coffee	Java Republic	Barbara Daly for Supervalu
Oils, Seasonings and Dressings	Simply	Quality Strand Hotel	Green Saffron
Pickles & Chutney	O' Lionáird’s for Aldi	The Scullery for Aldi	O' Lionáird’s  Follain
Preserves, Conserves	-	Joint O' Lionáird’s Follain & Healys Honey for Aldi	Healys Honey for Aldi
Cakes & Desserts	Just Desserts	Silver Pail	The Food Store
Biscuits & Snacks	Gookies	Kooky Dough	Market Foodstore
Savoury Snacks	Largo	Tayto	Tayto
Cake & Bread Mixes	Sowans Organic	-	Joint Cathy's Spelt & Nash 19
Business Diversification award	Limerick Strand Hotel
Fish Innovation Award	Keoghans
Best Kerry Based Emerging Food Co	Cloudberry Bakery
Best New Product	O'Connors Bakery for Mincemeat
Best Artisan Producer Award	Una's Pies
Supreme Champion 2011	Barber Daly & Co Ltd, Tea Merchants & Tea Brokers, Cork
Winners Details provided Live! via Twitter by @keithbohanna

Please excuse any errors - Keith could only tweet so fast! Do contact me with any corrections.

 Latest News Update! Sunday 2nd October.
For the Complete Results they have been just published here on the Blas na hEireann website

On a personal note, I think all major events like this should have their own Social Media station at their event, to help interested parties (like me, that couldn't make it to the event) keep up-to-date with the details & results via Twitter & Facebook.


Don't forget to Feed the Fish at the bottom of this POst!
zack

Best Artisan Food Producer 2011 - Una Martin for Una's Pies