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