The FOOD&WINE Magazine Restaurant of the Year Awards, now in its 14th year,
are considered one of the most prestigious and authoritative culinary awards in the
Irish calendar. Recognising the best Irish restaurants and culinary talent,
diners from all over Ireland were invited to nominate their favourite
restaurants and chefs.
The top entries went forward for deliberation by a
national culinary panel of judges made up of industry experts and national food
critics. After much deliberation on each category, each judge voted in secret
for their top 10 in each category, including the top 10 restaurants and chefs
from all four provinces, with Dublin treated separately.
The national awards for Overall Best Chef and Overall Best Restaurant were put through a further judging process, where the entire judging panel and all previous panel members voted electronically and in private.
All of the regional and national winners will be announced at
the awards ceremony on 17 August. In addition to Best Chef and Best Restaurant,
awards will also be presented for Best Sommelier, Best Service, Best World
Cuisine and Best Wine Experience.
“This year, we are very excited to
recognise emerging chefs and restaurateurs who have been striving for excellence
over the last year and are now getting the accolades they deserve. Of course,
established restaurants that continue to innovate, yet maintain the same
standards of excellence, will always be rewarded. It is also encouraging to see
a significant growth in quality, regional eateries across the country this year,
which provided plenty of fodder for debate during the judging
process,” commented Miriam Atkins, editor of
FOOD&WINE Magazine.
N.B -Shortlist is in Alphabetical Order, placing to be announced on Sunday August
17th at the Four Seasons
Dublin
Best Restaurant
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Best Restaurant Ulster - Shortlist
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4th Wall,
Belfast
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Balloo House,
Down
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Coppi,
Belfast
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Deanes Meat Locker
Belfast
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Hadskis,
Belfast
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James Street South Restaurant,
Belfast
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MacNean House & Restaurant,
Cavan
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Ox, Belfast
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Rayanne House,
Down
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The Catalina Restaurant, Lough Erne Resort,
Fermanagh
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Best Restaurant Munster -
Shortlist
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1826 Adare,
Limerick
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Ballymaloe House,
Cork
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Gregans Castle,
Clare
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Les Gourmandises,
Cork
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Longueville House,
Cork
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Sage, Cork
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The Cliff House,
Waterford
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The Mustard Seed at Echo Lodge,
Limerick
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The Tannery, Dungarvan,
Waterford
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Wild Honey Inn,
Clare
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Best Restaurant Leinster -
Shortlist
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Campagne Restaurant, Gashouse Lane, Kilkenny
City
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Aldridge Lodge Restaurant, New Ross,
Wexford
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Brabazon Restaurant, Tankardstown House,
Slane, Meath
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Chakra by Jaipur, Greystones,
Wicklow
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Dunbrody House,
Wexford
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Lady Helen, Mount Juliet,
Kilkenny
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Sha-Roe,
Carlow
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The Strawberry Tree Restaurant at Brooklodge
& Wells Spa, Macreddin Village, Wicklow
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Vie de Chateaux, Naas,
Kildare
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Viewmount House,
Longford
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Best Restaurant Connacht -
Shortlist
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An Port Mór, Westport,
Mayo
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Aniar Restaurant, Lower Dominick St,
Galway
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Ashford Castle Hotel, Cong,
Mayo
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Ballynahinch Castle,
Connemara
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Coopershill House,
Sligo
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Inis Meain Restaurant, Aran Islands,
Galway
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Kai Café and Restaurant, Sea Road,
Galway
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La Fougere Restaurant, Knockranny House
Hotel, Westport, Mayo
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O'Grady's on the Pier, Barna,
Galway
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Oscar's Seafood Bistro,
Galway
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Best Restaurant Dublin -
Shortlist
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Ananda, Dundrum, Dublin
14
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Chapter One, Parnell Square
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Dax, Pembroke Street Upper,
Dublin
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Forest Avenue, Sussex
Road
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L'Ecrivain,
Lower Baggot Street, Dublin
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Pearl Brasserie, Upper Merrion Street,
Dublin
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Restaurant Forty One at Residence, St
Stephens Green
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Restaurant Patrick Guilbaud
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The Greenhouse, Dawson St
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Thorntons, Fitzwilliam Hotel, St Stephen's
Green
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Best Chef
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Best Chef Ulster -
Shortlist
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Carl Johansen, James Street South Bistro Bar
& Grill, Belfast
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Chris Fearon, Deanes at Queens,
Belfast
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Conor McClellend, Rayanne House,
Belfast
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Danny Millar, Balloo House,
Down
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David Gillmore, James Street South
Restaurant, Belfast
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Ian Orr, Browns,
Derry
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Neven Maguire, MacNean House &
Restaurant, Cavan
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Niall McKenna, Hadskis,
Belfast
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Noel McMeel, The Catalina,
Fermanagh
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Simon Toye, Deanes Meat Locker,
Belfast
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Best Chef Munster -
Shortlist
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Aidan McGrath, Wild Honey Inn,
Clare
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Caithlyn Ruth, Deasy's Harbor
Bar
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David Hurley, Gregans Castle,
Clare
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Eddie Ongchok Fong,
Aroi
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Eric Theze, La Boheme,
Waterford
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Kevin Aherne, Sage,
Cork
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Martijn Kajuiter, The Cliff House,
Waterford
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Paul Flynn, The Tannery Restaurant,
Waterford
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Wade Murphy, 1826 Adare,
Limerick
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William O'Callaghan, Longueville House,
Cork
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Best Chef Leinster -
Shortlist
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Aidan MacManus, King Sitric, Howth, County
Dublin
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Billy Whitty, Aldridge Lodge,
Wexford
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Cormac Rowe, The Lady Helen, Mount Juliet,
Kilkenny
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Garrett Byrne, Campagne,
Kilkenny
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Gary O'Hanlon, Viewmount House Restaurant,
Dublin Road, Longford
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Henry Stone, Sha-Roe,
Carlow
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Lalit Kumar, Chakra by Jaipur, Greystones,
Wicklow
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Oliver Dunne, Bon Appetit, Malahide, County
Dublin
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Robbie Krawczyk, Brabazon Restaurant,
Tankardstown House, Meath
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Tim Daly, The Strawberry Tree, The
Brooklodge & Wells Spa, Wicklow
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Best Chef Connacht -
Shortlist
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Christina McCauley, Coopershill House,
Sligo
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Frankie Mallon, An Port Mór, Westport,
Mayo
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Jessica Murphy, Kai Café and Restaurant, 20
Sea Rd, Galway
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Johnathan Keane, The Lodge at Ashford,
Mayo
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JP McMahon, Cava Bodega,
Galway
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Michael O'Meara, Oscars Seafood Restaurant,
Galway
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Ruairi de Blacam, Inis Meain, Aran islands,
Galway
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Seamus Commons, La Fougére Restaurant,
Knockranny, Westport, Mayo
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Tim O'Sullivan, Renvyle House Hotel,
Renvyle, Connemara, Galway
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Ultan Cooke, Aniar Restaurant, Lower
Dominick St, Galway
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Best Chef Dublin -
Shortlist
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Conor O'Dowd,
Dax
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Derry Clarke, l'Ecrivain, Lower Bagott
Street
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Graham Neville, Restaurant Forty One at
Residence, St Stephens Green
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Guillaume Lebrun, Restaurant Patrick
Guilbaud
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John Wyer, Forest Avenue, Sussex Road,
Dublin 4
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Kevin Thornton,
Thornton's
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Mickael Viljanen, The Greenhouse Restaurant,
Dawson Street
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Ross Lewis, Chapter One, Parnell Square
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Stephen Gibson, Pichet, Trinity
St
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Sunil Ghai,
Ananda, Dundrum, Dublin 14
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National Shortlist
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Best Wine
Experience
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Ballymaloe,
Cork
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Chapter One, Dublin
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Dax,
Dublin
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Ely Wine Bar, Ely
Place, Dublin 2
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Greenacres,
Wexford
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Kelly's Resort Hotel,
Wexford
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La Fougere, Knockranny,
Mayo
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Ox,
Belfast
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Restaurant Forty-One,
Stephen's Green, Dublin 2
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Restaurant Patrick
Guilbaud, Dublin
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Best Sommelier
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Alain Kerloc'h, Ox,
Belfast
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Colm McCan, Ballymaloe,
Cork
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Damian Corr, The
Cellar, Dublin
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Ed Jolliffe, Chapter
One, Dublin
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Ian Brosnan, Ely Wine
Bar, Dublin
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Martina Delaney,
l'Ecrivain, Dublin
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Nicolas Fajours, La
Fougere, Mayo
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Nisea Doddy, The
Shelbourne, Dublin
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Pierre-Marie Faure,
Restaurant Patrick Guilbaud, Dublin
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Thomy Sabbe, Pearl
Brasserie
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Victor Nedelea,
Restaurant Forty-One, Residence, Dublin
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Best Casual
Dining
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1826 Adare,
Limerick
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Aroi,
Limerick
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Etto,
D2
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Fade Street Social,
D2
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Farmgate, English
Market
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Farmgate, Midleton,
Cork
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James Street South Bar
& Grill, Belfast
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Las Tapas de Lola,
D2
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The Black Pig, Kinsale,
Cork
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Wild Honey Inn,
Lisdoonvana
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Ethnic & World
Cuisine
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Ananda, Dundrum,
Dublin
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Aroi,
Limerick
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Chakra by Jaipur,
Greystones, Wicklow
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China Sichuan,
Sandyford, Dublin
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Las Tapas de Lola,
Dublin 2
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M&L Chinese
Restaurant, Dublin
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Montys of Kathmandu,
Dublin 1
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Musashi, Capel Street,
Dublin
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Rasam, Glasthule,
County Dublin
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Saba,
Dublin
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Best Service
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Ananda, Dundrum, Dublin
14
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Chapter One,
Dublin
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L'Ecrivain,
Dublin
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Ox,
Belfast
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Rayanne House,
Down
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Renvyle House Hotel,
Galway
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Restaurant Forty One,
Dublin
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Restaurant Patrick
Guilbaud, Dublin
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The Mustard Seed at
Echo Lodge, Limerick
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The Tannery, Dungarvan,
Waterford
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Viewmount House,
Longford
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The winners of the 14th Annual FOOD&WINE Magazine Restaurant of the Year Awards will be announced at a gala luncheon on Sunday 17 August at The Four Seasons, Dublin 4.
Best of Luck to all involved!
Zack