Font Size - | + | Bookmark Us | Print page

Member search

Search:
Search for:
County:

You are here : Home » Awards and Conference 2011 » Shortlisted Finalists of 2011 Awards

Shortlisted Finalists of 2011 Awards


			Good Food Ireland Supreme Award of the Year Sponsored by Kerrygold The business that this year most strongly reflects the Good Food Ireland philosophy. WINNER: Source Sligo, Restaurant, Cookery School & Wine Bar (Sligo)

Good Food Ireland Food Pub of the Year

Shortlisted Finalists:

The Spinnaker Bar, Co Waterford
Eight Bar & Restaurant, Galway
Larkin’s Bar & Restaurant, Co Tipperary
The Oarsman, Co Leitrim
Cronin's Pub & Mad Fish Restaurant, Co Cork
Fallon’s of Kilcullen, Co Kildare
Hargadons, Sligo
The Poachers Inn, Co Cork

WINNER: The Oarsman (Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim)


			Good Food Ireland Food Lover’s Choice Award Sponsored by The Irish Times Selected by public users of Good Food Ireland as their overall favourite food destination. Those listing the winner will be entered into a draw, the winner attending the awards as a guest of Good Food Ireland. This person will also present the award with the Taoiseach to the overall winner. Shortlisted Finalists: Dunraven Arms Hotel, Co Limerick The Silver Restaurant @ Newbridge Silverware, Co Kildare A. Caviston, Co Wicklow QC’s Restaurant, Bar & Townhouse, Co Kerry Springfort Hall Country House Hotel, Co Cork WINNER: A. Caviston (Greystones, Co Wicklow)

Good Food Ireland Food Producer of the Year

Shortlisted Finalists:

There will be a Winner and Highly Commended Award

Ditty's Home Bakery & Coffee Shop, Co Derry
Rossmore Farmhouse Ice Cream, Co Laois
Pónaire, Limerick
Glastry Farm Ice Cream, Co Down
Goatsbridge Trout Farm, Co Kilkenny
G's Gourmet Jams, Co Laois
Burren Smokehouse and Visitor Centre, Co Clare
Glenilen Farm, Co Cork
Donegal Rapeseed Oil Company, Co Donegal
Co Couture, Belfast

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Goatsbridge Trout Farm (Co. Kilkenny)

WINNER: Glenilen Farm (Co. Cork)


			Good Food Ireland Restaurant of the Year Sponsored by Classic Drinks Championing local produce, serving imaginative and unpretentious menus that celebrate both ingredients and producer. Shortlisted Finalists: There will be a Winner and Highly Commended Award Fishy Fishy Café, Co Cork Cavistons Seafood Restaurant & Food Emporium, Dublin Chapter One, Dublin The House, Dublin Farmgate, Co Cork White Gables Restaurant, Co Galway Ard Bia at Nimmos, Galway Brown's Restaurant & Champagne Bar, Derry HIGHLY COMMENDED: The House (Howth, Co. Dublin) WINNER: Chapter One (Co. Dublin)

Good Food Ireland Most Innovative Award

Shortlisted Finalists:

Ballyvolane House, Co Cork
Glenilen Farm, Co Cork
The Chocolate Garden of Ireland, Co Carlow
Knockdrinna Farmhouse Cheese & Café, Co Kilkenny
The Roadside Tavern, Co Clare
Orchard Acre Farm, Co Fermanagh
The Merrion, Dublin

WINNER: Ballyvolane House (Fermoy, Co. Cork)


			Good Food Ireland Culinary Haven Sponsored by Hertz This award recognises guest accommodation that prioritises a superior local food experience. Shortlisted Finalists: There will be a Winner and Highly Commended Award Ballyvolane House, Co Cork Gorman's Clifftop House & Restaurant, Co Kerry The Old Convent, Co Tipperary Rathmullan House, Co Donegal Ballymaloe House, Co Cork Aldridge Lodge, Co Wexford Mount Falcon, Co Mayo HIGHLY COMMENDED: Gorman's Clifftop House Hotel (Dingle Peninsula, Co Kerry) WINNER: Aldridge Lodge (Duncannon, Co Wexford)

Good Food Ireland Newcomer of the Year

Shortlisted Finalists:

There will be a regional winner and overall newcomer of the year award T

North - Hastings Group, N.I., Armagh Cider, Co Armagh

WINNER: Hastings Group (N.I.)

South - Glasrai & Goodies, Co Kilkenny, D'Lush Café, Wexford, Tastefully Yours, Co Waterford, Killiane Castle, Wexford, Ballinwillin House, Co Cork

WINNER: Tastefully Yours (Dunhill, Co Waterford)

East - Ananda Restaurant, Dublin, The Brooklodge, Co Wicklow, OHCo., Co Wicklow, O' Connells in Donnybrook, Dublin, Ely Bar & Brasserie, Dublin

WINNER: Ananda Restaurant (Dublin)

West - Currarevagh House, Co Galway, Source Sligo, Sligo, The Malton, Co Kerry, Foxford Woollen Mills Café & Food Hall, Co Mayo

WINNER: Source Sligo, Restaurant, Cookery School & Wine Bar (Sligo)

Good Food Ireland Cookery School of the Year

Shortlisted Finalists:

Belle Isle Cookery School, Co Fermanagh
Ballymaloe Cookery School, Co Cork
Dublin Cookery School, Dublin
The Tannery Restaurant & Cookery School, Co Waterford
Ghan House & Cookery School, Co Louth
Ballyknocken House & Cookery School, Co Wicklow

WINNER: The Tannery Restaurant & Cookery School (Dungarvan, Co Waterford)


			Good Food Ireland “Come & See” Food Producer of the Year Sponsored by Tourism Ireland We live in a world of dramatic disjoint. To open up, reveal, explain, is a real gift, education in its raw state. This is a producer who generously realises this. They reflect their terroir, work with the constraints but also celebrate the possibility modern techniques bring. Shortlisted Finalists: The Chocolate Garden of Ireland, Co Carlow Glenilen Farm, Co Cork Cashel Blue Farmhouse Cheese, Co Tipperary Coolanowle House & Organic Farm, Co Carlow Knockdrinna Farmhouse Cheese & Café, Co Kilkenny Janet's Country Fayre, Co Wicklow WINNER: The Chocolate Garden of Ireland (Tullow, Co Carlow)

Good Food Ireland Culinary Hotel of the Year

Shortlisted Finalists:

Kelly’s Resort Hotel & Spa, Co Wexford
The Merrion, Dublin
Brook’s Hotel, Dublin
The Shelbourne Hotel, Dublin
Harvey's Point Country Hotel, Co Donegal
The Merchant Hotel, Belfast
The Cliff House Hotel, Co Waterford

The Cliff House Hotel (Ardmore, Co Waterford)


			Good Food Ireland Ambassador of the Year Sponsored by Foras na Gaelige This award highlights the enormous voluntary commitment and belief in the efforts of Good Food Ireland. The winner’s contribution has unselfishly benefited every business within the network. Shortlisted Finalists: Kay Harte, Farmgate English Market, Cork Síle Gorman, Gorman's Clifftop House & Restaurant, Co Kerry Eileen Dunne, Dunne & Crescenzi, Dublin Sean Kelly, Kelly's of Newport, Co Mayo Mary Gleeson, Gleeson's Townhouse & Restaurant, Roscommon Peter Ward, Country Choice, Co Tipperary Birgitta Hedin Curtin, Burren Smokehouse and Visitor Centre, Co Clare Jack McCarthy, McCarthy's of Kanturk, Co Cork WINNER: Kay Harte, Farmgate English Market, Cork

Good Food Ireland Local Food Shop of the Year

Shortlisted Finalists:

There will be a Winner and Highly Commended Award

Donnybrook Fair, Dublin
Mannings Emporium, Co Cork
Gleeson's Artisan Food & Wine Shop, Roscommon
Kay O'Connell Fishmongers, Cork
Fallon & Byrne, Dublin
Martin Divilly Butchers, Co Galway
Urru Culinary Store, Co Cork
Cavistons Seafood Restaurant & Food Emporium, Dublin
Rua, Co Mayo

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Urru Culinary Store (Cork)

WINNER: Rua (Castlebar, Co Mayo)


			Good Food Ireland Café of the Year Sponsored by Newstalk The emphasis is on quality local Irish food, demonstrating outstanding service and hospitality. Shortlisted Finalists: Café Rua, Co Mayo The Sheelin Tea Shop, Co Fermanagh The Blackberry Café, Co Kilkenny Lemon Tree Café, Co Waterford Kalbo's Café, Co Cork The Burren Perfumery Organic Tea Room, Co Clare Sage Café, Co Cork WINNER: The Sheelin Tea Shop (Ballanaleck, Co Fermanagh)