Irish Quality Food Awards 2019

On Oct 24th in the Clayton Hotel, many food producers and retailers got together for the Irish Quality Food Awards 2019. I was delighted to attend the event as a judge.

While I recommend to shop local, in season and to cook from scratch, it is great to have some guidance on Award Winning products. Here are some of the food and drink products you might be interested in that won an award on Oct 24th, I have divided it up by retailer, please note that I amn't sponsored by any retailer and I have listed in Alphabetical order.

If I were in the following supermarkets I think I would pick up the following Award Winning products:

Aldi

• Aldi Exquisite Irish Black Angus Fillet Barrel with Red Wine Jus
• Aldi Specially selected Irish Black Angus Fillet Steaks   
• Aldi Specially selected Tipperary Dry Aged Irish Black Angus Rib Eye Steak
• Aldi Specially Selected Spicy Pepperoni and chorizo pizza
  
• Aldi Specially Cheese: Selected Italian Parmigiano, Reggiano Wedge, Irish Buffalo salad cubes and Vintage Irish Cheddar
  
• Aldi Specially selected Irish Brandy butter
  
• Aldi Specially Selected Irish Lamb Burgers
  

• Handmade Irish Smoked Trout Pate
• Handmade Buche de Noel
  
• Hand Cooked Clogherhead Sea Salt and white wine vinegar crisps
• Irish Salted Caramel Fudge
  
• Handmade barrel ages feta & roasted vegetable quiche
  
• Italian Prosciutto Di Parma and Irish Duck Rilette Pate
  
• Salt Aged Sharing striploin steak - James Whelan Butchers
  
• Irish Multi Seed Rye Crackers and Cantuccini Toscani PGO biscuits
  
• Irish Handmade single origins Colombian milk chocolate egg
  
• Irish Madagscan Vanilla Bean Custard & Irish made Triple Berry Yoghurt
  
• Bronze Butter basted Turkey Breast Joint
  
• Wine: La Fabrique a vin Alicante Bouschet IGP Pays d'Oc 2018 and Chianti Classico DOCG Riserva Campomaggio

• lidl Alesto Brazil nuts,
• Lidl Deluxe confit Duck Legs - Silver Hill Foods
  
• Lidl Deluxe 6 Corn Fed Free Range Eggs Omega 3 Enriched - Connolly's Organic eggs
  
• Lidl Irish Carved Topside Beef
  

• Tesco Finest Roasted Nut Selection
  
• Tesco Finest Gorgonzola PDO Piccante
  
• Tesco Finest Vinas Del Ray Albarino
• Tesco Finest Sauternes

• Bombay Pantry Goan Vegan Curry
• Le Skinny Chef Leek & Nettle Soup
• Keelings freshly squeezed orange juice
• North Cork Pure Irish Creamery Butter
• Wildberry Bakery Jewelled Christmas cake
• King of Kefir - Herbal Crest