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  • 2022 Food Awards

    The Irish Food Writers’ Guild Food Awards for 2022 were announced today, with a full press release and list of winners available here. As has been the case in recent pandemic years, it was decided not to hold the traditional IFWG Food Awards ceremony and lunch featuring all of the winning products and producers. However,…

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  • IFWG Food Award Winner Peter Hannan awarded MBE

    Peter Hannan, managing director of multi-award winning Hannan Meats, has been awarded an MBE for his outstanding contribution to economic development in Northern Ireland. No stranger to the denizens of the Irish Food Writers’ Guild, Peter was presented with the Guild’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2019 in recognition of his continued work as one of…

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  • 2020 Food Awards

    Irish chocolate, cheese and whiskey among winners in 2020 Irish Food Writers’ Guild Food Awards. For the full story on the 2020 awards, plus winners citations and recipes, click here. The awards ceremony was held at The Marker, on Wednesday, 4th March. It was attended by IFWG members, press and friends of the Guild.

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  • 2019 Food Awards

    Eight food producers from the four corners of Ireland singled out for the 2019 Food Awards. For the full story on the 2019 awards, plus winners citations and recipes, click here. The awards ceremony was held at Glovers Alley, on Wednesday, 6th March. It was attended by IFWG members, press and friends of the Guild.

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  • 2018 Food Awards

    Natural Born Winners: No artificial additives and traditional methods mark out IFWG Food Award winners 2018. For the full story on the 2018 awards, plus winners citations and recipes, click here. The awards ceremony was held in Restaurant Patrick Guilbaud on Wednesday, 7th March. It was attended by IFWG members, press and friends of the…

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  • 2018 Community Food Award launched

    Social Responsibility tops the agenda for the 2018 Community Award launched today. IFWG annual Community Food Award opens for applications. Nominations are being invited by The Irish Food Writers’ Guild (IFWG) for an important award that recognises individuals, businesses or organisations in Ireland that have embraced an ethos of social responsibility to an outstanding level.…

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  • 2017 Food Awards

    The passing down of recipes and traditional farming and production methods from generation to generation has been instrumental in helping Ireland’s food legacy to endure, according to Aoife Carrigy, Chairperson of the Irish Food Writers’ Guild (IFWG). For the full article on the 2017 awards, click here. The event took place on Tuesday 7th March…

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  • Photos: A Round-up From The Community Food Awards 2016

    Photos: Paul Sherwood Photography

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  • National Awards For Community Food Projects Announced

    An organisation that embodies and protects the richness of Ireland’s agricultural legacy has today been announced as the winner of the 2016 Irish Food Writers’ Guild Community Food Awards. The Irish Seed Savers Association, which this year celebrates its 25th anniversary, conserves and distributes rare and heritage seed varieties and encourages the skills of saving…

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  • Biddy White Lennon, Food & Wine Hall of Fame Award

    By Georgina Campbell. Warmest congratulations to our fellow Guild member and dear friend, Biddy White Lennon, on her entry to the Hall of Fame at the 2015 Food&Wine Magazine Restaurant of the Year Awards, held at Dublin’s Intercontinental (former Four Seasons) Hotel in Ballsbridge in August. According to the official citation, the reasons for the…

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