Nine producers from Waterford have been recognised at the Irish Food Awards, Blas na hÉireann.
Now in their 12th year, the Blas na hÉireann awards are the all-island food awards that recognise the very best Irish food and drink products, and the passionate people behind them.
Several Waterford companies picked up gold including Carters Chocolate Café with their real lemonade, Veronica's Cafe for their Lemon & Cranberry Scone, Irish Gourmet Butter, Blackwater Distillery and Pipin Pear baby food.
Ireland's finest @BlasNahEireann - Gold for our Boyle's Gin and Silver for Raspberry Blush. Every drop distilled at Blackwater Distillery in West Waterford, exclusively for @Aldi_Ireland and only €25! Why pay twice that? pic.twitter.com/Hkt1PJiG8n
— BlackwaterDistillery (@BlackDistillery) October 5, 2019
Pipin Pear also won silver and bronze.
🎉🏆Hurrah 🏆🎉
Our new organic Pipin Pear dishes have won Gold, Silver and Bronze at the Blas Na HEireann National Irish Food Awards 👏👏#Blas19 #Celebrate #IrishFood pic.twitter.com/FrXKQ8A0CV— Pipin Pear (@pipinpear) October 5, 2019
Legacy Irish Cider won silver as did Tastefully Yours for their Massaman Curry Sauce.
Tea & Coffee Warehouse and Pure Food Company also picked up bronze.
Irish Gourmet Butter was named Best in Waterford and Pure Food Company won Best in Farmer's Market for Waterford.
Delighted to let you know that we have won Gold for our Lightly Salted Butter and Bronze first our Taste of Morocco and best in County thank you Blas na hEireann pic.twitter.com/JmPEYWuyWr
— Irish Gourmet Butter (@IrishGButter) October 5, 2019
Speaking after the announcement Artie Clifford, Chairperson and founder of Blas na hÉireann said, "Blas na Éireann 2019 has been another exceptional year showcasing the talents and hard work of some of this country's most innovative, forward-thinking and disciplined food entrepreneurs. This is our 12th year of the Blas na hÉireann awards, and our aim continues to be to assist Irish producers to tell their stories by marking them out as special, and worth exploring. Winning a Blas award has been shown to work for our previous winners in bringing them to the attention of food-lovers both at home and abroad and we are looking forward to yet another exceptional year for our worthy winners of Blas na hÉireann 2019."
