Irish Food Quality Awards

Hi all,

Two weeks today I will be a guest judge at the IQFA. It is an honour to be invited and I'm looking forward to attending!! Please see below press release:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IRISH QUALITY FOOD AND DRINK AWARDS launched for 2015 

Do Your Products Have What It Takes To Win An Irish Quality 

Food or Drink Award?

Entry for 2015 awards now open!

 

Dishing up another chance for success and industry acclaim, the Irish Quality Food and Drink Awards are back for 2015 and calling all retailers, food producers and manufacturers across the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. 

 

These prestigious accolades, now in their third year, set out to recognise excellence in food and drink product development from a wide variety of companies across Ireland.

 

Once again, the judging will take place over three weeks in July at the Dublin Institute of Technology’s School of Culinary Arts and Food Technology. The results will be announced at a gorgeous gala dinner in the fabulous surroundings of the Round Room at The Mansion House in Dublin on 16 September 2015.

 

Repeating last year’s trade-media partnership with Retail News magazine, and consumer-media partnership with Easy Food magazine, the Irish Quality Food and Drink Awards 2015 place your food and drink products onto the tables you need for success.

 

The awards themselves are organised into two distinct sections: Quality Food Awards – products for the multiple and independent grocery retail market and Quality Drink Awards – alcoholic drinks for the retail sector. 

 

Organised by Metropolis Business Media, group publisherHelen Lyons comments: “We are absolutely delighted with the growing success of these awards and so pleased to be organising a just-as-exciting event for 2015. As former winners can testify, picking up an Irish Quality Food and Drink Award is a powerful marketing tool, with many winners using the awards’ logos on their packaging and in national press, television and outdoor advertising.”

 

“This year we’ve listened to our partners in the industry and introduced new categories which we hope will encourage even more people to enter and enjoy showcasing their success.” 

 

Entries for the awards, which are once again headline sponsored by innovative packaging company The Benson Group, will be accepted until 1st June 2015 and judging will take place from 1st – 17th July 2015. 

 

The awards are also sponsored by the Coeliac Society of Ireland, who will play an important role during the stringent judging process of the ‘Free From’ categories, Dairymaid and Invest Northern Ireland.

 

A selection of shortlisted and winning products, announced in August, will be showcased at the Food & Hospitality Ireland exhibition on September 17th in Dublin.

 

Full entry details are available at www.irishqualityfoodawards.com. Make sure you stay up to date with the latest news and competitions via the IQFA Facebook page at www.facebook.com/IrishQualityFoodAwards and on Twitter@IrishQFAs.