Blas na hÉireann, the Irish Food Awards, returns to Dingle in 2022 with entries now open
Last year's ceremony saw a significant increase in entries with many new producers entering the awards for the first time
Print22 March 2022
Entries for Blas na hÉireann 2022 opened on St. Patrick’s Day and all roads will certainly lead to Dingle in the autumn as the awards weekend returns to the pretty seaside town for its first in-person event in two years.
Regarded by many as a key event in the Irish food industry’s calendar Blas na hÉireann, like so many others, celebrated finalists and winners online for the past two years, leaving a significant gap in the food and drink calendar. 2022 will see the welcome return of this important weekend of celebrations, and the great and good of the Irish food and drinks scene will descend on Dingle once more.
“We’re absolutely delighted to be planning our awards in Dingle this year,” says Blas na hÉireann chairman, Artie Clifford. “We were lucky to have been able to move quickly in 2020 and while we were in a position to run our judging throughout the summer months in the last two years, we weren’t able to welcome everyone together for the networking and awards.
“We are proud of the celebrations that we hosted online,” he continued, “and the awards were a huge success, managing to highlight the best of Irish food and drink during a really difficult time.
“The one thing that was said over and over to us though was that people missed being in Dingle, so we can’t wait to welcome our Blas family home this year and celebrate our 2022 finalists in person.”
This year is the 15th year of Blas na hÉireann with last year seeing a huge increase in entries and many new producers entering the awards for the first time. The blind-tasting judging system which was designed by The School of Food and Nutritional Science at U.C.C. under the supervision of Prof. Joe Kerry and the team at Blas is now recognised as an industry gold standard worldwide.
Winners are always the best Blas ambassadors, something to which 15 years-worth of small producers, farmers, growers, bakers and artisan food makers who have won a Blas award and proudly put the winner’s sticker on their product can attest. Research has shown that the Blas accreditation has the highest recognition among Irish consumers and having the award logo on products encourages shoppers to buy – it is a recognised guarantee of a top-quality Irish product.
Entries for Blas na hÉireann 2022 open on 17 March. There is an early bird fee of €65 (ex VAT) until 8April. The full entry fee, applicable from 9 April to 20 May is €80 per entry (ex VAT).
For more information, visit www.irishfoodawards.com.
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