Good Food Ireland® Awards 2025 in association with FBD Insurance – Media Coverage

Good Food Ireland® Awards 2025 in association with FBD Insurance
Media Coverage

Immediate Release - July 2025

Picture caption L to R: Representing a cross-section of Ireland’s trusted food ecosystem, producers, chefs, hoteliers and supporters, pictured left to right are: Birgitta Curtin, Owner and Master Smoker, Burren Smokehouse and Visitor Centre; Good Food Ireland® Founder, Margaret Jeffares and sponsor, John Cahalan, Chief Commercial Director, FBD Insurance and Ed Cooney, Executive Chef, The Merrion Hotel; at the official launch of the Good Food Ireland Awards® 2025 which took place at the Merrion Hotel, Dublin.

The Good Food Ireland® Awards in association with FBD Insurance, make their much-anticipated return on November 10th 2025 at The K Club in Co. Kildare.

What sets the Good Food Ireland® Awards apart from all others, is their cross-sector approach and economically sustainable solution; an unwavering commitment to prioritising Irish ingredients and local food and drink produce. These unique cross-sector awards enhance linkages between agriculture and tourism and present significant opportunities for stimulating local production, retaining tourism earnings in the local area and improving the distribution of economic benefits of tourism to the four corners of Ireland. They celebrate the successful collaboration of businesses working together for inclusive economic growth. With the announcement of the awards, media outlets have been picking up news of the awards and sharing it across their publications. You can keep up to date with these publications below:

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Notes to Editors

About the Awards:

All businesses approved by Good Food Ireland, subject to meeting strict criteria through onsite inspection, are eligible for the awards. An independent panel of industry experts will create a shortlist of finalists in each of the award categories. Following further onsite mystery inspection and assessment the winners will be selected. The public will also have an opportunity to vote from a shortlist of finalists for their Favourite Place to Eat, Favourite Food or Drink Producer or Favourite Place to Shop in each of the tourism regions across the island of Ireland.

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