SEVEN Limerick restaurants celebrated their success at the Munster Regional Irish Restaurant Awards, and will now go on to represent their county for the national titles at the All-Ireland Irish Restaurant Awards 2014 in association with the Sunday Independent LIFE Magazine.
Best Restaurant in Limerick, sponsored by Dalcassian Wines & Spirits and Wakefield Wines
v 1826 Adare
Best Chef in Limerick, sponsored by La Rousse Foods
v Tom Flavin of The River Restaurant @ Limerick Strand Hotel
Best Hotel Restaurant in Limerick, sponsored by Pallas Foods
v The Oakroom Restaurant @ Adare Manor Hotel & Golf Resort
Best Casual Dining in Limerick, sponsored by Bunzl McLaughlin
v Canteen
Best Gastro Pub in Limerick, sponsored by Total Produce
v The Curragower Seafood Bar
Best Wine Experience in Limerick, sponsored by Classic Drinks
v Brasserie One @ No. 1 Pery Square
Best Customer Service in Limerick, sponsored by TheDiningRoom.ie
v The Mustard Seed @ Echo Lodge
Best Restaurant Manager in Munster, supported by The Restaurants Association of Ireland
v Dan Mullane of The Mustard Seed @ Echo Lodge
The All-Ireland Irish Restaurant Awards 2014 will take place on tonight, 9th June in The DoubleTree by Hilton, Dublin, to name and fame the top restaurants in the island of Ireland for 2014. The night will see an expected crowd of up to 800 fellow restaurant owners, staff and industry experts to gather in The DoubleTree by Hilton to celebrate their hard work and achievements in the run up to the coveted Awards.
Nominated across nine winning categories, restaurants from Limerick will face competition in a pool of 32 county award winners and a shortlist of Dublin restaurants in each category, kindly sponsored by Dalcassian Wines & Spirits and Wakefield Wines, La Rousse Foods, Pallas Foods, Bunzl McLaughlin, Total Produce, Classic Drinks, TheDiningRoom.ie and Heinz.
Speaking of the upcoming Awards, Chief Executive of the Restaurants Association of Ireland Adrian Cummins said; “In their sixth year now, the Irish Restaurant Awards continue to go from strength to strength. Each year, the awards cast a spotlight on the brightest and best players on the Irish restaurant scene. The Irish Restaurant Awards are the awards everyone wants to win. This year our online nominations doubled bringing us to a staggering 19,000 votes for Ireland’s favourite restaurants, chefs, gastro pubs, hotel restaurants and customer service experience.
“We celebrate the award winning cuisines and the great restaurateurs and chefs who are constantly bringing international recognition and accolades to the Irish restaurant scene. Restaurateurs are entrepreneurs, and that is reflected in the fact that the restaurant sector is the biggest employer within the hospitality industry. We provide employment to 64,000 people and the industry has annual sales in excess of €2 billion; on the night, everyone is a winner.”
The 2014 Irish Restaurant Awards in association with the Sunday Independent LIFE Magazine are brought to you by The Restaurants Association of Ireland. The awards are the largest and most coveted awards in the Irish Restaurant Industry.
The Awards recognise achievement and excellence in the Restaurant and Hospitality Industry throughout the 32 counties of the Island of Ireland in 25 categories and celebrate all aspects of the Industry from Chefs and Restaurants, Cafes and Gastro Pubs, to Food Producers, Restaurant Managers and Cookery Schools.
Nominations for the Awards are made by readers of the Sunday Independent LIFE Magazine and members of the Restaurants Association of Ireland.
The nomination and awards selection process is also independently audited by Ernst & Young to ensure that best practices & standards have been adhered to throughout the process.
The 2014 Awards process runs from February 16th to the 9th of June 2014. It is a detailed and thorough process whereby nominated Restaurants face rigorous scrutiny from the Consumer, Regional Judges, a Mystery Guest Visitor and finally the National Awards Academy.
County winners have been announced at a number of Regional Awards in the last 2 months and the All-Ireland Awards will take place on Monday 9th June 2014 in The DoubleTree by Hilton, Dublin.
