2023 Judging is complete!
After two weeks of sampling hundreds of products at Leopardstown Racecourse in Dublin, we can confirm that judging for this year's Irish Quality Food and Drink Awards is finished!
2023 marks the 10th year of the Irish Quality Food and Drink Awards and the standard of entries has been exceptional.
Our esteemed panel of judges sampled hundreds of products across the fortnight at Leopardstown Racecourse in Dublin, and the process was a roaring success.
Our judges
We are extremely proud of the calibre of judges within our network; our judges are all renowed in the food and drink community across Ireland, with professions including:
- Food stylist
- Gin distiller
- Lecturer in Food Science
- Food Writer
- Innovation Manager / Head of Innovation and Development
- Strategic Head of Buying
- Chef
- Wine Expert
- Head of Food Buying
and more!
The judging process
Here at the Irish Quality Food and Drink Awards we have a stringent judging process. Find out more about the process that the products you entered into the awards would have been through here: The Judging Process
For every product entered, all our entrants receive detailed feedback from our judging panel, which will highlight where and how the product met the criteria or fell short of progressing to the final steps; this has also proved to be really helpful for aiding with future product development.
Product of the Year
At the end of each judging category, our judges have a discussion and can choose to put forward to be considered for Product of the Year. A separate judging panel, at the end of the fortnight of judging, will then re-judge those products put forward and choose one to be awarded Product of the Year! This means that every Gold-rated product this year is in for a chance for scooping up an additional award.
What happens next?
Now judging has finished, the team are putting together the shortlist. This will be announced on Monday 24 July. The Awards Night is on Wednesday 6 September when all the winners will be announced!
Find out more about the Awards Night, what to expect and how to book tickets here: https://irish.qualityfoodawards.com/irishqualityfoodanddrinkawards2023/en/page/2023-awards-night-table-bookings
As we are celebrating our 10th year of the Irish Quality Food and Drink Awards, we have introduced some exclusive drinks packages and your ticket will also include entry into the Afterparty at 37 Dawson Street. This is a stunning venue across the road from The Round Room at The Mansion House in Dublin - all entrants, sponsors and judges are invited to join us on the 6th for a celebration of the finest food and drink that Ireland has to offer.