2026 Ireland Quality Food & Drink Awards
All Year Round
category winners
We are thrilled to reveal the winners in this year's All Year Round categories! The standard of entries this year was extraordinary, and it is a significant achievement to have won.
Shelf-stable products primarily intended for breakfast consumption. Includes cereals, granola, muesli, porridge oats, instant breakfast pots, breakfast bars, ambient pancakes and similar items.
White's Apple, Cranberry and Raspberry Granola, 450g
White's Toasted Oats, Wild Fruit Crunch
Fresh or frozen (intended for at home heating) baked goods designed specifically for breakfast. Includes croissants, pastries, muffins, breakfast rolls, pancakes, waffles and similar items, suitable for retail consumer breakfast occasions.
Dromod Pancakes
Dromod Boxty
9 Mini Jambons® Ham & Cheese Puff Pastry Crowns
Dunnes Stores Sicilian Lemon Curd Muffin 120g
Lidl Butter Croissant 60g
Morning bun
Raw or cooked burgers and meatballs made from beef, pork, poultry or mixed meats. Includes seasoned, flavoured or filled products but excludes plant-based alternatives. Includes kebabs and kofta.
Aldi Specially Selected Irish Wagyu Beef Meatballs
Aldi Specially Selected Irish Wagyu Beef Burgers
The G.O.A.T Burger
Lidl Deluxe Wagyu Burgers 280g
Premium Butcher Marrow Bone Burger
Chocolate bars, boxed chocolates, sharing bags, sweets, candies, toffees, fudge, truffles and confectionery products such as sweets, nougat and marshmallows. Includes everyday items but excludes baked goods.
Salted Caramel Hazelnut Bar
Sauces intended for cooking or meal preparation such as pasta sauces, curry sauces, stir-fry sauces and simmer sauces. Includes wet or dry rubs, pastes and marinades, jar or sachet sauces. Excludes condiments (see alternative category).
Arán Magic Sauce
Arán Smoky Sesame BBQ Magic Sauce
Specially Selected Calbrese Pasta Sauces
Specially Selected Chipotle Ketchup
Chilled, frozen or ambient desserts including mousses, cheesecakes, trifles, puddings and similar sweet dessert products.
Lidl Milbona Sticky Toffee Pudding 2x100g
Meat products derived from game animals such as venison, rabbit, pheasant, duck or wild boar.
Specially Selected Slow Roasted Aromatic Duck Fillets with Orange Sauce
Specially Selected Slow Roasted Confit Duck Fillets with Plum Sauce
Specially Selected Crispy Duck & Chinese Style Pancakes
Specially Selected Duck Breast Fillets 350g Aromatic
Specially Selected Whole Duck 2.2kg
Lidl Deluxe Fresh Whole Irish Duckling 2kg
Beef fillet steaks cut from the tenderloin. Products may be fresh or frozen, plain or lightly prepared, and intended for retail use.
M+S Wagyu beef Fillet Steak 200g
Aldi Specially Selected Irish Wagyu Beef Fillet Steak
Lidl Deluxe Wagyu Fillet Steak 170g
Reserve Collection Irish Angus 8oz Fillet Steak with marrow melt 247g
Specially Selected Angus Beef Fillet Steak
Butcher's Selection Beef Fillet Steak
M+S Irish Angus Beef Fillet Steaks 400g
Convenient ready-to-eat or heat-and-eat products designed for immediate consumption, including sandwiches, salads, wraps, sushi and snack pots.
Subcategories:
- Sushi
- Sandwiches & Wraps
- Salads
- Hot & Heat to Eat
Lidl Oishii Sushi Selection: Spicy California 100g
Oishii Sushi Chicken Dragon Roll
Oishii Sushi Spicy California Sushi 155g
Starbucks Caesar Wrap with a Crunchy Crouton Dipper
Any ambient, chilled, frozen, and bakery products specifically formulated to be gluten-free and suitable for consumers with coeliac disease or gluten intolerance.
Lidl Tower Gate Gluten Free Chocolate Digestives 166g
Firm and hard cow’s milk cheese varieties including cheddar-style, alpine-style and aged cheeses.
Subcategories:
- Irish e.g. cheddar, Cashel blue
- Continental e.g. gruyere, manchego
S/S Vintage Cheddar 24 month 250g
Lidl Deluxe Spanish Castellano 150g
Blissful Mushroom Coffee
SS Velo Filter Coffee
Lidl Fallon's Master Tea Bags 250g
Fruit and vegetable juices and smoothies, chilled or ambient.
Keeling Juices Fresh Lemonade
Lidl Naturis Cold Pressed Strawberry & Banana Smoothie 750ml
Sliced or unsliced bread loaves including white, brown, seeded and speciality breads, sourdough, flavoured, pre-sliced or unsliced, from the bakery counter or on shelf. For wheaten and soda, see ‘wheaten and soda’.
Lidl San Francisco Sourdough Bloomer 600g
chocolate and cinnamon sourdough
Country Loaf
Cured, cooked or air-dried sliced meats including ham, parma ham salami, chorizo and similar products.
Divilly Brothers No Added Nitrites Traditional ham
Specially Selected ANGUS topside of BEEF
Divilly Brothers No Added Nitrites Crumbed ham
Lidl Deluxe Irish Carved Topside Beef 100g
Specially Selected New York Style Pastrami
Fresh or ambient dairy milk including whole, low-fat, flavoured or speciality milks. Excludes kefir.
Lidl Coolree Buttermilk 1l
Fresh or frozen pizzas including topped, stuffed or flatbread-style pizzas.
Goodfella's New York Style Hot & Spicy Meat Feast Pizza
Lidl Deluxe Mozzarella & Pesto Pizza 490g
Goodfella's New York Style Ultimate Four Cheese Pizza
Raw or prepared poultry products including chicken, turkey, duck, goose and other poultry meats. Includes plain, seasoned, marinated or with an accompanying sauce, including roast in the bag.
Aldi Specially Selected Whole Irish Chicken with Winter Fruits Stuffing dressed with Bacon Lattice
Lidl Deluxe Irish Corn Fed Whole Chicken 1.2kg
Sweet or savoury relishes and chutneys including savoury jam, savoury marmalades, pickled chutney, onion marmalade.
Lidl Deluxe Mango Chutney 320g
Roasted Red pepper relish
Raw or cooked sausages made from meat or mixed proteins, excluding plant-based alternatives.
Lidl Deluxe Honey and Mustard Sausages 454g
Fish products preserved by smoking, including smoked salmon, trout, mackerel and similar items.
Specially Selected Cold Smoked Irish Organic Salmon
Specially Selected Hot Smoked Irish Organic Salmon
Any cow’s milk cheese which is soft in texture, i.e. spreading cheeses, brie, camembert and soft cheeses
Subcategories:
- Irish e.g. Tipperary brie
- Continental e.g. mozzarella, camembert
Lidl Deluxe Cashel Blue 150g
Bluebell Falls Goats Cheese Original 500g
Lidl Deluxe Roquefort 150g
Any cheese made from any animal other than a cow, including buffalo, sheep and goats’ cheese, feta, halloumi etc.
Lidl Deluxe Italian Burrata 125g
Striploin beef steaks, including New York strip-style cuts. Products may be fresh or frozen and minimally prepared.
M+S Irish Angus Beef Striploin Steak 454g
M+S Wagyu beef Striploin Steak 250g
Butcher's Selection Beef Striploin Steak
Lidl Deluxe Wagyu Striploin Steak 227g
Traditional wheaten and soda breads including white and brown soda varieties.
Lidl Deluxe Brown Soda Bread 600g
Aisling's Traditional Brown Bread
All bacon products including rashers, streaky bacon, back bacon, smoked or unsmoked, dry- or wet-cured. Products may be raw or ready-to-cook and intended for retail sale.
Lidl Deluxe Smoked Applewood Irish Premium Streaky Bacon 200g
Lidl Deluxe Premium Back Bacon Smoked Maple 240g
Lidl Glensallagh Thick Cut Applewood Smoked Irish Rashers 250g
Raw or minimally prepared beef products excluding steaks, burgers and meatballs. Includes roasting joints, mince, diced beef, stewing cuts and slow-cook products where beef is the primary ingredient.
Aldi Butchers Selection Irish Beef Sirloin Roast 1.0kg
Angus Rib Roast On The Bone
Lidl Deluxe Irish Angus 2 Rib roast on the Bone 1.1-2.8kg
Carbonated soft drinks including colas, lemonades and flavoured fizzy drinks.
TranquiliTea Berry Bliss
TranquiliTea Tropical Calm
SS Kombucha 330ml - Blood Orange & Tumeric
SS Kombucha 330ml - Wild Berry
Table sauces and condiments including ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise, BBQ sauce, hot sauce, mint sauce, cranberry jelly, balsamic glaze. Excludes oils, vinegars, dressings and cooking sauces (see alternative categories).
Specially Selected Peanut & Chilli Rayu
Cheeky Green
Potato crisps and similar sliced, fried or baked snack products. Includes flavoured and speciality crisp products.
Keogh's Shamrock & Sour Cream Potato Crisps
O'DONNELLS CRINKLE CUT Mature Cheese & Red Onion Crisps
O'DONNELLS Mature Cheese & Red Onion Crisps
croissant crisps caramel flavour
Keogh's Honey Barbeque Potato Crisps
O'DONNELLS Hot Honey Fusion Crisps
Shroom - Mushroom Crisps
O'DONNELLS x Rachel Allen, Sea Salt & Truffle Crisps
Savoury dips such as hummus, salsa, guacamole, cheese dips and chilled or ambient dipping products.
Lidl Deluxe Topped Humus 150g
Fresh shell eggs and egg products sold as whole eggs. Excludes processed or liquid egg products.
Lidl Deluxe 6 Corn Fed Free Range Eggs Omega 3 Enriched
Flatbreads and soft breads including pittas, wraps, tortillas, bagels, baps, naan and filled or unfilled rolls.
Lidl Taste Of India Lid Naan Bread Garlic&Coriander 200g
Any ambient, chilled, frozen, and bakery products formulated to exclude specific allergens such as dairy, nuts or eggs, clearly labelled and positioned as allergen-free.
Wilson's Naked Mash
Aldi Butchers Selection 3 Harissa Style Irish Lamb Koftas
Fresh, prepared or packaged fruit products including whole fruit, cut fruit and fruit snack packs.
Irish Apples 6pk
Bagu Oranges
Keelings K'olor Pineapple
Keelings Strawberries
Natural honey products including single-origin, blended or flavoured honey. Includes hot honey.
Blossom Honey
Frozen desserts including ice cream, gelato, sorbet, frozen yoghurt and ice lollies. Includes tubs, handhelds and pots.
Specially Selected Luxury Irish Belgian Chocolate Ice Cream
Specially Selected Luxury Irish Madagascan Vanilla Ice Cream
Lidl Gelatelli Irish Made Ice Cream Sandwiches 4x65g
Foxway / Sil Pail Dairy
Lidl Gelatelli Irish Made Vanilla Ice Cream with Raspberry Ripple and Lime Swirls 900ml
Foxway / Sil Pail Dairy
Raw or minimally prepared lamb products including joints, chops, mince and diced lamb.
Lidl Deluxe Lamb Rump Roast with Sea Salt, Garlic & Rosemary 400g
Lidl Deluxe West of Ireland Lamb Leg 2.1-2.8kg
Aldi Cleaver & Blade Irish Lamb Rump Steak with Salt Pepper & Garlic
Any prepared or unprepared accompaniments to a meal e.g. boxty, stuffing, bacon and cabbage, gratins, chips, whether ambient, chilled or frozen.
Battered Potato Wedges
Wilson's Mashed Potato
Traditional meat puddings including black pudding, white pudding and regional varieties.
Lidl Deluxe Pudding Roulade 300g
Lidl Deluxe White Pudding 300g
Pasta, rice, grains or noodles, can be fresh, dried or frozen, with or without filling; rice; grains and pulses of any variety or flavour includes couscous, pearl barley.
Raw or minimally prepared pork products excluding bacon, sausages and sliced meats. Includes gammon.
Lidl Deluxe Pork Fillet - Apricot and Raisin Stuffing 700g
Slow Cooked Chinese BBQ Style Pork Belly Bites
Sweet preserves including jams, marmalades and fruit conserves.
Mór Taste Piña Colada Spread
Mór Taste Raspberry Preserve
Lidl Maribel Irish Raspberry Preserve 350g
Savoury baked pastry products including quiches, pies, sausage rolls and savoury tarts.
Meeres Gourmet Sausage Roll Black pudding and leek
Ribeye beef steaks, bone-in or boneless. Products may be fresh or frozen and lightly prepared.
Butcher's Selection Beef Ribeye Steak
M+S Wagyu beef Rib Eye Steak 250g
Aldi Specially Selected Dry Aged Irish Angus Beef Rib Eye Steak 454g
Fresh salads, prepared or unprepared, not intended to provide a whole meal e.g. whole lettuces, salad bags, coleslaw, potato salad
Subcategories:
- Prepared Salad
- Salad Item
Lidl Kimchi Coleslaw
Sirloin beef steaks, including bone-in or boneless cuts. Products should be clearly identified as sirloin and suitable for retail.
Reserve Collection 10oz Irish Angus Sirloin Steak with Marrow Melt(304g)
Specially Selected Angus Beef Sirloin Steak
Aldi Specially Selected Irish Wagyu Beef Sirloin Steak
Sweet and savoury snack products including popcorn, pretzels, nuts and extruded snacks, bars, bites and confectionery-style snacks. Excludes chocolate and confectionery.
Keogh's Bigger Bite Sweet Cinnamon & Irish Honey Popcorn
SS Popcorn Sweet & Salty
Chilled, ambient or frozen soups including fresh, canned and concentrated varieties
Lidl Chef Select High Protein Mexican Bean Soup 400g
Lidl Deluxe Sweet Potato & Chicken Soup 400g
Shelf-stable everyday food products not covered elsewhere, including baking ingredients, mixes, cooking ingredients like stock, herbs and spices and passata.
Lidl Belbake Fruit Scone Baking Mix 450g
Fresh, frozen or prepared vegetable products including whole, cut or seasoned vegetables, vegetable roasting trays, stir fry kits, frozen broccoli.
Subcategories:
- Prepared Vegetables
- Whole Vegetable
Specially Selected Baby Potaotes 750g
Lidl Farrell's Spring Greens 500g
Castlecor Onions
Irish Cucumber
Chilled dairy or dairy-alternative yogurt products including natural, flavoured and Greek-style. Excludes kefir.
Irish Yogurts Clonakilty Greek Style Natural Yogurt 1kg
Lidl Milbona Greek Style Yogurt 10% Fat 1kg
