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About Blas

Now in our 15th year, Blas na hÉireann, The Irish Food Awards is the biggest competition for quality Irish produce on the island of Ireland. In 2020 & 2021 we faced the most unusual times and we are proud to say our judging and awards went ahead. Products from every county on Ireland were entered into the competition to win Gold, Silver and Bronze Awards in a broad range of food and drink categories as well as key awards such as Supreme Champion and Best Artisan Producer. You can find details of our 2021 winners here

As always we maintained our commitment to celebrating the very best in Irish food and drink. We feel that now, more than ever it is essential to shine a spotlight and give that all important clap on the back to the talented producers dotted around the island. We are excited to get back to in person events for this year, we would like to bring some of the successful online elements too and we are working on the details for this year. While we are doing this we would love your feedback, you can drop us a line by email on info@irishfoodawards.com or fill in your suggestions via online suggestion form

Key dates for 2022
17th March – Open for entries
8th April –
Last day to avail of the earlybird rate
20th May
Final date for entry
June/July/August – Judging – full dates can be found here
30th Sept / 1st October – Awards are announced

Entry Fees:
Entry fees are €80 (ex VAT) per entry (Earlybird rate €65 per entry ex VAT)

A note on the year ahead….
We are excited to get back to in person events for this year, we would like to bring some of the successful online elements too and we are working on the details for this year. While we are doing this we would love your feedback, you can drop us a line by email on info@irishfoodawards.com or fill in your suggestions via online suggestion form

2022 Online entry form

2022 – Category list & delivery dates for judging

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The Blas awards are the biggest blind tasting of produce in the country, and the criteria on which the product is judged as well as the judging system itself, which was developed by Blas na hÉireann with the Food Science Dept of UCC, is now recognised as an international industry standard.

Research has shown that the Blas accreditation has the highest recognition amongst Irish consumers and using the award logo on packs encourages shoppers to buy these products. It is their guarantee of a top quality Irish product.

Blas na hÉreann was founded so that quality benchmarks could be established for Irish produce on a level playing field. Winning at Blas has made a significant business difference to our winners.

Read their testimonials, they are our best ambassadors.

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