From bread to bacon, Wexford companies excel in food awards
STAFFORD Bakeries from Gorey were the big Wexford winners taking seven awards at Blas na hEireann in Dingle at the weekend.
There were four Golds for their Seeded Chia & Carrot Bread, Traditional Barm Brack, Hot Cross Buns and for the Hot Cross Buns they make for Dunnes Stores.
The bakery also won Silvers for their White Sliced Pan and Christmas Pudding and Bronze for their Traditional Vienna.
Other Wexford winners included Gold for Enniscorthy-based O’Neill’s Dry- Cured Bacon Company who won a Gold for their Dry Cured Back Rashers . Irish Country Meats from Camolin won three awards ; Gold for their Merguez Lamb Sausage, Silver for Mediterranean Sausages and Bronze for Inisvale Rack of Lamb 650g (Entered on behalf of the producer by Lidl), Green Valley Farms’ Killowen Farm’s Dunnes Stores Basil Pesto Irish Cream Cheese won Silver and there was a Bronze for the Enniscorthy company’s Killowen Farm Blueberry Yogurt
Zanna Cookhouse took four awards including Golds for Dunnes Simply Better Irish Free Range Chicken Liver Pate, Goats Cheese, Spinach & Sunkissed Tomato Quiche and Asparagus & Wexford Cheddar Quiche and Silver for Dunnes Simply Better Irish Ham & Mature Cheddar Cheese Quiche
There were also Silver awards for Scup Gelato’s Wexford Strawberry Gelato, Pettitt’s Supervalu Wexfords’ Pettitt’s Natural Sourdough in Wexford, Wild About’s Rhubarb Syrup, in Gorey, Wexford Home Preserves’ for Dunnes Simply Better Handmade Passion Fruit & Mango Coulis and Naturally Cordial Ltd’s for Dunnes Simply Better Irish Wexford Blackcurrant Cordial. Two Bronze Awards went to Fancy Fungi for their Wild Mushroom Pate and Wexford Home Preserves’ Simply Better Handmade Seville Orange Marmalade.
The Supreme Champion was Glenstal Irish Creamery Salted Butter from Limerick. The awards are the largest blind-tasted food and drink awards on the island of Ireland.
The full list of Wexford winners is:
Gold for O’Neill’s Dry- Cured Bacon Company’s Dry Cured Back Rashers, Bolinadrum, Ferns, Enniscorthy. Pat and Mary O’Neill; Gold for Irish Country Meats’ Merguez Lamb Sausages, Camolin, Liam Walsh. Silver for Irish Country Meats’ Mediterranean Sausages; Bronze for Irish Country Meats’ Inisvale Rack of Lamb 650g (Entered on behalf of the producer by Lidl); Bronze for Green Valley Farms’ Killowen Farm Blueberry Yogurt; Silver for Killowen Farm’s Dunnes Stores Basil Pesto Irish Cream Cheese, Courtnacuddy, Enniscorthy, Pauline Dunne; Silver for Scup Gelato’s Wexford Strawberry Gelato, Willie Devereux;
Gold for Zanna Cookhouse’s for Dunnes Simply Better Irish Free Range Chicken Liver Pate, Owen Mullins: Silver for Zanna Cookhouse’s for Dunnes Simply Better Irish Ham & Mature Cheddar Cheese Quiche; Silver for Zanna Cookhouse’s Goats Cheese, Spinach & Sunkissed Tomato Quiche’ Gold for Zanna Cookhouse’s Asparagus & Wexford Cheddar Quiche; Bronze for Fancy Fungi’s Wild Mushroom Pate, Galbally, Catherine George.
Gold for Stafford Bakeries’ Seeded Chia & Carrot Bread, Gold for Stafford Bakeries’ Traditional Barm Brack, Gold for Stafford Bakeries’ Hot Cross Buns, Gold for Stafford Bakeries for Dunnes Hot Cross Buns, Silver for Stafford Bakeries’ White Sliced Pan, Silver for Stafford Bakeries Christmas Pudding and Bronze for Stafford Bakeries’ Traditional Vienna.
Silver for Pettitt’s Supervalu Wexfords’ Pettitt’s Natural Sourdough; Silver for Wexford Home Preserves’ for Dunnes Simply Better Handmade Passion Fruit & Mango Coulis; Bronze for Wexford Home Preserves’ Simply Better Handmade Seville Orange Marmalade; Silver for Wild About’s Rhubarb Syrup, Tús Nua Farm, Craan, Wells, Gorey, and Silver for Naturally Cordial Ltd’s for Dunnes Simply Better Irish Wexford Blackcurrant Cordial, Lothlorien, Ballinavary, Enniscorthy.
Wexford Food Family supports the Blas na hEireann Awards.