Another accolade for Jacks of Cromane

JACK’S Coastguard Restaurant in Cromane is well accustomed to picking up silverware, and they left Bord Bia headquarters with another trophy on Wednesday – the 2017 Georgina Campbell Award for Ireland’s Best Seafood Restaurant.

The Mid Kerry restaurant is a family-run business owned and managed by Brian and Grainne Keary, and Brian was delighted that the local seafood they pride themselves on has been recognised.

“I am speechless and so honoured”, he said.

“The whole team at Jacks’ Coastguard Restaurant strive to give our guests genuine hospitality, excellence in service and great local food. It’s fantastic to have such a well-respected and admired food critic like Georgina Campbell recognise this.”

“Grainne, my brother Jonathan (head chef ), and all here at Jack’s are delighted to pick up this prize.”

Campbell’s annual awards are the longest running for food and hospitality in Ireland, and it’s the first time Jack’s has claimed one of the highly sought after national prizes. The restaurant was Kerry’s only winner on the night.

In choosing this year’s award recipients, Campbell said her team had kept “a sharp eye out for those exceptional establishments which are right on top of their game and going the extra mile for customers.”

Jack’s was opened as a bar by Jack Sugrue in December of 1961, and the seaside business has evolved into a renowned restaurant and wedding venue since the Kearys took up its management in 2006.

Photo Paul Sherwood Grainne Keary and Brian Keary of Jacks Coastguard Restaurant, Cromane with Georgina Campbell receiving their prestigious best seafood restaurant 2017 at Bord Bia in Dublin.