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The Menu: Cork is the country s breadbasket and that s official and dine at home kits from Jacques Restaurant and Commodore Hotel are worth sampling English Market-based butcher Tom Durcan, one of this year s recipients of the prestigious Irish Food Writers Guild Awards. Photographer Paul Sherwood Sat, 17 Apr, 2021 - 10:45 Joe McNamee Cork: the country s breadbasket It is probably not the greatest pandemic-related hardship by more than a country mile, but The Menu is genuinely disappointed to once more miss his annual trip to the Big Smoke for the Irish Food Writers’ Guild Food Awards, when he gathers each year with his fellow food scribes to pass a wonderful day of wining and dining to celebrate an always splendid collection of Irish food producers and personalities. ....
Three Cork food producers honoured at this years Irish Food Awards Tom Durcan was awarded the Food Award for his traditional spiced beef, while Kinsale Mead was given an Irish Drink Award for their Merlot Barrel Aged Mead. Online marketplace NeighbourFood was started in Cork by Jack Crotty and Martin Poucher in 2018 and is now available in 40 locations in Ireland and 20 in the UK. They were handed an Outstanding Organisation Award for their work. The Irish Food Writers Guild awards were established 27 years ago and celebrate the local producers and food heroes who are committed to producing great food and drink. ....