Five Irish food producers pick up prestigious culinary awards
The judging panel of chefs and cooks gave Euro-toques awards, sponsored by EirGrid, to: Cuinneog Butter, Co Mayo; Glenfin Free Range Duck Eggs, Co Monaghan; Brenda O’Riordan’s fresh fish service in Cork; O’Flynn Meats, Waterford; and David Langford’s potatoes at Lissadell House in Sligo.
Award winner Bobby Flynn, owner of O’Flynn Meats in Waterford, said: “We are a family business, and we are now the last small abattoir in Waterford. I did an awful lot of work to comply with EU guidelines. I knew they wanted to keep up a certain standard across Europe, so I tried to look on the positive side of it, and now we have a state-of-the-art abattoir and factory.
