Limerick apple farm and Cork coffee roaster among winners at the Great Taste Awards 2021

416 Irish products were awarded accolades from the prestigious awards including a seaweed salt and a marmalade

Ballyhoura Apple Farm won three stars for their glazing syrup.

More than 400 Irish products have received a Great Taste 1-, 2- or 3-star accolade from the Great Taste Awards. 

Established in 1994, Great Taste is organised by the Guild of Fine Food and is the world’s largest, longest-standing and most respected food accreditation scheme for artisan and speciality food producers. This year, the judges tasted over 14,113 different products from 108 countries.

355 judges blind-tasted this year’s entries, including Anna Jones, Xanthe Clay and Kavi Thakrar.

The Irish winners include Ballyhoura Apple Farm’s Great Taste 3-star award-winning Glazing Syrup, an apple-based syrup made in Kilfinane, Limerick.

Rob Horgan pictured with members of his team Suzanne Casey and Liam Redding at Velo Coffee Roasters. Picture: Clare Keogh

Cork's Velo Coffee Roasters scooped up one 3-star, three 2-star and two 1-star awards in the internationally recognized Great Taste awards. They brought home 2-stars for their Guatemala Blue Ayarza Vinoso, Ethiopia Yirgacheffe and Colombia Dulima and 1-star for their Uganda Bukhanakwa and Ethiopia Awash River, for the second year in a row. The biggest highlight is the three stars for their Velo Morning Fixie.

“We were completely stunned and delighted when we heard the news,” says owner Rob Horgan, speaking about the team’s reaction to this year’s Great Taste announcement. 

Ballymaloe Foods received a one-star award for its Ballymaloe Sliced Pickled Irish Beetroot. 

General Manager at Ballymaloe Foods, Maxine Hyde said "our beetroot is a lovely example of a farm to fork journey, showing traceability, sustainability, and the benefits of using local produce to create something special. We share this honour with our two local farmers Joe and Darren as without their hard work this product would not be on shelves and in kitchens around Ireland.”

Newry-based Crawford's Rock Seaweed Company won a Great Taste 3-star award for their Seaweed Salt, a clean and untampered salt hand-harvested and mixed with Nori, Sea Truffle and Dulse.

Wexford Home Preserves’ were awarded three stars for their Seville Marmalade is a bright and lively marmalade packed full of Seville oranges grown on a family-run farm in Spain.