A Tipperary food producer has taken the top prize in this year’s Irish Quality Food and Drink Awards while Dunnes Stores was named the top retailer of 2016.

Irish food producers have cleaned up at this year’s Great Taste Awards — the world’s largest blind-tasted food awards — with local suppliers for the likes of Aldi and SuperValu going down a treat with a judging panel comprising of leading chefs and food critics.