Top Restaurants in Connaught Announced
20 March 2012
The Connaught Regional Final for the Restaurant Awards 2012 sponsored by Santa Rita / Sunday Independent Life Magazine took place in The House Hotel, Tuesday 20th March 2012.
Speaking at the awards last night, Adrian Cummins of the Restaurants Association of Ireland said
‘Since their inception, the Irish Restaurant Awards have cast a spotlight on Ireland's hottest restaurants and chefs. They have become a byword for quality, class and achievement... The awards everyone wants to win. As a testament to their success, the entries have doubled since last year, with 5,000 nominations made for Ireland's favourite Restaurants, Chefs, Gastro Pubs, Hotel Restaurants and Local Food Heroes throughout the Country.
We celebrate the award winning cuisines and the great restaurateurs and chefs who have brought international recognition and accolades to the Irish restaurant scene. We are the economic engine rooms in every town in Ireland, creating and maintaining much needed local employment. Our industry has annual sales in excess of €2 billion and we employ 64,000 people. In fact, we are the largest employer within the Irish Tourism Sector. And tonight, everyone is a winner'.
It was great to see over 200 restaurateurs attend the awards in the Connaught region this year., we look forward to seeing all of the Connaught County Winners in Dublin on the 14thMay where Regional and All Ireland winners will be announced'.
Nominations for the awards were made by readers of the Sunday Independent Life Magazine and members of the Restaurants Association of Ireland. All nominees are then assessed by Regional Judging panels, made up of Industry experts across the region. Votes from the Consumer, Members of the Restaurants Association of Ireland and the Regional Judges are independently assessed by KPMG who give us our County Winner in each category.
All County winners will now compete for the Regional and All Ireland Title which will be announced at the Irish Restaurant Awards in the Burlington Hotel Dublin on Wednesday 14th May 2012 2. www.irishrestaurantawards.com.
There are 3 components to phase two of the process. Each element is independently assessed by KPMG.
1. Mystery Guest Visit (35%) This component of the awards is conducted by Prism Consulting headed by Hugo Arnold, independent food writer and consultant. (http://www.hugoarnold.com). All County Winners receive a mystery guest visit throughout the month of April.
2. National Awards Academy (55%) Our National Awards Academy is made up representatives from each of the regional judging panels and will meet in May to Judge the County Winners.
3. Menu Judging (10%) All County winners and the Dublin Shortlist in each category are asked to submit a copy of their food menu and wine list for judgingThe Connaught Regional Final for the Restaurant Awards 2012 sponsored by Santa Rita / Sunday Independent Life Magazine took place in The House Hotel, Tuesday 20th March 2012.
Speaking at the awards last night, Adrian Cummins of the Restaurants Association of Ireland said
‘Since their inception, the Irish Restaurant Awards have cast a spotlight on Ireland's hottest restaurants and chefs. They have become a byword for quality, class and achievement... The awards everyone wants to win. As a testament to their success, the entries have doubled since last year, with 5,000 nominations made for Ireland's favourite Restaurants, Chefs, Gastro Pubs, Hotel Restaurants and Local Food Heroes throughout the Country.
We celebrate the award winning cuisines and the great restaurateurs and chefs who have brought international recognition and accolades to the Irish restaurant scene. We are the economic engine rooms in every town in Ireland, creating and maintaining much needed local employment. Our industry has annual sales in excess of €2 billion and we employ 64,000 people. In fact, we are the largest employer within the Irish Tourism Sector. And tonight, everyone is a winner'.
It was great to see over 200 restaurateurs attend the awards in the Connaught region this year., we look forward to seeing all of the Connaught County Winners in Dublin on the 14thMay where Regional and All Ireland winners will be announced'.
Nominations for the awards were made by readers of the Sunday Independent Life Magazine and members of the Restaurants Association of Ireland. All nominees are then assessed by Regional Judging panels, made up of Industry experts across the region. Votes from the Consumer, Members of the Restaurants Association of Ireland and the Regional Judges are independently assessed by KPMG who give us our County Winner in each category.
All County winners will now compete for the Regional and All Ireland Title which will be announced at the Irish Restaurant Awards in the Burlington Hotel Dublin on Wednesday 14th May 2012 2. www.irishrestaurantawards.com.
There are 3 components to phase two of the process. Each element is independently assessed by KPMG.
1. Mystery Guest Visit (35%) This component of the awards is conducted by Prism Consulting headed by Hugo Arnold, independent food writer and consultant. (http://www.hugoarnold.com). All County Winners receive a mystery guest visit throughout the month of April.
2. National Awards Academy (55%) Our National Awards Academy is made up representatives from each of the regional judging panels and will meet in May to Judge the County Winners.
3. Menu Judging (10%) All County winners and the Dublin Shortlist in each category are asked to submit a copy of their food menu and wine list for judging.
CUSTOMER SERVICE
SLIGO, DAVIS RESTAURANT@ THE YEATS TAVERN
ROSCOMMON, THE PURPLE ONION
LEITRIM, THE COTTAGE
MAYO, CAFE RUA
GALWAY, RENVYLE HOUSE
GASTRO PUB, KINDLY SPONSORED BY FAUSTINO
SLIGO, LANGS
ROSCOMMON, THE PURPLE ONION
LEITRIM, THE OARSMAN
MAYO, BAR ONE
GALWAY, THE PINS BAR@ THE TWELVE HOTEL
CASUAL DINING, KINDLY SPONSORED BY JOSEPH DROUHIN
SLIGO, AIT EILE
ROSCOMMON, MEET YOU HERE COFFEE HOUSE
LEITRIM,THE BOARDWALK CAFE
MAYO, SOL RIO
GALWAY,MULBERRYS
HOTEL RESTAURANT
SLIGO, MOIRAS RESTAURANT@ CROMLEACH LODGE
ROSCOMMON, THE ABBEY HOTEL
LEITRIM, SANDSTONE RESTAURANT @ LOUGH RYNN CASTLE
MAYO, KITCHEN RESTAURANT@ MOUNT FALCON HOTEL
GALWAY, BALLYNAHINCH CASTLE
BEST CHEF KINDLY SPONSORED BY TIPPERARY WATER
SLIGO JULIAN REGENERES TRA BAN
ROSCOMMON VINCENT MELDRUM THE PURPLE ONION
LEITRIM SHAMZURI HANIFA, THE COTTAGE
MAYO PHILIPPE FARINEAU, MOUNT FALCON
GALWAY REGIS HERVIAUX THE G HOTEL
RESTAURANT, KINDLY SPONSORED BY SANTA RITA
SLIGO, COACH LANE
ROSCOMMON, THE YEW TREE1
LEITRIM, THE COURTHOUSE
MAYO, MARKET KITCHEN
GALWAY, ARTISAN
WINE EXPERIENCE CONNAUGHT
WEST @ THE TWELVE HOTEL, BEARNA, GALWAY
KIDS SIZE ME CONNAUGHT
DAVIS RESTAURANT @ YEATS TAVERN, DRUMCLIFFE, SLIGO
