The Irish Food Writing Awards 2025 - now open for entries!

The Irish Food Writing Awards are now accepting entries via www.irishfoodwritingawards.ie.  This is the fifth year of the awards, established to acknowledge the highest achievements in books, journalism, restaurant critiques, feature writing, recipe writing, photography, podcasts and social media on Irish food and drink.

Each year the categories are revised to ensure that they best reflect the current landscape for food and drink content. The 2025 awards ceremony will take place on November 13th in the RDS In Dublin. 

Begleys Fresh Produce are welcomed onboard as the sponsor of the Cookery Writing Award. This category rewards excellence in recipe and cookery writing by Irish chefs and food writers and is judged by British food writer Ed Smith. Last year’s winner of this prestigious award was Lilly Higgins of the Irish Times, and previous winners include chefs and food writers Jess Murphy and Beth O’Brien. 

Begleys farms grow over 1,000 acres of Irish vegetables and salads across North Dublin and Wexford. As members of Bord Bia’s Origin Green they have high sustainability standards, using precision agriculture to carefully manage water and inputs while minimising field waste. They use biodegradable plastic which has removed 25 tonnes of plastic from their growing operations annually. Begleys also belong to the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan and have beehives in fields alongside vegetable crops. They source their organic range from Irish and overseas growers and are members of Biodiversity Ireland. 

“Begleys are really looking forward to partnering with the Irish Food Writing Awards. Here at Begleys we have an amazing team  and are passionate for fresh produce, following seasonality, supplying the best varieties as sustainably as possible which are core values of our business” - Greg Begley

Irish Food Writing Awards founder Suzanne Campbell says “We are delighted to partner with such a great family food business who began selling fruit and vegetables in Dublin in the 1950s. It’s wonderful to see their huge success aligned with sustainability, and to have their support for Irish writers and journalists working in food and drink. Welcome Begleys and a huge thank you to all our sponsors and supporters!”

Visit www.irishfoodwritingawards.ie/ for more.

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