Businesses from Laois, Offaly and Westmeath will be attending the finals of Blas na hÉireann.
18 food producers in the midlands have been nominated for the Irish Food Awards.
Laois received the most nominations in the region with eight for Blas na hÉireann.
Meanwhile six producers will represent Offaly, and Westmeath also have six finalists.
The three-day event will take place from Thursday October 3rd to Saturday October 5th in Dingle, Co Kerry.
See the full list of finalists below:
Offaly:
Feighery's Farm Beetroot Juice Ltd
Fox Covert Farm
Glen field rapeseed oil
Glenisk
O'Donohues Bakery Ltd
Pigs On The Green
Laois:
Abbey Farm Foods
Aghaboe Farm Ltd
G's Gourmet Jams Ltd.
ÍON Oils and Spices
Kepak Kingate
Mueller & OConnell Bakery
The Village Dairy
Zephyr Yard.
Westmeath:
An Olivia Chocolate
Bon Chocolatiers
Bonny Bó
Greenes Free Range Eggs
Mr Crumb
Sugar Plum Sweetery
Speaking as the finalists were announced, Blas na hÉireann Chairperson, Artie Clifford said, “I started the awards after 30 years in the food industry, and I knew there was a need to celebrate the amazing food and drink being produced on the island of Ireland.
17 years later, it continues to delight me the number of new producers entering each year along with so many familiar faces returning year on year.
We are an island of phenomenal producers and should be very proud of that, being able to showcase the very best of the best in Dingle each year is a real privilege for the whole Blas team.”
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