Food & Wine
Artie Clifford on 17 years of the Blas na hÉireann awards: ‘I’m very optimistic for Irish food’
As he prepares to open entries for this year’s Blas awards, their founder reflects on the changing face of the Irish food scene
When Artie Clifford set up the Blas na hÉireann food awards in 2007, the range of entries he received reflected an Irish food scene that was considerably less diverse than it is now.
“When we started out, a salad was butter lettuce, tomato and spring onion. Our ingredients were always great, but the things people did with them were much less adventurous. People weren’t putting feta cheese on their salads, and we certainly didn’t have ...
