Food & Wine

Lifetime achievement award for Sheridans Cheese brothers

The Irish Food Writers’ Guild annual awards for 2023 were announced today

Seamus Sheridan of Sheridans Cheesemongers at the Irish Food Writers’ Guild Awards. Picture: Paul Sherwood

Kevin and Seamus Sheridan, whose business has grown from a cheese stall in Galway’s Saturday food market to a thriving company with several outlets nationwide, have received the lifetime achievement award at this year’s Irish Food Writers’ Guild awards.

From Dublin, the brothers have been synonymous with Galway for decades. Seamus Sheridan opened the Blue Raincoat theatre company in the city in 1989, and after visiting him, Kevin Sheridan decided to pursue his college studies ...