Located in Donard where Quinn grew up, Castleruddery is an early Victorian farmhouse with 25 acres of land. <\/p>\n
The pair received the award in recognition of their lifelong dedication to organic farming and their enduring influence on sustainable<\/a> food production<\/a> in Ireland<\/p>\n The award was presented at a lunchtime ceremony held in Ananda at Dundrum Town Centre in Dublin on Tuesday. <\/p>\n Other winners included L\u00fanasa Farm in Co Clare, which specialises in pasture-raised pork and beef. It took home the environmental award. <\/p>\n The community food award went to Duhallow Community Food Services in Co Cork, which operates a rural meal delivery service for older people. <\/p>\n The Irish drink award went to Dundalk-based non-alcoholic beer brewer Fierce Mild. <\/p>\n Gary Harty of Galway Gourmet Oysters was acknowledged for his championing of Irish oysters and took home the award for contribution to Irish food.<\/p>\n Irish food awards were also given to Moyletra Moileds in Co Derry for its Irish Moiled Beef, The Curly Pigs in Co Fermanagh for its \u00d3r B\u00e1n Whipped Lard and Tom Burgess\u2019s Coolattin Cheddar, made in Co Carlow.<\/p>\n Chair of the IFWG Paula McIntyre said Irish artisan food and drink is \u201cworld class\u201d. <\/p>\n \u201cEmigration and immigration is how we evolve and long may we welcome, adapt and cherish food from other nations \u2013 it only makes us stronger,\u201d McIntyre said.<\/p>\n Reflecting on the guild\u2019s history, she said that the awards were launched in 1993 to highlight the work of small, independent Irish food producers and organisations of the highest quality. <\/p>\n \u201cMore than 30 years later, we\u2019re proud to celebrate the food and drinks that are the cornerstones of Ireland\u2019s reputation as a provider of wholesome, innovative and sustainable food,\u201d McIntyre said.<\/p>\n She emphasised the independence of the judging process, stating that the guild prides itself \u201con the integrity of the awards through our unique nomination and judging process, with members remaining the sole nominating and decision making body\u201d. <\/p>\n Winners of the 2026 Irish Food Writers\u2019 Guild Food AwardsFood award: Irish Moiled Beef from Moyletra Moileds, Co DerryFood award: Coolattin Cheddar by Tom Burgess, Co CarlowFood award: The Curly Pigs \u2013 \u00d3r B\u00e1n Whipped Lard, Co FermanaghCommunity food award: Duhallow Community Food Services, Co CorkEnvironmental award: L\u00fanasa Farm, Co ClareIrish drink award: Non-alcoholic beer Fierce Mild, Co LouthContribution to Irish food award: Gary Harty of Galway Gourmet Oysters, Co GalwayLifetime achievement award: Hilda Crampton and Dominic Quinn, Castleruddery Organic Farm, Co Wicklow<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hilda Crampton and Dominic Quinn of Castleruddery Organic Farm in Co Wicklow have been presented with a lifetime…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":327310,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[93,13355,61,60],"class_list":["post-327309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-food-production","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327309\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/327310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Winners](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/UVRTZQ243FENZPYULFPYMY6EZQ.jpg\")
Winners at the Irish Food Writers’ Guild Awards at Ananda in Dundrum, Dublin 16. Photograph: Paul Sherwood <\/p>\n