Waterford restaurants shortlisted for 'Best of Ireland' award and €50k prize

Ireland’s leading on demand food delivery platform Just Eat has announced that three restaurants in Waterford have been shortlisted for its 11th annual awards. The Just Eat Awards celebrate the best and most loved restaurants and partners across Ireland. 

From local, independent food spots to national restaurant brands, and all their dishes and flavours, the annual Just Eat Awards celebrates the dedication, passion and excellence that restaurant partners on Just Eat put into every order delivered to the doors of communities across Ireland.

Over 80 nominees have been shortlisted for the 11th annual Just Eat Awards across ten categories.

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Those restaurants featured on this year’s shortlist have all been recognised for their commitment excellence when it comes to producing some of the best food that can be found across the island of Ireland. 

The Waterford restaurants shortlisted are:

• Best Mexican: Changarro, Amigos
• Best Chipper: Lyons Dungarvan

Judging this year will take place across ten categories, with the overall winner crowned Best of Ireland. The awards biggest accolade, the Best of Ireland, will be given to the independent restaurant who receives the highest number of votes cast, both in their individual category and overall. 

In addition to winning the award, the winner of Best of Ireland this year will receive a very special prize. Just Eat is demonstrating its support for its restaurant partners, which are a driving force of the business by awarding €50,000 worth of media value to the winner.

While Ireland’s foodservice industry faces many challenges, Just Eat hopes that by awarding this prize, it will go some small way to supporting the overall winner of the awards to showcase its business nationally and open it up to new customers.

The prize also reflects Just Eat’s ongoing support to partners across its network, to help them to continue to drive innovation and showcase their culinary excellence. 

With voting for this year’s awards now officially open, Just Eat is giving food lovers across the country a tastier reason than ever to return to the (online) polls, as every vote cast will automatically be entered into a draw to win free Just Eat for a year. Judging this year will take place across ten categories, with an overall winner crowned ‘Best of Ireland’.

This year’s awards celebrate the many specialty cuisines and restaurants that food lovers order from Just Eat nationwide, including Best Breakfast, Best Lunch, Best Middle Eastern, and Best American / Burger.

Commenting on the announcement of this year’s awards, Amanda Roche-Kelly, Managing Director at Just Eat Ireland, said: “We are delighted to launch our 11th Annual Just Eat Awards and reveal all of our incredible restaurant partners, including three restaurants in Waterford, who have been shortlisted this year.

"All these amazing restaurants, as well as our wider network, continue to deliver for all of us, producing the key ingredients for a night in to remember."

For more information on the 11th annual Just Eat Awards, visit Just Eat Awards 2024