Blue Book Press Releases

September 22nd, 2009: It was great night for Blue Book Houses & Restaurants at the Hotel & Catering Review Awards ceremony, which took place in the Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin.

Celebrating their 21st anniversary this year, the Gold Medal Awards recognise and reward excellence within the Irish hotel and catering industry.

DUNBRODY HOUSE, owned by celebrity chef Kevin Dundon and his wife Catherine, was awarded the highest accolade in the Irish hospitality industry, the Hotel & Catering Review Gold Medal Award for Excellence 2009.

Described by the Gold Medal Awards’ esteemed industry judges as ‘the gem of the Irish hospitality industry’, Dunbrody Country House Hotel beat 13 other category winners to the top title, following its earlier triumph in the Country Houses & Guesthouses category, sponsored by Laurent-Perrier champagne.

GREGANS CASTLE in Ballyvaughan, Co Clare, scooped one of the Irish hospitality industry’s most prestigious awards when it won the coveted Hotel & Catering Review Gold Medal Award for Fine Dining

THE CELLAR BAR, the popular bar in Dublin’s five star Merrion Hotel won the Hotel & Catering Review Gold Medal Award for Casual Dining.

Competition for the awards was intense, with a record number of entries this year. The rigorous assessment process was judged in two parts, first on the business case put forward by hotels, restaurants and caterers in their submission document and following that by a site visit which was unannounced and conducted anonymously in the cases of hotels and restaurants.

Hotel & Catering Review’s Gold Medal Awards Jury is made up of 11 highly regarded industry professionals who have been selected by the magazine for the breadth of industry knowledge and experience they bring to the judging process.

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