Kelly’s Butchers, the Newport, Co. Mayo based family business wins five gold medals at the prestigious IFFA trade fair in Germany.
Kelly’s Butchers have carried away top international honours from the giant IFFA trade fair in Frankfurt winning five gold medals, two silver and one bronze. This was the highest number achieved by any Irish butcher.
The Gold medals were awarded for Kelly’s Black Pudding, Kelly’s Smoked White Pudding, Kelly’s White Pudding with Cranberry, Kelly’s White Pudding with Seaweed and Kelly’s Smoked Dry Cured Rashers. The two Silver medals were for Kelly’s Hazlett and Kelly’s White Pudding. Kelly’s High Protein Vegetarian Pudding completed the honours list with a bronze medal. The high total of gold medals (five) earned Kelly’s Butchers a special trophy from the German Butchers’ Association in honour of their achievement.
IFFA Frankfurt (International Trade Fair for the Meat and Protein Industry) is a huge event, it is the leading international trade fair for the meat industry and only takes place every three years. It showcases meat-related products, machinery and ingredients as well as the includes the German Master Butcher Federation’s World Craft Butcher competitions. Nearly 65,000 visitors from 144 countries attended.
Seán Kelly of Kelly’s Butchers said,
“We are honestly thrilled at winning the five gold medals. We have an incredible team here in Newport and it’s thanks to them that we can compete at the highest international level, judged by an international expert jury and come out on top. I’m proud of everyone in the business and what we have achieved.”
This proves beyond doubt that Irish food is in the very top tier internationally – and that secret family recipes going back generations can bring home the bacon
