Gifts for Irish Food & Drink Lovers
Food & drink lovers are easy to please and impossible to fool! The trick isn’t necessarily spending more, it’s spending well. The tasteful hamper, the small-batch producer, the bottle they’d never have found themselves. Here are our picks for the person who takes their food and drink seriously, made and grown across Ireland.
A taste of Ireland
Artisan producers making the good stuff, at the heart of our guide.
Artisan condiments — Gran Gran’s Foods
Handmade preserves, chutneys, marmalades, dressings and infused oils from a family-run kitchen in Kilcolgan, Co. Galway — with ready-made gift sets and hampers.
Award-winning, gluten-free and made in small batches. A hamper of these is the easy, generous foodie gift.
Gift sets from €15
Estate apple juice — Attyflin Estate
Award-winning apple juices hand-pressed from estate-grown orchards near Adare, Co. Limerick — plus preserves and cider vinegar, often boxed as gift trios.
A Great Taste 3-star winner and a lovely alcohol-free gift — the hessian-bagged juice trios make a proper present.
Impressive healthy gift packs available
Infused balsamics — Burren Balsamics
Small-batch infused balsamic vinegars, preserves and pickling kits from Armagh — with beautiful gift sets, hampers and a Bushmills collaboration.
Multiple Great Taste and Blas na hÉireann awards, and the gift sets look every bit as good as they taste.
Create your own
Handmade chocolates — Wilde Irish Chocolates
Handmade artisan chocolate from Tuamgraney, Co. Clare — inventive bars, fudge, hot chocolate and beautiful gift boxes, made by the ‘Wilde Bunch’ for over 20 years.
A gift box of these is a proper Irish treat, with vegan and sugar-free options so there’s something for everyone.
Gift boxes from €12.95
Atlantic sea salt — West of Dingle
Gourmet sea salt hand-harvested from the Atlantic off the Dingle peninsula by a chef-led family producer — natural and infused flavours, made sustainably.
All three flavours won gold at Blas na hÉireann — a small, special gift that quietly upgrades every meal.
Very practical
For the drinks lover
A proper bottle, whatever they raise at the end of a long day.
Award-winning spirits — Lough Ree Distillery
A family-run Longford distillery on the Shannon — home of the multi-award-winning Sling Shot Gin, Zesty Citrus Vodka and Bart’s Irish Whiskey, plus Gin School at Home kits.
A distinctive Irish bottle for the drinks lover — and the gin-school kits make a lovely experience gift.
Highly recommended to > 18’s only!
Hampers and experiences
For a gift that arrives sorted, or one that lasts a few weeks.
An Irish food emporium — Ardkeen
A beloved Waterford quality food store with a big online range of Irish artisan produce and ready-made hampers — a one-stop shop for a proper Irish food gift.
When you want a hamper sorted in one go, from a shop that genuinely champions Irish producers.
A super range
Irish meal kits — DropChef
An Irish meal-kit service delivering fresh, pre-portioned ingredients and easy recipes to your door.
Home-grown, convenient and a lovely low-effort treat for someone who’d rather cook than order in.
Who wouldn’t use this!
A note on choosing
We lean towards small Irish producers and quality over quantity — things that last, or get used up happily. More Irish makers are being added all the time.
Looking for something else?
Browse the rest of our Irish gift guides for more ideas.