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The Restaurants Association of Ireland says that there is now a crisis in the shortage of chefs in the country, and an investment in training is needed urgently. The organisation is calling on the Minister for Education Jan O'Sullivan to re-establish CERT, the former State Tourism Training Agency, with immediate effect.

According to a report published by the Restaurant Association of Ireland, 605 new jobs in the food, tourism, and hospitality sectors have been created in Mayo since the reduced VAT rate of nine per cent was introduced in July 2011. To highlight the scale of job creation, the report compares the number of direct new jobs to a major local employer, revealing that the 605 extra jobs created in Mayo is more than four times the number of people also employed in Mayo at Knock International Airport.

Five Mayo restaurants are bidding for some of the most coveted awards in the Irish food industry at the upcoming Irish Restaurant Awards on Monday night.

Kai Café and Restaurant has added yet another accolade to its already impressive collection after taking home the prize of best restaurant in County Galway, and its head chef Jessica Murphy named best chef in Galway at the Connaught Regional Final of the Santa Rita/LIFE Magazine Irish Restaurant Awards, which took place in Hotel Westport in Mayo this week.

Aniar has been crowned winner of Best Restaurant in Galway at the Connacht regional final of the Santa Rita Irish Restaurant Awards 2013. The awards, which took place in The House Hotel in Galway last week, named the top restaurants in Connacht for 2013.

Roscommon’s top restaurants were honoured at the Connaught regional final of the Irish Restaurant Awards 2013 on Tuesday night this week. Some of Roscommon’s finest eateries will now go forward to the national awards in June.

An Port Mór in Westport has been crowned winner of Best Restaurant in Mayo at the Connacht regional final of the Santa Rita Irish Restaurant Awards 2013. The awards, which took place in The House Hotel in Galway this week named the top restaurants in Connacht for 2013.

A number of Mayo restaurants won awards this week at the Connacht regional final for the Santa Rita Irish Restaurants Awards 2012, held in The House Hotel in Galway on Tuesday last.

Galway’s top restaurants were named this week in the regional finals of the Santa Rita/Sunday Independent Life magazine Irish Restaurant Awards, which took place in The House Hotel on Tuesday.

Irish restaurants are reporting a dramatic increase in diners making bookings and not showing up this Christmas.