Every year at the Irish Restaurant Awards, the Restaurants Association of Ireland Benevolent Fund avails of the opportunity to fundraise.

These funds go towards helping people in desperate need of help. Last year, the Benevolent Fund supported our two patron charities, The RISE Foundation and 1Life and the great work that they do.

The Restaurants Association of Ireland Benevolent Fund was founded in March 1996 for the purpose of supporting people from the hospitality & catering industry. The Benevolent Fund is made available for those currently or previously involved in the industry in Ireland.

Following on from your extremely generous support last year where €13,789.89 was raised throughout the year, we are looking to match that or do even better at this year’s upcoming Irish Restaurant Awards ceremony on June 10th.

We are asking members if they can donate a prize / voucher for individual table draws which we will be running at the Gala Dinner on the June 10th.

Throughout the evening we will run a competition at each of the tables in between awards. Funds from these competitions will be going directly to the Restaurants Association of Ireland Benevolent Fund.

Examples of some of the prizes we received so generously from members last year are listed below:

Prize Donated
Dinner for Two
Dinner for Two with Wine
One Nights B&B
€50 Voucher
€100 Voucher
Thorn Clarke Terra Barossa Riesling
Superser Heater
Afternoon Tea for Four
Dinner for Four
Dinner for 4 with Wine
Bottle of 12 year old Redbrest
Dinner with B&B
Dinner for Two with Cocktails
Jazz Supper & Wine for Four
One Nights Stay for Three Midweek with access to Spa
€100 One 4 All Gift Voucher
£30 Voucher

To help us help others we need your help, so if you can donate a prize please contact Laura directly on admin@rai.ie or send in a prize marked for Laura/ Kim’s attention. We really appreciate your help & support.

Thank you for all your help and support, it is a testament to the strength and generosity of our members that the donations for the Restaurants Association of Ireland Benevolent Fund have continued to come in, and even rise, throughout these turbulent times.

Tickets for the Irish Restaurant Awards can be purchased from Sinéad on (01) 677 9901 or Sinead@rai.ie. Tickets cost €130 each, with discounts for group bookings.