Restaurants Association of Ireland (RAI)

RAI Looks To Italy And Croatia To Help Offset Irish Chef Shortage

In a bid to help offset a shortage of what it estimates to be about 7,000 to 8,000 chefs in Ireland, the Restaurants Association of Ireland has enlisted th...

Top Chef Neven Maguire Shares Opinions On Work, Staff And Christmas

Award-winning chef Neven Maguire has revealed that he declined the opportunity to expand his restaurant business into London and Paris because the idea of...

RAI Welcomes Retention Of 9% VAT Rate In Budget 2018

Responding to news that excise duty will not be increased in this year's budget, Restaurants Association of Ireland (RAI) chief executive Adrian Cummins ha...

Winner Of Ireland's Best 'Foodie Destination 2017' Announced

The Restaurants Association of Ireland has named West Cork as the winner of Foodie Destinations 2017. The announcement was made at an event held in the...

Irish Restaurants Feeling Pressure Of Rising Butter Costs

Irish restaurants are reportedly coming under increasing financial pressure due to record high butter prices, caused by a worldwide rise in the demand for...

RAI Warns Government Against Increasing VAT Rate

The Restaurants Association of Ireland (RAI) has urged the Government to retain the 9% VAT rate for the hospitality industry in the wake the Departmen...

Restaurants Forced To Close Monday and Tuesday Due To Chef Shortage, Says RAI

The Restaurants Association of Ireland (RAI) has asserted that as many as 5000 chefs are required by next year to fill vacancies as the country's chef...

RAI Blasted For All Male Judging Panel For Restaurant Awards

The co-founder of Athru, the movement to empower women in the culinary arts in Ireland, has described the Restaurant Association of Ireland's (RAI) decisio...