Top 10 Food Influencers in Ireland on Instagram (Aug 2026)

We found 10 food influencers in Ireland on Instagram. These creators use "food" in their Instagram bio and have audiences concentrated in Ireland. Here are the top 10, ranked on engagement rate, audience quality and reach, not follower count alone.

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Ranked by engagement rate, audience quality and reach

Updated August 29, 2026

  1. 1alana lav instagram profile photo

    alana lav

    @alanalav

    fun food things + cookbook club ๐Ÿ’Œ: alanalavv@gmail.com ๐Ÿ“: London recipes | substack | links โฌ‡๏ธ

    MicroUnited Kingdom
    Followers61.9K
    Engagement rate3.14%At page median
    Suspicious followers15.9%Moderate
    Average reel plays24.3KPer video post

    Engagement rate benchmark

    alana lav's engagement rate benchmarked against this niche's real distribution.

    Audience location

    Ireland55%
    United States of America26%
    United Kingdom5.1%
    France1.9%
    Canada1.5%

    Audience gender

  2. 2๐™๐Ž๐„ & ๐ƒ๐€๐๐ˆ instagram profile photo

    ๐™๐Ž๐„ & ๐ƒ๐€๐๐ˆ

    @fromnorthtwosouth

    โœ‰๏ธ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ@๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐›๐š๐ ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒ.๐œ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ŸŒŽ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ | ๐…๐จ๐จ๐ | ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ ๐Ÿ“ ๐ˆ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ€ ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ƒ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐ง |โ€ฆ

    MicroIreland
    Followers52.6K
    Engagement rate5.20%1.7x page median
    Suspicious followers21.5%Elevated
    Average reel plays6.6KPer video post

    Engagement rate benchmark

    ๐™๐Ž๐„ & ๐ƒ๐€๐๐ˆ's engagement rate benchmarked against this niche's real distribution.

    Audience location

    Ireland51%
    United Kingdom11%
    United States of America10%
    Spain2.8%
    Brazil2.6%

    Audience gender

  3. 3Jo โœจ instagram profile photo

    Jo โœจ

    @joforrestathome

    Food & exploring โœจ๐Ÿ“ธ Kitchen gadget obsessed ๐Ÿ˜„ Cork City๐Ÿ“ ๐Ÿ’Œjoforrestathome@gmail.com

    MicroIreland
    Followers35.1K
    Engagement rate8.87%2.8x page median
    Suspicious followers23.8%Elevated
    Average reel plays174KPer video post

    Engagement rate benchmark

    Jo โœจ's engagement rate benchmarked against this niche's real distribution.

    Audience location

    Ireland58%
    United Kingdom17%
    United States of America12%
    Spain2.7%
    Australia2.4%

    Audience gender

  4. 4Fiona Phelan instagram profile photo

    Fiona Phelan

    @its_simply_fiona

    Fi๐Ÿ’ซ Family/Life/Running/Hiking/Health/Food/Positivity/Fashion๐ŸŒธ Bring Humor๐Ÿ˜‰

    MicroIreland
    Followers21.4K
    Engagement rate2.47%0.8x page median
    Suspicious followers18.4%Moderate
    Average reel plays9.3KPer video post

    Engagement rate benchmark

    Fiona Phelan's engagement rate benchmarked against this niche's real distribution.

    Audience location

    Ireland77%
    United Kingdom14%
    United States of America2.3%
    Spain2.1%
    Australia1.0%

    Audience gender

  5. 5Michael Breen instagram profile photo

    Michael Breen

    @mikeybreeno

    ๐Ÿ“š Teacher ๐Ÿฅ˜ MSc Food Business ๐Ÿ“Ballina, Tipperary

    MicroIreland
    Followers20.5K
    Engagement rate38.04%Outlier, verify before using
    Suspicious followers14.1%Moderate
    Average reel playsNot measuredNo video data

    Audience gender

    Audience location

    Ireland87%
    United Kingdom4.7%
    United States of America3.2%
    Australia1.6%
    Spain0.5%
  6. 6CHLOE CREIGHTON instagram profile photo

    CHLOE CREIGHTON

    @chloecreighton__

    โ€ขFood & lifestyle ๐Ÿฅ‘๐Ÿฅ•๐Ÿซ โ€ข2027 Bride ๐Ÿค โ€ขโœ–๏ธ2026 diary closed!โœ–๏ธ

    MicroIreland
    Followers12.6K
    Engagement rate2.53%0.8x page median
    Suspicious followers13.4%Moderate
    Average reel plays8.1KPer video post

    Engagement rate benchmark

    CHLOE CREIGHTON's engagement rate benchmarked against this niche's real distribution.

    Audience location

    Ireland64%
    United Kingdom21%
    United States of America4.5%
    Spain2.3%
    Australia1.9%

    Audience gender

  7. 7orlalorenza instagram profile photo

    orlalorenza

    @orlalorenza

    Orla Hennelly ๐Ÿ–ค Fashion and Food Lover Founder @itsbeautycheats Dublin ๐Ÿ’‹ โค๏ธ Orlalorenza@gmail.com

    MicroIreland
    Followers11.9K
    Engagement rate7.05%2.3x page median
    Suspicious followers20.3%Elevated
    Average reel plays23.3KPer video post

    Engagement rate benchmark

    orlalorenza's engagement rate benchmarked against this niche's real distribution.

    Audience location

    Ireland71%
    United States of America6.9%
    United Kingdom6.8%
    Australia3.3%
    Spain1.2%

    Audience gender

  8. 8๐“œ๐“ฎ๐“ฐ๐“ช๐“ท ๐“’๐“ธ๐“ต๐“ฎ๐“ถ๐“ช๐“ท instagram profile photo

    ๐“œ๐“ฎ๐“ฐ๐“ช๐“ท ๐“’๐“ธ๐“ต๐“ฎ๐“ถ๐“ช๐“ท

    @megancoleman4

    Arloโ€™s Mama๐Ÿ‘ถ๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿฉต Food | Beauty | Lifestyle ๐ŸคŽ @dylanoaksofficial link in bio to get 10% off ๐Ÿงธ @littlebestore link in bio to get โ‚ฌโ‚ฌ off

    MicroIreland
    Followers11.9K
    Engagement rate2.04%0.7x page median
    Suspicious followers13.1%Moderate
    Average reel plays16.0KPer video post

    Engagement rate benchmark

    ๐“œ๐“ฎ๐“ฐ๐“ช๐“ท ๐“’๐“ธ๐“ต๐“ฎ๐“ถ๐“ช๐“ท's engagement rate benchmarked against this niche's real distribution.

    Audience location

    Ireland73%
    United Kingdom8.3%
    Spain4.8%
    United States of America3.6%
    Australia2.7%

    Audience gender

  9. 9jason walsh instagram profile photo

    jason walsh

    @jasonwalshacupuncture

    ๐ŸŒŒ Acupuncturist ๐ŸŒŒ Food sensitivity & Allergy Tester ๐ŸŒŒTongue Reader ๐ŸŒŒ Family ๐Ÿ‘ง๐Ÿ‘ฆ๐Ÿ‘ฆ ๐ŸŒŒ Health & Happiness ๐ŸŒŒPart time Comedian !!

    MicroIreland
    Followers10.5K
    Engagement rate3.09%At page median
    Suspicious followers20.6%Elevated
    Average reel plays33.7KPer video post

    Engagement rate benchmark

    jason walsh's engagement rate benchmarked against this niche's real distribution.

    Audience location

    Ireland84%
    United Kingdom5.1%
    Spain2.0%
    United States of America1.9%
    Australia1.7%

    Audience gender

  10. 10Nessa Robins | Content Creator | Food Writer | Food Stylist instagram profile photo

    Nessa Robins | Content Creator | Food Writer | Food Stylist

    @nessarobins

    Food writer, stylist, photographer,recipe developer, content creator Home Nurse Column @irishcountryliving Work with me: nessasfamilykitchen@gmail.com

    MicroIreland
    Followers10.0K
    Engagement rate2.28%0.7x page median
    Suspicious followers24.0%Elevated
    Average reel plays5.7KPer video post

    Engagement rate benchmark

    Nessa Robins | Content Creator | Food Writer | Food Stylist's engagement rate benchmarked against this niche's real distribution.

    Audience location

    Ireland67%
    United Kingdom10.0%
    United States of America9.6%
    Italy1.5%
    Spain1.1%

    Audience gender

Benchmarks

Top food influencers in Ireland: engagement and audience benchmarks

The median and ranges across this ranking, so you can tell a genuinely strong food creator from an average one.

10creators indexed16.5Kmedian followers3.12%median engagement18.5%avg suspicious followers

The top food influencers in Ireland run a median engagement rate of 3.12% and average 18.5% suspicious followers. Treat 3.12% as the bar a strong food creator in Ireland should clear; below it, you are paying for reach, not attention.

The best food influencers in Ireland here span 10 nano or micro and 0 macro accounts, covering both cost-efficient gifting and broad-reach launches. Audiences concentrate in Ireland (100%), skewing female at 80%.

How this list is built. These are Instagram creators who describe themselves using terms like food, foodie, food blogger in their own bio and whose audience is concentrated in Ireland. 10 accounts matched. We rank them on a blend of engagement rate, suspicious-follower share and reach, then publish the top 10. Figures are a snapshot taken on Aug 2026 and are frozen between refreshes, so the order you see is the order everyone sees.

Where their audiences are

Ireland100%

Follower tiers in this ranking

Nanounder 10K
0
Micro10K to 100K
10
Mid-tier100K to 500K
0
Macro500K+
0

Combined audience gender

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FAQ

Food influencers in Ireland: common questions

How do I find food influencers in Ireland?

Three approaches work. You can search local hashtags and location tags manually, which is free but slow and biased toward whoever posts most. You can ask your existing customers who they follow. Or you can filter an index: Leewou holds 10 food influencers in Ireland and lets you narrow by follower range, engagement rate, audience country and suspicious-follower share in one query. The 10 on this page are the top of that set, and the rest are in the app.

Who are the top food influencers in Ireland right now?

On this ranking, alana lav (@alanalav), ๐™๐Ž๐„ & ๐ƒ๐€๐๐ˆ (@fromnorthtwosouth), Jo โœจ (@joforrestathome). The ordering blends engagement rate, audience quality and reach rather than follower count alone, which is why a smaller account can outrank a larger one. Data was last refreshed in Aug 2026.

What counts as a good engagement rate for food creators?

Use the set you are actually buying from as the benchmark, not a global average. Across these food influencers in Ireland, the median engagement rate is 3.12% at a median of 16.5K followers. Anything meaningfully above that median is doing better than its peers at the same size; anything well below is worth a second look before you pay for reach.

Are these follower counts real?

Not entirely, and that is true of every Instagram list. Across this group, an average of 18.5% of followers show signs of being fake or inactive. We publish that figure on every card instead of hiding it, so you can discount reach estimates before you negotiate. Anything above 30% is worth auditing manually before you commit budget.

Can I see contact details and full audience data for these creators?

Not on this page: it is a public preview. Inside Leewou you get the full audience breakdown (age, gender, country, city, interests, credibility), historical growth, content performance and email unlocks, plus the ability to save creators to shared lists and monitor their campaign posts. The trial runs 14 days with no card required.

Search 10 food influencers in Ireland

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