VOTE NOW: Central Queensland’s best butcher | 2024

The hunt for Central Queensland’s top butcher is on. With 29 contenders vying for the title, your votes will carve out the prime champion in this meaty showdown.

The hunt for Central Queensland’s top butcher has begun! With 29 contenders vying for the title, your votes will carve out the prime champion in this meaty showdown.

In a quest to find the region’s freshest and finest, we have asked readers across Rockhampton, Gladstone and the wider central queensland to nominate their favourite butcher.

From more than 400 comments, we have compiled a list of 29 butchers to compete for the title of Central Queensland’s best.

However, there can only be one winner.

Vote in our poll and help give your favourite the recognition they deserve.

The poll will stay open until midnight Tuesday, April 23.

Cast your vote in the poll below:

The nominees are:

Geoff Elliott: Allenstown Square Meats

Peter Boodle: Boodles Meats

Steve: Briskey’s 5 Star

Josh Muckert: Calliope Quality Meats

Gregg Wehlow: Dawson Road

Lucas Jenner: Drakes Supermarkets, Calliope

Robert Kann: Emu Park Meats

Grady: Fair Dinkum Fresh

Rick Davies: Frenchville Quality Meats

James Clark: Gracemere Quality Meats

Paul Taylor: Kin Kora Meats

Mick Chappell: Mick’s Meats Yeppoon

Heidi Naumann – Wilson: Middle Mount Quality Meats

Jimbo: Parkhurst Quality Meats

Reggie Brook: Parkhurst Quality Meats

Scott: Port City Meats

Brodie Hayes: Tannum Meats

Matt Wilson: Tannum Meats

Nathan Lynn: Tannum Meats

Barry Jones: Yeppoon Central Meats

Jamie Stacpoole: Yeppoon Central Meats

Zen Kona: Yeppoon Central Meats

6TK butchery Springsure

Barney Point Butchery

Biloela Quality Meats

Coastal Meats

Reeves Family Butcher

Richo Road Butchery

and Richo’s Quality Meats

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