Victorian producers earn honours at delicious Produce Awards

STATE winners of the prestigious delicious Produce Awards were announced last month, with 24 Victorian small-scale producers taking home honours.

Butterfly Factory milk supplier Rob Monk and brand owner Rachel Needoba share a laugh, holding the award-winning yoghurt on Rob’s Poowong East property. Picture: Dannika Bonser

STATE winners of the prestigious delicious Produce Awards were announced last month, with 24 Victorian small-scale producers taking home honours. Judges congratulated all the top performers, particularly the dairy entrants.

“This state judging was one of the most exciting and innovative I’ve experienced in 10 years,” said judge Paul Wilson. “The dairy industry in particular, despite their battles with both Mother Nature and supermarkets, is producing world-class products.”

Rob Monk runs Viking Fleckvieh dairy cattle at his property at Poowong East, and supplies milk to the Butterfly Factory to be processed. Picture: Dannika Bonser

Schultz Organic Dairy, Butterfly Factory (pictured), Drysdale Cheeses, Gippsland Jersey, Prom Country Cheese, Meredith Dairy, L’Artisan Cheese and The Camel Milk Co all took home awards. Another 16 Victorian producers were honoured in the earth, paddock and sea categories.

VICTORIA WINNERS

DAIRY:

Butterfly Factory Dairy Yoghurt

Drysdale Cheeses Halloumi

Gippsland Jersey Fresh Milk

L’Artisan Cheese Marcel

Meredith Dairy Cultured Goat Milk

Prom Country Cheese Venus Blue

Schulz Organic Dairy Organic Full Cream Milk (Returnable Glass Bottle)

The Camel Milk Co. Australia Camel Milk

Fiona Buchanan and Edward Benedict of Adsum Farmhouse. Photo: Dannika Bonser

EARTH:

Adsum Farmhouse Seasonal Fresh Produce

Burrum Biodynamics French Green Lentils

Mushroom Forestry Shiitake Mushrooms

Raw Honey Certified Organic Raw Ironbark Honey

Schaeffer Estate Saffron

Spurrell Foraging Native & Seasonal Edible Plants

Tuerong Farm Premium Stoneground Flour

Jason Cotter of Tuerong Farm Flour. Photo: Dannika Bonser

PADDOCK:

Brooklands Free Range Farms 100% Grass Fed British White Beef

Bundarra Berkshires Free Range Pastured Berkshire Pork

Milking Yard Farm Poulette Royale Chicken

Myrrhee Premium Boer Goats Fresh Premium Goat

Sher Wagyu F1 Black Label Ribeye

Warialda Beef Warialda Belted Galloway Beef

SEA:

Bruce Collis Seasonal Wild Caught Fish (including Garfish, Rock Flathead, Southern

Calamari, Greenback Flounder, King George Whiting)

Yarra Valley Caviar Smoked Salmon Pearls

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