After having the pleasure of being a judge at the Devro Great New Zealand Sausage Competition it was great to see the result announced. In a first, joint winners were awarded the Supreme Award. Te Rapa New World’s Angus Beef and Westmere Butchery’s Beef and Mushroom shared the top award. To come through a field of nearly five hundred sausages in thirteen categories is real achievement.
I judged the beef section and I can attest to the quality of the Angus Beef sausage. All judging is completed blind, and when we get to that special sausage that stands out, it is a real pleasure.
Congratulations to all the winners. I know from experience that the awards are a closely fought competition with many great sausages being sampled over my two days of judging.
From a Wellington perspective it is good see a Cameron Harrison black pudding and Eastbourne Village Meats Red Roma receiving medals. I am looking forward to sampling these sausages.
Below is a list of this year’s winners.
Devro Great New Zealand Sausage Competition 2018 full results:
2018 Supreme Award New World Te Rapa, Angus Beef
Westmere Butchery, Beef and Mushroom
2018 People’s Choice Award Westmere Butchery, Beef and Mushroom
2018 Devro NZ Wildcard Award* Peter Timbs Meats, Hot Chorizo
2018 Devro Great New Zealand Sausage Competition Medallists:
Category: Beef
- Gold: New World Te Rapa Angus Beef
- Silver (joint): Hellers Ltd Hellers Angus
- Silver (joint): Leonard’s Superior Smallgoods Old English Beef
- Bronze: Countdown Angus Beef
Category: Pork
- Gold: L’Authentique Pure Pork
- Silver: The Kiwi Butcher Shop Pure Pork
- Bronze: Moos Baas & Oinks Pure Pork
Category: Poultry
- Gold: New World Stonefields Smokey Chicken, Coriander & Garlic
- Silver (joint): New World Stonefields Chicken, Coriander, Garlic & Mild Chilli
- Silver (joint): Grey Lynn Butchers Free Range Chicken and Truffle
- Bronze: Raeward Fresh Tower Junction The Senorita
Category: Pre-cooked
- Gold: Cattermoles Butchery Kaiapoi Smoked Saveloy
- Silver: Akaroa Butchery & Deli Cotechino
- Bronze: Morepork BBQ Pork Hot Dog
Category: Flavoured
- Gold: M & M Master Butchers Pork Flavoured
- Silver: Esk Valley Meats Lamb & Mint Flavoured
- Bronze (joint): Hellers Ltd Hellers Pork Flavour
- Bronze (joint): New World Greenmeadows Pork Flavoured
Category: Continental Fresh
- Gold: PAKn’SAVE Riccarton Italian Casalinga
- Silver (joint): Foodstuffs South Island/ Pams Italian Lamb
- Silver (joint): New World Stanmore Italian Pork
- Bronze (joint): Aussie Butcher New Lynn Bratwurst
- Bronze (joint): Avon’s Butchery Italian Fennel Pork
Category: Continental Ready-to-Eat
- Gold (joint): Zamora Picante Salami
- Gold (joint): Peter Timbs Meats Hot Chorizo
- Silver: The Butchers Block & Beef Classic Salami
Smokehouse Wanaka
- Bronze: Ashby’s Butchery Bell’s Original Pepperoni
Category: Pre-cooked
- Gold: Leonard’s Superior Smallgoods Black Pudding
- Silver: Cameron Harrison Butchery Black Pudding
- Bronze: Wild Game Salamis Wild Venison French Black Pudding
Category: Traditional
- Gold (joint): M & M Master Butchers Cumberland Pork
- Gold (joint): L’Authentique Pork & Fennel
- Silver: Raeward Fresh Queenstown Free Range Pork, Fresh Apple & Toasted Fennel Seeds
- Bronze: The Produce Company Pork & Fennel
Category: Gourmet Beef
- Gold (joint): Westmere Butchery Beef & Mushroom
- Gold (joint): New World Stanmore Roast Beef, Horseradish & Beetroot
- Silver: New World Greenmeadows Beef, Truffle & Parmesan
- Bronze: Hellers Ltd Hellers Sticky Ginger Beef
Category: Gourmet Pork
- Gold: Whenuapai Meat Merchant Free Range Pork, Sweet Gala Apple & Sage
- Silver (joint): Aussie Butcher New Lynn Ben’s Jalapeno & Smokey Cheese Sausage
- Silver (joint): Avon’s Butchery Pork & Cranberry
- Bronze (joint): New World Bishopdale Pork Breakfast
- Bronze (joint): New World Havelock North Pork & Paua
Category: Pre-cooked
- Gold: Eastbourne Village Meats Red Roma
- Silver: Euro Gourmet Meats Drunken Lamb & Onion
- Bronze: Aussie Butcher New Lynn Moroccan Lamb
Category: Innovation
- Gold (joint): Sausages by Design Naked Pure Pork
- Gold (joint): Agora – Butchery & Deli Lentil, Kumara & Masala
- Silver: PAKn’SAVE Cameron Road Vegetarian
- Bronze: Grey Lynn Butchers Goan Chourico
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