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SUN, SURF, SAND, SHOWERS AND SAUSAGES! THE NATIONAL SAUSAGE KING COMPETITION

With the Gold Coast sun, surf and sand as a spectacular setting, finalists in the AMIC 2010 National Sausage King Competition convened on February 6th at the Kurrawa Surf Club in Broadbeach to compete for the coveted title of Sausage King. 36 Independent Local Butchers (‘ILBs’) travelled from capital cities, country towns, rural regions and outback Australia for AMIC’s most prestigious event of the year. All brought their prized sausages to be judged in six categories: Traditional Australian, Australian Lamb/Open Class, Traditional Australian Pork, Poultry, Continental and Gourmet/Open Class. Experienced judges made up of trade experts assessed the uncooked and cooked appearance of the sausages and taste tested them for their flavour and texture. The BBQs were fired up and judging got underway at 10am until 3pm when the last sausage was expertly cooked. It was not an easy task to choose one winner in each category from six sensational sausages that had already passed the test of Regional and State judges. Winners and placegetters were announced at the Awards Dinner, held at the Sofitel Broadbeach Hotel on Saturday evening. The finalists dined on eye fillet and lamb loins – no fish or veggie option for the Sausage Kings! The heavy showers that night did not dampen the spirit of the evening. Poet and comedy performer Marco Glior was the MC and kept guests entertained with his humour and a special poem written for the occasion. The winners and place getters are:
Traditional Australian		Australian Lamb/Open Class
L to r 3rd place Joe Di Fulvio of Crimea Quality Meats - WA, 1st place Lyn & Daryl Bein of Miles Wholesale Meats – QLD and 2nd place Ashley Pfeiler of Hygienic Meats - SA		L to r 3rd place Daryl Muller of Muller’s Meat Store – SA, 1st place Allan Rea of Williams Meats – WA and 2nd place Graeme Finlay of Wonthaggi Meat Supply - VIC
Traditional Australian Pork		Poultry
L to r 3rd place Rafael Barbaro of Barbaro Bros Quality Butchers – WA, 1st place Bev and Joe Mills of Redland Bay Quality Meats – QLD and 2nd place Glen Harris of Sizzlin Sensations – VIC		L to r 2nd place Paul Marinovich Jnr of Adrian’s Continental Smallgoods – WA, 1st place Norm Milner of Norm Milner Butchers – QLD and 3rd place Jamie Parkes of JD’s Meats Pambula - NSW
Continental		Gourmet/Open Class
L to r 3rd place Richard Gunner of Feast Fine Foods – SA, 1st place Tony Scarfo of Scarfo’s Meating Place – WA and 2nd place Clint Nelson of Nelson family Meats - QLD		L to r 3rd place Franz Knoll of Barossa Fine Foods – SA, 1st place Peter Johnston of Johnston’s Gourmet Meats – TAS and 2nd place Alf Di Censo of Di Censo Meats – VIC

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