Wanaka retailer achieves sausage success

After a cook off against more than 400 sausages from across the country, a Pork and Fennel gourmet sausage has come out top of the 2010 Great New Zealand Sausage Competition.

Mediterranean Wholesale Market in Wanaka was named Supreme Award winner at the final event, sponsored by Devro, Kerry Ingredients and Alto Packaging, which was held at the Auckland Seafood School tonight.

Owner of the gourmet food store, Brendon Wilson, said he is extremely proud of the success, which he attributes to his German-born Master Butcher of 30 years, Simon Tiefenbach. 

Fifty one year old Tiefenbach says, “I have worked for many years combining fresh ingredients and customer feedback to refine what makes a unique and memorable sausage.  The hard work has finally paid off.”

Alongside the search for New Zealand’s Supreme Sausage, the inaugural People’s Choice Award was also staged, where consumers received their chance to vote. This award went to Peter Timbs Meats in Christchurch with their beef sausage.

The best of every type of sausage was decided amidst a total of 12 categories. Category winners were as follows:

·         Beef: Peter Timbs Meats, Christchurch

·         Pork: Meat Cuisine, Auckland

·         Pork: Waikanae Butchery, Wellington

·         Saveloy/Polony/Cocktail: Saveloy, Southbridge Tasty Meats, Canterbury

·         Frankfurters & Rounds: Smoked Kielbasa, Island Bay Butchery, Wellington

·         Traditional: Cumberland, Netherby Meats, Ashburton

·         Flavoured Precooked: Precooked Cheese, Tegel, Auckland

·         Precooked: Gluten Free Precooked, Hellers Tasty Ltd, Christchurch

·         Flavoured: Angus, Brookfield New World, Tauranga

·         International Bratwursts & Boerwors: Boerwor, Ellerslie Meats, Auckland

·         International Spicy: Chorizo, Peter Timbs Meats, Christchurch

·         International Spicy: Merguez, Franklin Country Meats, Auckland 

·         International Mild:  Italian Pork & Fennel, Seaside Meats, Auckland

·         Gourmet: Pork & Fennel, Mediterranean Wholesale Market, Wanaka

·         Gourmet: Venison, Hellers Tasty Ltd, Christchurch 

·         Gourmet: Chicken with lime, Jansessen’s Continental, Auckland

·         Gourmet: Razorback Wild Boar & Bacon, Harmony Foods, Paeroa

With the following receiving medals:

 

Gold Medallists:

·         A Verkerk, Frankfurter 300g

·         Angus Meats, Cumberland

·         Aussie Butcher New Lynn, Beef & Onion

·         Brookfield New World, Angus Flavoured

·         Ellerslie Meats, Cumberland

·         Ellerslie Meats, Boerwors

·         Franklin  Country Meats, Merguez

·         Greendale Butchery, Pork & Pikopiko

·         Harris Meats Cheviot Ltd, Gourmet Pork

·         Harris Meats Cheviot Ltd, Texan Chilli

·         Harmony Foods, Razorback Wild Boar & Bacon

·         Hellers Ltd, Angus Pure Beef

·         Hellers Ltd, Beef Skinless Cheese Frankfurter

·         Hellers Ltd, Moroccan Lamb

·         Hellers Ltd, Country Basil & Tomato

·         Hellers Ltd, Venison

·         Hellers Ltd, Gluten Free Precooked

·         Hellers Ltd, Beef Flavoured

·         Hellers Ltd, Pork Flavoured

·         Island Bay Butchery, Smoked kielbasa

·         Island Bay Butchery, Smoked venison, Herb & Garlic

·         Jansessen’s Continental, Beef

·         Jansessen’s Continental, Chicken with lime

·         Jansessen’s Continental, Cocktail Franfurter

·         Magills Butchery, Pork Flavoured

·         Meat Cuisine, Pork

·         Mediterranean Wholesale Market, Pork, Fresh Garlic & Fresh Parsley

·         Mediterranean Wholesale Market, Chicken, Chardonnay & Fresh Herbs

·         Mediterranean Wholesale Market, Pork & Fennel

·         Netherby Meats, Cumberland

·         Netherby Meats, Beef Flavoured

·         Peter Timbs Meats, Cumberland

·         Peter Timbs Meats, Beef

·         Peter Timbs Meats, Chorizo

·         Peter Timbs Meats, Venison, Garlic & Black Cherry

·         Peter Timbs Meats, Nuremburg

·         Seaside Meats, Italian Pork & Fennel

·         Southbridge Tasty Meats, Smoked Saveloy

·         Tegel Foods, Precooked Cheese 685g/450g

·         The Butchers Block, Greek Lamb

·         Two Fifteen, Duck & Porcini

·         Waikanae Butchery, Pork

 

Silver Medallists:

·         Angus Meats, Peppered Steak Sausage

·         Angus Meats, Beef Precooked

·         Angus Meats, Bratwurst

·         Ashby’s Butchery, Irish Pork

·         Ashby’s Butchery, Bratwurst

·         Black Rock Butchery, Beef & Kawakawa

·         Blackforest Gourmet Enterprises, Cheese Griller

·         Blackforest Gourmet Enterprises, Thuringer Bratwurst

·         Brookfield New World, Beef

·         Brookfield New World, Lamb, Mint, Herb & Rosemary

·         Brookfield New World, Country Pork Flavoured

·         Cashmere Cuisine, Frankfurter

·         Cashmere Cuisine, Hungarian

·         Cashmere Cuisine, Sicilian

·         Cashmere Cuisine, Sweet Chilli, Chicken & Cream Cheese

·         Doug Jarvis Butchers, Pork, Apple & Cinnamon

·         Drury Meats, Frankfurter

·         Franks Sausages, Chicken with French Tarragon & White Wine

·         Franks Sausages, Italian

·         Grey Lynn Butchery, Free Range Pork

·         Grey Lynn Butchery, Chicken, Coriander & Chilli

·         Grey Lynn Butchery, Pork & Chardonnay

·         Greytown Butchery, Pork & Black Pudding

·         Greytown Butchery, Pokka Curry Beef

·         Greytown Butchery, Beef Flavoured

·         Harris Meats Cheviot Ltd, Beef & Mustard

·         Hellers Ltd, Beef, Herb & Garlic

·         Hellers Ltd, London Pride

·         Hellers Ltd, Prime Beef

·         Hellers Ltd, Honey Lamb & Rosemary

·         Hellers Ltd, Plain Precooked

·         Hellers Ltd, Cheese Precooked

·         Hellers Ltd, Saveloy

·         Hastings City New World, Lincolnshire

·         Hastings City New World, Lamb & Mint

·         Island Bay Butchery, Traditional Italian Fennel

·         Itoham NZ, Thuringer

·         Jansessen’s Continental, English banger

·         Jansessen’s Continental, Precooked Chicken Sausage

·         Kipdale Farms, Organic Sausage

·         L’Authentique, Chorizo

·         Leonards Superior Smallgoods, Herb & Garlic

·         Leonards Superior Smallgoods, Cheese Precooked

·         Leonards Superior Smallgoods, Pork Flavoured

·         Magills Butchery, Beef Flavoured

·         Meat Cuisine, Auckland Metro

·         Mediterranean Wholesale Market, Lamb Moroccan

·         Nelson New World, Irish Pork

·         Nelson New World, Pork, Garlic & Blue Vein

·         Netherby Meats, Smoked Pork Sausage

·         Netherby Meats, Precooked Beef Flavoured

·         Normbany Butchery, Garlic

·         Normanby Butchery,Beef Flavoured

·         Normanby Butchery, Saveloy

·         Opunake Butchery, Beef, Garlic & Herb

·         Palmerston Butchery, Paua

·         Palmerston Butchery, Saveloy

·         Peter Timbs Meats, Black Pudding

·         Peter Timbs Meats, Sicilian

·         Peter Timbs Meats, Precooked

·         Peter Timbs Meats, Beef Flavoured

·         Pokeno Bacon, Toulouse

·         Pokeno Bacon, Cumberland

·         Pokeno Bacon, Bratwurst

·         Preston’s Master Butcher, Anytime Turingia Bratwurst Precooked

·         Preston’s Master Butcher, Cumberland Precooked Sausage

·         Raeward Fresh, Angus

·         Raeward Fresh, White Pudding

·         Raeward Fresh, Steak, Mushroom & Cracked Pepper

·         Raeward Fresh, Beef Precooked

·         Raeward Fresh, Smoked Saveloy

·         South City New World, Smokin Hot Lamb Snagalicious

·         South City New World, Venison, Merlot & Cracked Pepper Snagalicious

·         Tegel Foods, Precooked 1.8kg

·         Tegel Foods, Precooked Garlic & Herb

·         Tegel Foods, Top Hat Beef Flavoured

·         The Butchers Block, Beef

·         The Kiwi Butcher’s Shop, Beef Precooked

·         Waikanae Butchery, Lamb & Mint

·         Westmere Butchery, Toulouse

·         Westown Butchery, Cumberland Pork

·         Westown Butchery, Lamb & Curry

·         Zamora Homemade, Lamb Rosemary

 

Bronze Medallists:

·         Agora, The Good Food Shop, Bratwurst

·         Allenton Meat Centre, Pork and Lemon

·         Aussie Butcher Botany, Plaswors

·         Aussie Butcher New Lynn, Chicken, Lemon & Pepper

·         Black Rock Butchery, Lamb & Mint

·         Brookfield New World, Prime Pork

·         Cashmere Cuisine, Pork, Sage & Apple

·         Cross Bros Butchery, Spanish Chorizo Precooked Sausage

·         Delbos Meat Products, Del Sremska Hot Pork

·         Ellerslie Meats, Wild Pork & Venison

·         Franklin Country Meats, Beef & Wasabi

·         Harris Meats Ltd, Precooked Beef

·         Hellers Ltd, Super Savoury

·         Janssen’s Continental, Pork

·         L’Authentique, Chicken & Bacon

·         L’Authentique, Pork & Fresh Coriander

·         Leckies Butchery, Venison Sausage

·         Normanby Butchery, Pork Flavoured

·         Peter Timbs Meats, Glassi Creek Gourmet Venison

·         Scotts the Traditional Butcher, Old English Pork

·         The Fridge Butchery and Deli, Spanish Chorizo

·         The Fridge Butchery and Deli, Chicken, Rocket & Cashew

·         The Fridge Butchery and Deli, Moroccan Lamb & Sultana

·         Tuatapere Sausages, Beef Precooked

·         Zamora Homemade, Chorizo Calabrese (Fennel & Coriander)