2024 Melbourne Royal Australian Food Awards Winners Announced

03 Oct 2024 / Food, Melbourne Royal News

Victoria dominates with eleven Champion Trophies

The 2024 Melbourne Royal Australian Food Awards, which acknowledges and celebrates excellence in Australian food production, has concluded in spectacular fashion with over 500 Melbourne Royal Gold, Silver and Bronze medals and 16 Champion Trophies awarded at the official presentation event at the MasterChef Kitchen, Melbourne Showgrounds on Thursday 3 October.

Open to commercial food producers of all sizes, from boutique operators to large-scale manufacturers, the Melbourne Royal Australian Food Awards is one of the largest programs of its kind, serving as a springboard for many of Australia's most successful food products and brands across three distinctive food categories: Dairy, Preserves and new for 2024, Smallgoods.

Judged by 43 industry experts with the support of 22 stewards, the Melbourne Royal Australian Food Awards provide a unique and valuable opportunity for Australian food producers to have their products and produce tested and benchmarked against their peers to improve quality and inspire innovation.

Of the 16 Champion Trophies, Victorian producers picked up 11, New South Wales took home two, while Western Australia, Queensland and Tasmania won one each.

2024 Melbourne Royal Australian Food Awards Champion Trophy Winners:

  • Champion Butter: Black Truffle Butter, by Great Southern Truffles, Western Australia
  • Champion Cheese: Organic Mepunga Gruyere, by Megard – L’Artisan Cheese, Victoria
  • Champion Cream: Bulla Crème Fraîche, by Bulla Dairy Foods, Victoria
  • Champion Milk: Low Fat Milk Homogenised, by Inglenook Dairy, Victoria
  • Champion Ice Cream: Marsala Baked Figs & Hazelnut by Van Diemen’s Land Creamery, Tasmania
  • Champion Savoury Preserve: Black Garlic Cloves by Noosa Black Garlic, Queensland
  • Champion Sweet Preserve: Quince Jelly, by Louisa Morris Cakes, Victoria
  • Champion Smallgoods: Tajima Wagyu Bresaola by Andrews Meat Industries, New South Wales
  • Champion Australian Small Dairy Producer: Gelato Gelato, Victoria
  • Champion Australian Large Dairy Producer: Bulla Dairy Foods, Victoria
  • Champion Victorian Dairy Produce Presented by Agriculture Victoria: Bulla Dairy Foods, Victoria
  • Champion Australian Small Preserves Producer Presented by Plasdene Glass-Pak: Alot Of Good Stuff, Victoria
  • Champion Victorian Preserves Producer Presented by Agriculture Victoria: Alot Of Good Stuff, Victoria
  • Champion Australian Small Smallgoods Producer: Obelix & Co, Victoria
  • Champion Australian Large Smallgoods Producer: Rodriguez Bros, New South Wales
  • Champion Victorian Smallgoods Producer Presented by Agriculture Victoria: Griffin Morris Village Butchers, Victoria

Melbourne Royal CEO Brad Jenkins emphasised that the Melbourne Royal Australian Food Awards offer producers nationwide an invaluable benchmarking and marketing opportunity.

“The Melbourne Royal Australian Food Awards proudly acknowledge, celebrate and inspire innovation in Australian food products, produce and producers.

“It’s an opportunity for producers to experience an invaluable benchmark opportunity to improve quality, inspire innovation and market medal-winning products using the Melbourne Royal seal of excellence, and we thank all producers, judges, stewards and volunteer staff for their support.”

Full details of the Award categories, classes and results can be found at: www.melbourneroyal.com.au/australian-food-awards/results/