4 May 2012
For Immediate Release
Raising the Steaks
The 500 entries in the 2012 Steak of Origin Challenge have been narrowed down to 20.
The finalists in the Beef + Lamb New Zealand Steak of Origin Challenge, sponsored by Pfizer
Animal Genetics, have been announced after the semi final in Christchurch this afternoon.
Competition judge Bruce Griffiths, chef at Cook’n with Gas, says helping judge the top steak
in the country was an honour.
“There was a couple that stood out but overall the standard was extremely high,” says
Griffiths.
2012 celebrates a decade of the Steak of Origin Challenge and a special Producer of the
Decade award is also being presented based on the results entrants have attained over the
past 10 years.
The scores are so tight it will take the results of the 2012 Grand Final to determine the winner
of this prestigious Decade title.
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For more information please contact:
Fiona Greig
Mobile: 021 133 1702
Email: fionag@beeflambnz.co.nz
2012 Steak of Origin Finalists
Class 1 – Best of Breed: European
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Malcolm Entwisle, Te Kauwhata (Aubrac) processed at AgResearch Ruakura
Jon Knauf, Wairoa (Simmental) processed at Silver Fern Farms Hastings
Alex MacMillan, Whangarei (Hinterwilder) processed at AFFCO Moerewa/Lynnmac
Meats
Andrew Neal, Piopio (Simmental) processed at Wilson Hellaby/Auckland Meat
Processors
Class 2 – Best of Breed: British
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Chris & Karren Biddles, Te Kopuru (Angus) processed at Wilson Hellaby/Auckland
Meat Processors
John Morrison, Marton (Ezi Hereford) processed at Taylor Preston
Tim Wilding, Cheviot (Angus) processed at Wilson Hellaby/Auckland Meat Processors
Hamish Williams, Gisborne (Angus) processed at AgResearch Ruakura
Class 3 – Best of Breed: Crossbreed and Other
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Don Buchanan, Taumarunui (Piedmontese X) processed at AgResearch Ruakura x2
Jon Knauf, Wairoa (Simmental/Angus) processed at Silver Fern Farms Hastings
Katherine Robertson, Piopio (Shaver/Speckle Park) processed at AgResearch Ruakura
Class 4 – Best of Brand: Retail
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Bowmont Wholesale Meats, Invercargill (Hereford Prime) x2
Land Meat NZ Ltd, Wanganui (Angus Pure)
New World Melody’s, Palmerston North (Angus Pure)
Class 5 – Best of Brand: Wholesale/Foodservice
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Bowmont Wholesale Meats, Invercargill (Hereford Prime)
Chefs Choice, Wanganui (Angus Pure)
Neat Meat, Auckland (Angus Pure)
Progressive Enterprises, North Island (Countdown Angus)
Producer of the Decade Finalists:
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Chris & Karren Biddles, Te Kopuru
Don Buchanan, Taumaranui
Joe & Lea Fouhy, Pahiatua
Philip Hoskin, Pahiatua
Kevin McConnell, Whangarei
David McKenzie, Waipu
Peter McWilliam, Masterton
John Morrison, Marton
Dannie & Bethley O’Shea, Whangarei
Alistair & Patricia Sharpe, Waihi
Brand of the Decade Finalists:
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Angus Meats, Christchurch (Angus Reserve)
Bowmont Wholesale Meats, Invercargill (Hereford Prime)
Chefs Choice, Wanganui (Angus Pure)
Glanworth Beef, Pahiatua
Harris Meats, Cheviot
Lake Farm Beef, Cambridge
Land Meat NZ Ltd, Wanganui (Angus Pure)
Magills Butchery Ltd, Te Awamutu (Hereford Prime)
Neat Meat, Auckland (Angus Pure)
Progressive Enterprises Ltd (Countdown)
Westmeat (Riverlands/CMP)