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'Best of the best' in Australian Agriculture. This is how Glenn Dudley, President of the RAS, described Holy Goat Cheese, this years winner of the prestigious President's Medal. Holy Goat Cheese, won for it's La Luna Goat Cheese, in the midst of fierce competition and rigorous adjudication.
Holy Goat Cheese was presented with $10,000 and the silver heritage President's Medal at a gala dinner with Australia's top food and wine aficionados at the Four Seasons Hotel, Sydney. Guests enjoyed a spectacular four course menu, designed by Consulting Chef Justin North (Owner & Executive Chef of Becasse) & Tim Browne (Executive Chef of the RAS) featuring the six finalists plus other Champion and Medal winners from the recent Macquarie Group Sydney Royal Wine Show, Sydney Royal Fine Food Show and Sydney Royal Cheese & Dairy Produce Show.
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The President’s Medal was developed by the Royal Agricultural Society of NSW to promote and reward profitable and sustainable Australian primary industries. It is the only award of its kind in Australia where Champion products and producers from the wine, dairy and fine food industries are judged on a multifaceted basis.
The other five finalists in 2010:
Bulla Dairy Food, Light Sour Cream, VIC
The Yalumba Wine Company, 2008 Yalumba Hand Picked Shiraz Viognier, SA
Peter Lehmann Wines, 2006 Wigan Eden Valley Riesling, SA
Huon Aquaculture Group, Banquet Slice Tasmanian Smoked Salmon, TAS
T & R Pastoral, Murraylands Premium Lamb, SA
Information and image taken from Royal Agricultural Society of NSW website
http://www.rasnsw.com.au/presidentsmedal.htm