Woy Woy butcher wins with sausages

Woy Woy butcher Mr Marc Edwards has won five categories in the NSW/ACT Sausage King Central Coast competition recently.

The competition looks to judge independent butchers for the quality and variety of their sausages, according to Australian Meat Industry Council member services officer Mr Richard Taylor.

He said that sausages were once thought as a humble meal, but now they were being offered as "a complete meal solution".

"Local independent butchers continue to excel with the continued quality and variety of sausages entered in the gourmet, continental, poultry and Australian lamb categories along with the high quality of the traditional Australian pork and ever popular traditional Australian varieties."

Mr Edwards from Yes Please Meats in Woy Woy took out first place in five categories including traditional Australian, traditional Australian pork, poultry, Australian lamb-open class and continental.

He also came second in the Australian lamb-open class, continental and equal second in the gourmet open class and took out a third place in poultry.

Mr Edwards will now take his first place winning sausages into the NSW State Final to be held in Newcastle on October 9.

Press release, 25 Aug 2010 Richard Taylor, Australian Meat Industry Council