Melbourne Royal has announced the winners of the 2023 Melbourne Royal Dairy Awards, which celebrates the top products in the dairy category.
The Melbourne Royal Dairy Awards are a newly reintroduced category of the Melbourne Royal Australian Food Awards, recognising and rewarding excellence in Australian food production.
Surf Coast-based Gelato Gelato, co-owned by Jo Stevens and Stephanie Lewis, won the major awards of Champion Dairy Producer and Champion Victorian Dairy Producer (presented by Agriculture Victoria).
“Having trained with the gelato masters in Italy, we came back to Australia determined to make all our gelato from scratch using the finest local ingredients, which means we’re always busy roasting, making sauces, pralines and cookies to include in our delicious flavours,” said Jo Stevens.
“Our award-winning choc mint gelato – which is made with freshly puréed mint and 70 per cent organic dark chocolate – is the perfect example of our dedication to quality.”
According to Brad Jenkins, Melbourne Royal CEO, the 207 entries in the 2023 Melbourne Royal Dairy Awards were appraised on the attributes of flavour and aroma, body and texture, presentation, condition and melting by nine well-regarded industry experts.
Other category winners include LardAss Butter for Best Butter, Coal River Farm for Best Cheese, and The Yoghurt Co Vic for Best Flavoured Yoghurt.
