ROYAL TASMANIAN FINE FOOD AWARDS
Each year the Royal Agricultural Society of Tasmania (RAST) hosts the annual Royal Tasmanian Fine Food Awards. This event brings many judges from all over Australia (local and interstate), together to find our country’s best produce!
Established in 1995, our Fine Food Awards is one of the most respected and longest running food awards in Australia. Although running for over 29 years, we aim to continue evolving to keep up with the ever-changing trends of the Australian food industry, consumer tastes and needs by considering new classes and sections.
We aim to promote and encourage excellence in the Australian food industry by providing a quality bench-marking system that enables fine food producers to assess the quality of their products against their contemporaries and competitors. We encourage feedback and it is not unusual to see manufacturers approaching these awards as a learning exercise, growing and adjusting each year in an effort to improve and ultimately achieve gold, champion and reserved champion of selected categories.
In its 29th Year, the Royal Tasmanian Fine Food Awards committee has finalised its plans for this year’s Awards season.
This year the awards will be run across multiple judging sessions. This allows for more seasonality of entries, closer attention to individual categories, and a more streamlined judging process to ensure all products judged receive the ultimate attention to detail.
The Royal Tasmanian Fine Food Awards..
2024 Royal Tasmanian Fine Food Awards Schedules / Results
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OVERALL SCHEDULE
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DAIRY, ICE CREAM, Plant based + Tea & TISANES
WHEN: 28th/29th/30th/31st May 2024
Entries Close: 29th April 2024
BAKED GOODS, PRESERVES, PANTRY ITEMS + SWEET/SPICY
WHEN: 17th/18th/19th April 2024
Entries Close: 19th March 2024
SEAFOOD, SMALL GOODS + DELICATESSEN
WHEN: 7th/8th/9th August 2024
Entries Close: 8th July 2024
CIDER
WHEN: 9th/10th May 2024
Entries Close: 8th April 2024
coffee
WHEN: 22nd/23rd August 2024
Entries Close: 22nd July 2024
OLIVE PRODUCTS
WHEN: 28th/30th August 2024
Entries Close: 29th July 2024
Upcoming events for 2024:
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MAJOR AWARDS JUDGING
All champion winners are reassessed by a panel of judges selected by the Royal Tasmanian Fine Food Awards committee to determine the winner of the Richard Langdon Trophy for Best Exhibit
WHEN: 30th August 2024
FINE WINE + DINE DINNER
An event to celebrate and give well deserved recognition to the award winners of the Royal Tasmanian Fine Food Awards, RAST hosts an annual dinner every year. Showcasing gold medal produce, this is a night to be enjoyed with live music and a great atmosphere!
2024 Royal Tasmanian Fine Food Awards: Major Sponsors
WHEN: Nov 29th 2024