🏆 Celebrating Success at the Melbourne Royal Australian Food Awards
We’re proud to share that The Lucky Pig Butchery & Smokehouse has brought home five medals at the 2025 Melbourne Royal Australian Food Awards (MRAFA). This year, the competition received 870 entries from 197 producers across Australia, showcasing the very best in meat, smallgoods, and charcuterie.
Our results:
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🥇 Gold Medal – Freerange Smoked Chicken Breast (Score: 98/100)
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🥇 Gold Medal – The Leaning Tower Italian Sausage (Score: 96/100)
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🥈 Silver Medal – Jalapeño Kabana (Score: 83/100)
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🥉 Bronze Medal – Cheese Kransky (Score: 80/100)
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🥉 Bronze Medal – Freerange Streaky Bacon (Score: 75.5/100)
We’re especially thrilled with the results for our Smoked Chicken Breast and The Leaning Tower sausage, both scoring in the high 90s and recognised with Gold Medals.
🔥 Judge Feedback
The judges had some fantastic things to say about our entries:
- “Excellent overall product” – Freerange Smoked Chicken Breast
- “Good quality sausage, gives what it promises from the ingredients. Very good eating” – The Leaning Tower
- “Good general flavour, some nice background heat. Texture and appearance good” – Jalapeño Kabana
These comments highlight the quality and consistency we’re striving for every day in the shop.
🥓 What This Means for You
Every medal we earn is a reflection of the passion, craftsmanship, and care we put into our products here in Bentleigh. Whether it’s bacon, smallgoods, or sausages, our goal is the same: bring you the very best, award-winning produce to enjoy at home.
🛒 Shop the Winners in store and online
Bring home the same award-winning flavours that impressed the judges at the 2025 Melbourne Royal Australian Food Awards:
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🥇 The Leaning Tower (Gourmet Sausages) – Gold Medal
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🥇 Freerange Smoked Chicken Breast – Gold Medal
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🥈 Jalapeño Kabana – Silver Medal
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🥉 Cheese Kransky – Bronze Medal
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🥉 Freerange Streaky Bacon – Bronze Medal
👀 What’s Next: Trophy Day
The Melbourne Royal team will announce the Best in Class and Trophy Winners on Thursday, 2 October 2025 at the official awards presentation. With two of our products sitting at the very top of their categories, we’re excited to see how they go.
Stay tuned to our News page and Instagram @luckypigbentleigh for updates as we count down to Trophy Day!
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