One of our major sponsorship undertakings of the season is the Hoof to Hotplate competition at the Amberley A & P Show, held this year on 29 October 2011. All the stock are processed at Harris Meats, and the competitors visit us to view their entries on the hook and have a tour of the Harris Meats facilities. This is the third year we have sponsored the event. It is quite an undertaking for us, there is a lot involved which takes a lot of time, but its an event we enjoy.

Click on the link to the right (2011 Beef Competition) for the results and photos for the cattle and on the link called 2011 Lamb Competition for the Lambs.

Another exciting event has been added to the competition as well - the Waipara Valley Lamb & Pinot Noir dinner on Monday 31 October. Four fabulous chefs are going to serve up the most wonderful lamb dishes to the lucky people attending. Sorry, the event is sold out.

Photo to right:  Nick giving a boning demonstration with Bryan giving the running commentary.   Below are some shots of the audience (including Alec Baxter, the eventual winner) and then John McKone, who auctioned off some of the lamb to the highest bidders

John Wigley (President) and Jean Forrester                     Sarah and Dylan from the NorWester

Below:  Chris Timbs, Darren Wright, Angela Clifford &Jonny Schwass

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Last Year's Event (2010)

Beef Results and the Lamb Results

The photos from the 2010 show, featuring crowd shots, judging, cooking and Bryan's boning demonstration, as well as the auction can be viewed on this link http://picasaweb.google.com/jane.thompsonuk/AmberleyAPShow2010# Be warned, there are over 200 of them!

If you would like to see all the photos taken during the lamb processing, you can check these out on the following link: http://picasaweb.google.com/jane.thompsonuk/AmberleyAPLambsProcessing#

The competitors visited Harris Meats and you can check out the photos of the visits on http://picasaweb.google.com/jane.thompsonuk/AmberleyAPShowHoofToHotplateComp# The photos of the boys boning are taken while they are boning the beef for the show.

Bryan and the lambs on the hook		The lambs going through the process to turn them from cute lambs to tasty racks, roasts, rumps and chops!
	The lovely sirloin steaks with the judges at work in the background	Stu Loe handing around some samples to an appreciative audience
Oliver Jackson (Pegasus Bay), Peter Verkerk (Hellers) and Sarah Turpin (NorWester) at work judging the beef	Some of the crowds watching the goings on	Representative of one of the sponsors, the National Bank, presenting Robert Forrester with the prize for the best beef
Jean Forrester presenting Mark Stevenson with the prize for winning the taste section	Some of the tasty cooked lamb rumps. You can now get these at the NorWester Cafe in Amberley. Be quick though!	John McCone auctioning the legs of lamb assisted by Trish Coleman (NorWester) and Stu Lowe
The MacIntosh family enjoying seeing their leg of lamb being auctioned for $45!	Claire Harris drawing one of the raffles	Oliver Jackson with his "Meat Is Murder, delicious tasty murder" t-shirt