The Australian Food Awards
2019
A number of our local food producers have won medals in the 2019 Australian Food Awards, including:
| Producer | Suburb | Category | Medal | Product |
| Backyard Honey | Surrey Hills | Australian honey | Silver | Australian honey |
| Billy van Creamy | Fitzroy North | Frozen dessert non-dairy | Bronze | Vegan peppermint fudge ice cream |
| Premium ice cream | Bronze | Passionfruit, mascarpone & elderflower ice cream |
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| City Larder | Heidelberg Heights | Pates & terrines | Bronze | Free range chicken liver pate |
| Bronze | Free range pork & pistachio terrine | |||
| Bronze | Free range pork rillettes | |||
| Bronze | Game & root vegetable terrine | |||
| J.B. Shackleton’s | Wonga Park | Jams, conserves & marmalade | Silver | Luxury tahiti lime marmalade |
| Bronze | Luxury three fruits marmalade | |||
| Kookaberry Strawberry Farm | Wandin | Jams, conserves & marmalade | Bronze | Raspberry jam |
| Bronze | Strawberry jam | |||
| La Villa Salumi | Kilsyth | Gourmet sausages | Silver | Signature pork sausages |
| Bacon | Bronze | Free range short cut bacon | ||
| Cooked meat | Bronze | Spicy mexican chorizo | ||
| PoppySmack | Warrandyte | Savoury sauces & pastes | Bronze | Salty sweet satay |
| Vinegars & dressings | Bronze | Vegan dipping sauce | ||
| Bronze | Vietnamese dipping sauce | |||
| Si Mangia | Reservoir | Biscuits | Gold | Nonna’s biscotti di mandorla |
| Other savoury preserves | Bronze | Passata di pomodori (tomato puree) | ||
| That’s Amore Cheese | Thomastown | Fresh cheese | Gold | Chilli caciotta |
| Silver | Cherry bocconcini | |||
| Gelato | Gold | Gelato – chocolate | ||
| Gold | Gelato – lemon cheesecake | |||
| Bronze | Gelato – pistachio | |||
| Non-cow cheese | Silver | Buffalo mozzarella | ||
| Unforgettable Products | Warrandyte | Fruit pastes, curds, jellies & butters | Bronze | Lemon curd |
| Bronze | Passionfruit butter | |||
| Yarra Valley Dairy | Yering | Fresh cheese | Silver | Emporium selection persian fetta |
| Bronze | Saffy | |||
| Non-cow cheese | Silver | White savourine |
2018
Producers from North East Melbourne scored heavily in the 2018 Australian Food Awards. They included:
| Producer | Suburb | Award | Category | Product |
| Backyard Honey | Surrey Hills | Honey | Bronze | multi-floral honey |
| Blue Pear Pantry | North Warrandyte | Gluten Free Baked Good | Bronze | gluten free sausage roll |
| J.B. Shackleton’s | Wonga Park | Jams, Conserves and Marmalade | Gold | luxury tahiti lime marmalade |
| Gold | luxury three fruits marmalade | |||
| Kookaberry Strawberry Farm | Wandin | Vinegar and Dressing | Gold | raspberry vinegar |
| Gold | strawberry vinegar | |||
| La Villa Salumi | Kilsyth | Gourmet Sausages | Bronze | signature pork sausages |
| My Little Country Kitchen | Kinglake West | Other Savoury Pastries | Silver | spinach & feta roll |
| Bronze | gourmet sausage roll | |||
| PoppySmack | Warrandyte | Chilli Preserves | Gold | siam chilli sambal |
| Savoury Sauces & Pastes | Bronze | salty sweet satay | ||
| Si Mangia | Reservoir | Savoury Sauces & Pastes | Bronze | passata di pomodoro |
| That’s Amore Cheese | Thomastown | Non-Cow Cheese | Gold | buffalo ricotta |
| Fresh Cheese | Silver | chilli caciotta | ||
| Bronze | diavoletti | |||
| We Feed you | Carlton | Convenience Main Meals | Bronze | chinese spiced lamb |
2017
The Australian Food Awards are an annual, rolling set of awards where roughly half the awards for 2017 have now been made. Congratulations to the following winners from North East Melbourne:
| Name | Suburb | Highest award | Food group |
| Ardor Food Co | Thomastown | Gold | Pasta |
| Aura Co. | Mernda | Bronze | Ice cream |
| Billy van Creamy | Fitzroy North | Gold | Gelato and Sorbet |
| Blue Pear Pantry | North Warrandyte | Silver | Sausage roll |
| Chokamour | Macleod | Silver | Chocolate |
| Cunliffe & Waters | Croydon | Bronze | Jam and Sauce |
| Fritz Gelato | Richmond | Silver | Gelato and Sorbet |
| Gelati Sky | Brunswick | Gold | Gelato |
| JZ Business Enterprises | Coburg North | Bronze | Snack |
| Marisa’s Kitchen | Alphington | Gold | Soup and Dip |
| Montefiore Cheese | Thomastown | Silver | Cheese |
| My Little Country Kitchen | Kinglake West | Silver | Sausage roll |
| Okka Pies | Bayswater | Silver | Quiche |
| Pantalica Cheese Company | Thomastown | Gold | Cheese |
| Plough to Plate Fine Foods | Thomastown | Gold | Preserve and Sauce |
| PoppySmack | Warrandyte | Bronze | Sauce |
| Ranch Hand Foods | Blackburn | Gold | Sauce |
| Select Harvests | Thomastown | Gold | Almonds |
| St David Dairy | Fitzroy | Gold | Milk and Butter |
| Sweet by Nature | Heidelberg West | Gold | Cake |
| That’s Amore Cheese | Thomastown | Gold | Cheese |
| We Feed You | Hawthorn East | Bronze | Ready meal |
| Yarra Valley Dairy | Yering | Silver | Cheese |