• Stuart Rogan

• ( Botswana Butchery, Auckland )

Executive Chef Stuart Rogan from Auckland’s Botswana Butchery has taken out the title of Premier Master of Fine Cuisine at the 2015 Silver Fern Farms Premier Selection Awards.

The popular restaurant also won awards for Best Beef Dish and Best Metro.

Rogan impressed judges with his dish: Silver Fern Farms Reserve beef eye fillet, braised short rib with parsley, mustard and horseradish crust, carrot puree, asparagus, whipped garlic and cep jus. Head judge Kerry Tyack described Rogan’s dish as 'consistent and faultless'.

'This dish set the bar with its superb technique and stunning celebration of the art of meat preparation. The whipped garlic was the masterstroke that tied it all together. It was considered, colourful, carefully combined and ultimately satisfying,' he said.

• The 5 category winners in the 2015 Silver Fern Farms Premier Selection Awards

• Best Lamb Dish
  Freddie Ponder – Salt on The Waterfront, New Plymouth
  Mat McLean - Palate Restaurant, Hamilton
  (joint winners)
• Best Venison Dish
  Johannes van Kekem, - Pravda Café, Wellington
• Best Beef Dish
  Stuart Rogan - Botswana Butchery, Auckland
• Best Regional
  Daniel Hill - Pitches Store, Ophir
• Best Metro
  Stuart Rogan - Botswana Butchery, Auckland

All winner and finalist dishes will be on menus until the end of March, so don’t miss out on your chance to taste these delicious creations.

Silver Fern Farms would like to thank all entrants in the third annual Premier Selection Awards and congratulate the finalists and winners.