MEAT CELLAR · TOOWOOMBA · 2011–2025

Our awards.

National titles. International gold. A collection of honours earned by the people behind our counters, year after year.

Sliced Meat Cellar boneless ham on a timber board

01 · NATIONAL WINNER · 2011 & 2016

Australia’s
Best Ham.
Twice.

Our boneless ham was named the overall national winner in 2011 and again in 2016, under the Westridge Meats name.

Australian PorkMark Ham Awards · Overall national winnerThe award details
Meat Cellar bacon rashers on branded butcher paper

02 · BEST IN CLASS · LONDON 2023

World’s
Best Bacon.
2023.

Gold and Best in Class for our cured bacon at the 2023 World Charcuterie Awards in London.

Best in Class, Cured Bacon · World Charcuterie Awards 2023The award details
Meat Cellar bacon arranged on a wooden board with a branded apron

03 · TWO GOLD MEDALS · IFFA 2025

International
gold.
Twice over.

Gold for boneless ham. Gold for full rasher bacon. Both awarded to Meat Cellar Ridge in the 2025 IFFA quality competition.

IFFA · AMIC / DFV International Quality Competition 2025The award details
Westridge Meats · The Ridge Meats · Meat Cellar
One collection, with each award's original shop name preserved.Our award record, 2011–2025

THE COLLECTION · 2011–2025

The honours wall.

Medals, ribbons and national titles. Select an award to explore the result behind it.

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Every honour has a story.Explore the medals, ribbons and national titles.

65award results, at home and abroad
From Queensland shows to international competitions

65 organiser-backed results. The archive also holds 10 separately labelled historical records. These are results, not a count of individual medals; one entry can have state, national and overall placings.

Read the full award record
  1. 2011 · Winner — Boneless ham. 2011 National PorkMark Ham Awards for Excellence. Westridge Meats, Toowoomba.
  2. 2011 · 1st — Boneless ham. 2011 National PorkMark Ham Awards for Excellence. Westridge Meats, Toowoomba, QLD.
  3. 2011 · 1st — Boneless ham. 2011 National PorkMark Ham Awards for Excellence. Westridge Meats, Toowoomba.
  4. 2011 · 3rd — Bone-in leg ham. 2011 National PorkMark Ham Awards for Excellence. Westridge Meats, Toowoomba.
  5. 2012 · 3rd — Boneless ham. 2012 National PorkMark Ham Awards for Excellence. Westridge Meats, Toowoomba.
  6. 2012 · 3rd — Bone-in leg ham. 2012 National PorkMark Ham Awards for Excellence. Westridge Meats, Toowoomba.
  7. 2012 · Several — Various sausages. 2012 Outback Region's Sausage King Championships, Roma. Westridge Meats. Unconfirmed historical claim.
  8. 2012 · Best — Corned silverside. Brisbane Ekka - 'Best Corned Silverside in Queensland'. Westridge Meats. Unconfirmed historical claim.
  9. 2013 · 1st — Boneless ham. 2013 National PorkMark Ham Awards for Excellence. Westridge Meats, Toowoomba.
  10. 2013 · 2nd — Boneless ham. 2013 National PorkMark Ham Awards for Excellence. Westridge Meats, Toowoomba, QLD.
  11. 2013 · 2nd — Bone-in leg ham. 2013 National PorkMark Ham Awards for Excellence. Westridge Meats, Toowoomba.
  12. 2013 · 2nd — Leg ham on the bone. 2013 Ham, Bacon and Smallgoods Competition (RQFWS with AMIC). Westridge Meats, Toowoomba.
  13. 2013 · Category winner — Duck and orange sausage. 2013 State Sausage King Competition (RQFWS & AMIC). Westridge Meats, Toowoomba.
  14. 2013 · 1st — Corned silverside. 2013 Ham, Bacon and Smallgoods Competition (RQFWS with AMIC). Westridge Meats, Toowoomba.
  15. 2013 · 1st — Cheerios. 2013 Ham, Bacon and Smallgoods Competition (RQFWS with AMIC). Westridge Meats, Toowoomba.
  16. 2016 · Winner — Boneless ham. 2016 Australian PorkMark Ham Awards (APL media release: 'the Australian Ham Awards'). Westridge Meats, Toowoomba, Qld.
  17. 2016 · 1st — Boneless ham. 2016 Australian PorkMark Ham Awards. Westridge Meats, Toowoomba, QLD.
  18. 2016 · 1st — Boneless ham. 2016 Australian PorkMark Ham Awards. Westridge Meats, Toowoomba.
  19. 2016 · Sausage King — Chicken tandoori sausage. 2016 Qld Best Butchers Burger & Sausage King State Finals (EKKA). The Ridge Meats, Toowoomba.
  20. 2016 · Sausage King — Sausage. Outback AMIC Qld 2016 Best Butchers Burger and Sausage King Competition. The Ridge Meats (John Yeo).
  21. 2016 · 2nd — Pre-cooked sausage. AMIC Ham, Bacon & Smallgoods Competition 2016. Westridge Meats, Toowoomba.
  22. 2016 · Bronze — Sausage. Outback AMIC Qld 2016 Best Butchers Burger and Sausage King Competition. Westridge Meats (John Yeo).
  23. 2016 · 3rd — Corned silverside. AMIC Ham, Bacon & Smallgoods Competition 2016. Westridge Meats, Toowoomba.
  24. 2017 · 1st — Corned silverside. AMIC QLD Ham, Bacon & Smallgoods Competition 2017 (RNA Showgrounds, 20 June). Westridge Meats, Kearneys Spring.
  25. 2018 · 2nd — Short cut bacon. Australian PorkMark Bacon Awards 2018 (medal art: 2018/19). Westridge & The Ridge Meats, Toowoomba.
  26. 2018 · Sausage King — Chicken, honey & chives sausage. Outback AMIC Qld 2018 Sausage King & Best Butchers Burger Competition (Jandowae, 10 June 2018). Westridge Meats (Luke Jensen).
  27. 2018 · Best Butchers Burger — Coconut, chicken curry & vegetable patty. Outback AMIC Qld 2018 Sausage King & Best Butchers Burger Competition. The Ridge Meats (Luke Jensen).
  28. 2018 · 2nd — Lucania or boerewors sausage. Outback AMIC Qld 2018 Sausage King. The Ridge Meats. Unconfirmed historical claim.
  29. 2018 · Bronze — Lucania or boerewors sausage. Outback AMIC Qld 2018 Sausage King & Best Butchers Burger Competition. The Ridge Meats (Luke Jensen).
  30. 2018 · 1st — Corned silverside. AMIC QLD Ham, Bacon & Smallgoods Competition 2018 (EKKA, 14 Aug 2018). Westridge Meats, Kearneys Spring.
  31. 2019 · 1st — Short cut bacon. Australian PorkMark Bacon Awards 2019 (certificate: 2019/20). Westridge Meats, Toowoomba.
  32. 2019 · 2nd — Short cut bacon. Australian PorkMark Bacon Awards 2019 (certificate: 2019/20). Westridge Meats, QLD.
  33. 2019 · Recognition recorded — Shop. AMIC Queensland Regional Retailer of the Year Competition. Westridge Meats, Kearney's Spring.
  34. 2019 · Gold — Smoked leg ham. AMIC Outback Region competition (held at Farm Fest). The Ridge Meats QLD.
  35. 2019 · 1st/2nd — Boneless ham. AMIC Outback Region (Farm Fest) - boneless ham. Westridge Meats. Unconfirmed historical claim.
  36. 2019 · Silver (84.33) — Boneless leg ham. Sydney Royal Fine Food Show 2019 - Smallgoods & Charcuterie Competition. Meat And Milk Pty Ltd, Boneless Leg Ham (Produced by Westridge Meats).
  37. 2019 · 3rd — Bone-in leg ham. Australian PorkMark Ham Awards 2019/20. Westridge Meats, Toowoomba.
  38. 2021 · Silver — Short cut bacon. Sydney Royal Fine Food Show 2021 - Smallgoods & Charcuterie. Westridge Meats. Unconfirmed historical claim.
  39. 2021 · Bronze — Full smoked bacon rasher. Sydney Royal Fine Food Show 2021 - Smallgoods & Charcuterie. Westridge Meats. Unconfirmed historical claim.
  40. 2021 · Gold — Bone-in leg ham. AMIC QLD Outback regional results (29/5/21). Westridge Meats.
  41. 2021 · Gold — Boneless ham. AMIC QLD Outback regional results (29/5/21). Westridge Meats.
  42. 2021 · Bronze — Boneless ham. Sydney Royal Fine Food Show 2021 - Smallgoods & Charcuterie. Westridge Meats. Unconfirmed historical claim.
  43. 2021 · Bronze — Bone-in smoked ham. Sydney Royal Fine Food Show 2021 - Smallgoods & Charcuterie. Westridge Meats. Unconfirmed historical claim.
  44. 2021 · Silver — Double smoke beef sausage. AMIC QLD Outback regional results (29/5/21). Westridge Meats.
  45. 2021 · Silver — Chicken, cheese & corn sausage. AMIC QLD Outback regional results (29/5/21). Meat Cellar at Ridge.
  46. 2022 · 1st Regional — Bacon rasher. AMIC QLD: Outback regional results. Meat Cellar.
  47. 2022 · Gold — Middle bacon. Australian Charcuterie Excellence Awards (ACEA) 2022. Westridge Meats.
  48. 2022 · Silver — Short cut bacon. Australian Charcuterie Excellence Awards (ACEA) 2022. Westridge Meats.
  49. 2022 · Gold — Boneless ham. Australian Charcuterie Excellence Awards (ACEA) 2022. Westridge Meats.
  50. 2022 · Gold — Boneless ham. Australian Charcuterie Excellence Awards (ACEA) 2022. Meat Cellar.
  51. 2022 · 2nd Regional — Boneless ham. AMIC QLD: Outback regional results. Meat Cellar.
  52. 2022 · 3rd Regional — Bone-in leg ham. AMIC QLD: Outback regional results. Meat Cellar.
  53. 2022 · Bronze — Ham on the bone. Australian Charcuterie Excellence Awards (ACEA) 2022. Westridge Meats.
  54. 2022 · 2nd Regional — Beef, bacon & cheese sausage. AMIC QLD: Outback regional results. Meat Cellar.
  55. 2023 · Gold; Best in Class — Short cut bacon rashers. World Charcuterie Awards 2023. Meat Cellar (Australia).
  56. 2023 · Gold — Middle bacon rasher. Australian Charcuterie Excellence Awards (ACEA) 2023. Meat Cellar, Toowoomba QLD.
  57. 2023 · Gold — Short middle rasher (short cut). Australian Charcuterie Excellence Awards (ACEA) 2023. Meat Cellar, Toowoomba QLD.
  58. 2023 · Silver (82.67) — Full rasher bacon. Sydney Royal Fine Food Show 2023 - Smallgoods & Charcuterie. Meat and Milk (Produced by Meat and Milk).
  59. 2023 · Silver (82.33) — Smoked short cut bacon. Sydney Royal Fine Food Show 2023 - Smallgoods & Charcuterie. Meat and Milk (Produced by Meat and Milk).
  60. 2023 · Gold — Boneless ham. Australian Charcuterie Excellence Awards (ACEA) 2023. Meat Cellar, Toowoomba QLD.
  61. 2023 · Silver — Bone-in ham. World Charcuterie Awards 2023. Meat Cellar. Press-reported.
  62. 2023 · Silver (86.33) — Boneless ham. Sydney Royal Fine Food Show 2023 - Smallgoods & Charcuterie. Meat and Milk (Produced by Meat and Milk).
  63. 2023 · Bronze — Boneless ham. World Charcuterie Awards 2023. Meat Cellar. Press-reported.
  64. 2023 · Bronze (77.17) — Full bone-in leg ham. Sydney Royal Fine Food Show 2023 - Smallgoods & Charcuterie. Meat and Milk (Produced by Meat and Milk).
  65. 2024 · Gold — Full rasher bacon. Australian Charcuterie Excellence Awards (ACEA) 2024. Meat Cellar.
  66. 2024 · Bronze — Short cut bacon. Australian Charcuterie Excellence Awards (ACEA) 2024. Meat Cellar.
  67. 2024 · Gold — Smoked bacon. Australian Charcuterie Excellence Awards (ACEA) 2024. Meat and Milk.
  68. 2024 · Gold — Short cut bacon. Australian Charcuterie Excellence Awards (ACEA) 2024. Meat and Milk.
  69. 2024 · Gold — Boneless ham. Australian Charcuterie Excellence Awards (ACEA) 2024. Meat Cellar.
  70. 2024 · Silver — Boneless ham. Australian Charcuterie Excellence Awards (ACEA) 2024. Meat and Milk.
  71. 2025 · Gold (score 50) — Full rasher bacon. IFFA 2025 - AMIC/DFV International Quality Competition. Meat Cellar Ridge.
  72. 2025 · Silver (score 45) — Short cut bacon. IFFA 2025 - AMIC/DFV International Quality Competition. Meat Cellar Ridge.
  73. 2025 · Silver (score 45) — Short cut bacon. IFFA 2025 - AMIC/DFV International Quality Competition. Meat Cellar Westridge.
  74. 2025 · Bronze (score 40) — Smoked bacon. IFFA 2025 - AMIC/DFV International Quality Competition. Meat Cellar Westridge.
  75. 2025 · Gold (score 50) — Boneless ham. IFFA 2025 - AMIC/DFV International Quality Competition. Meat Cellar Ridge.

THE MEAT CELLAR COLLECTION

The award record.

65 results backed by organiser records. Each entry keeps its original shop name and competition category.

These are result records, not a count of individual medals. State, national and overall results may relate to the same entry. Unconfirmed claims are never included in the confirmed total.

THE STORIES BEHIND THE RECOGNITION

Recognised in the Media

Meet the people, hear the interviews and read the stories. Explore coverage from local newsrooms and further afield.

SUNRISE & 7NEWS

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Three television clips, in full.

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2023

International recognition

The Crackling

Collaboration is king

Podcast · 32 minutes
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Sunrise · Channel 7

Sunrise · World’s Best Bacon

YouTube · 2 min 40 sec
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7NEWS Queensland

Toowoomba’s world-winning bacon on 7NEWS Queensland

TikTok · 1 min 26 sec
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7NEWS Toowoomba

Toowoomba's world-winning bacon

Facebook · 1 min 22 sec
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4BC Mornings

The world's best bacon, found in Toowoomba

Full programme
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Food & Drink Business

Toowoomba bacon named ‘World’s Best’

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Retail News Asia

Meat Cellar’s bacon hailed as the world’s best

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7NEWS

Meat Cellar wins title for world’s best bacon

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Inside FMCG

Toowoomba bacon earns global recognition

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Inside Small Business

World’s best bacon at the global awards

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Food & Beverage Industry News

Toowoomba bacon named world’s best at global awards

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Queensland Country Life

Bacon’s 16,000km journey to international acclaim

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2019

Ham & bacon honours

Highlife Magazine

Toowoomba's ham in the spotlight

The article's ham ranking differs from the organiser record: third in Queensland, bone-in, in 2019.
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Queensland Country Life

Queensland Christmas ham results

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Australian Pork Newspaper

Australia’s best bacon announced

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Queensland Country Life

Queensland’s best bacon announced

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Highlife Magazine

Toowoomba’s Best Ham

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2011–2018

Earlier coverage

Queensland Country Life

Queensland bacon results, 2018

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Queensland Country Life

Ham Week: Toowoomba scores top award

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Queensland Country Life

Queensland ham is smokin’

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The Pig Site

Hamming it Up with Australia’s Best!

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Coverage found in the public archive. Some reports share the same original story; older articles may require a publisher subscription or platform sign-in.

PHOTOGRAPHS & PUBLIC ARCHIVE

The people. The produce.

From the counter to the competition. Photographs, film and moments from our history, with links to their original sources.

Luke Jensen behind a tray of bacon at Meat CellarPress photograph

Queensland Country Life · 2023

Luke and the award-winning bacon

The 2023 international result, photographed at the counter.

Photo: Brandon LongView original source (opens in a new tab)
Two men at an Australian Meat Industry Council awards event, published with the Westridge Meats ham storyAwards photograph

Highlife Magazine · 2019

The regional ham awards, 2019

From the Highlife Magazine feature on Toowoomba’s best ham.

Photo: Westridge MeatsView original source (opens in a new tab)
Meat Cellar bacon on a wooden board beside a branded apronPress photograph

Food & Drink Business · 2023

The bacon that made the news

The original photograph accompanying the 2023 press coverage.

Photo: Meat CellarView original source (opens in a new tab)
Short-cut bacon displayed on World Charcuterie Awards paperAwards photograph

7NEWS · 2023

On the world stage, 2023

The award photograph published in the 7NEWS feature.

Photo: WCA, as credited by 7NEWSView original source (opens in a new tab)
Three competition judges inspecting bacon entriesCompetition photograph

Queensland Country Life · 2019

At the judging table, 2019

Competition judges pictured in the Queensland bacon results story.

Image via Queensland Country LifeView original source (opens in a new tab)
Kerry Brisbane with then-owners John and Lyn Yeo holding Westridge Meats hamsHistorical photograph

Queensland Country Life · 2016

A national ham title, 2016

Kerry Brisbane with then-owners John and Lyn Yeo.

Photo: Helen WalkerView original source (opens in a new tab)
Westridge Meats promotional film preview showing two men with award-winning hamsPromotional film

ShootNEdit · Vimeo

The Westridge story on film

A Christmas ham film from the Westridge Meats archive.

Film & preview: ShootNEditWatch on Vimeo (opens in a new tab)
Meat Cellar logo from The Ridge Shoppingworld store directoryStore profile

The Ridge Shoppingworld

Meat Cellar at The Ridge

Our store profile in The Ridge Shoppingworld directory.

Brand artwork via The Ridge ShoppingworldView store profile (opens in a new tab)

Photographs and film remain credited to their original creators. Select a card to visit the publication, film or store profile.

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