We have a super job for a sausage super fan
The Devro Great New Zealand Sausage Competition is reaching out to the sausage-loving Kiwi public to find New Zealand’s snarler super fan to help crown Aotearoa’s tastiest sausage.
Do you know your bratwurst from your boerewors? Are you fanatical about frankfurters? Can you smell a sausage sizzle from six hundred metres? If so, we need your help.
The successful candidate will be part of the judging panel to decide the Supreme award-winning sausage and will have the privilege of tasting some the finest sausages in the country.
The competition has been running for close to 25 years and is the pinnacle for sausage and small goods producers and retailers in New Zealand. Winning the Supreme award brings huge opportunities for the victorious producers with last year’s joint winners Westmere Butchery in Auckland seeing queues out of the door and down the street, whilst New World Te Rapa, Hamilton saw record sales in the week following the awards, after taking out the top spots.
Pippa Hawkins, General Manager of Retail Meat New Zealand – the organisation who oversees the prestigious competition – was clear on the calibre of candidate they are looking for to fulfil this role:
“To be the successful applicant, you need to demonstrate your unadulterated passion for sausages. We’re not looking for technical knowledge or culinary training, we want someone who screams to us ‘I bloody love a snag’. This is a unique opportunity to exercise your enthusiasm for a Kiwi staple.”
Prospective applicants are asked to submit 150 words on why they are a sausage super fan and describe the best way to serve sausages. Alternatively, they can submit a video no longer than one minute long covering the same two topics. All applications should be submitted to kit@rmnz.co.nz with Sausage Super Fan as the subject line.
The Devro Great New Zealand Sausage Competition kicks off next month with the category judging which will see a record 513 entries from 96 stores across 13 categories be put to the test to see which will receive the gold, silver and bronze awards. From there the top scoring sausages in each of the 13 categories will go forward to compete in the Supreme judging where our sausage super fan will play their significant role, along with the other supreme category judges, in crowning the winner. The medallists, the People’s Choice winner and the all-important Supreme award-winning sausage will then be announced at a glamorous dinner in Auckland on Thursday 17 October.
About the candidate:
The successful candidate for this role will clearly demonstrate they are a Sausage Super Fan who has a true passion for snags.
Culinary experience is not required for this role, just an obsession and hunger for super tasty sausages.
The candidate must be a New Zealand resident, 18-years-old or over and must be available to be in Takapuna, Auckland from 12pm – 2pm on Wednesday 25 September.
Application process:
If you think this job is for you, tell us in 150 words why you are a sausage super fan and describe the best way to serve sausages.
Alternatively, you can submit a video no longer than one minute long covering the same two topics.
All applications should be submitted to kit@rmnz.co.nz with Sausage Super Fan as the subject line.
The successful candidate will be someone whose application stands out from the pack. Kiwi sausages are no ordinary sausages, so we don’t want an ordinary judge.
Applications close at 5pm on Tuesday 10th September – please attach your CV or include a brief biography on your background and any other information you think will be relevant to the role.
Please note that this role is unpaid.
ENTRY TERMS & CONDITIONS:
1. Applications close at 5pm on Tuesday 10 September 2019.
2. Applications are to be made either via email or post and must include all required information to be considered.
3. Email applications should be sent to kit@rmnz.co.nz with the subject Sausage Super Fan
4. Postal applications should be sent to:
Sausage Super Fan
Retail Meat New Zealand
PO Box 33-648
Takapuna 0740
Auckland
APPLICATION TERMS & CONDITIONS:
1. Entry for the Sausage Super Fan role is deemed to be acceptance of the Terms and Conditions.
2. The role is open to New Zealand Residents only.
3. Retail Meat New Zealand reserves the right to exclude any person from participating in the Sausage Super Fan role on reasonable grounds.
4. Retail Meat New Zealand reserves the right to reject any entrant who Retail Meat New Zealand decides (in its sole discretion) has violated the Terms and Conditions, gained unfair advantage in participating in the application or has used fraudulent means.
5. The successful applicant must be able to attend the judging at Smales Farm, Takapuna, Auckland from 12-2pm on Wednesday 25 September and reasonable travel expenses will be covered.
6. This is an unpaid role.