THE Australian Agricultural Company's (AACo) Master Kobe Wagyu brand has completed a double Royal Show win claiming the highest score at the Sydney Royal Fine Food Awards and a gold medal with a cut of grain-fed striploin.
AACo's entry scored 91.83 out of a possible 100 points.
In July, Master Kobe won gold at the Royal Melbourne Fine Food Awards and in May the brand was also named the best Wagyu beef in the world after winning grand champion at the World Wagyu Conference judging.
AACo's Darling Downs Wagyu was also awarded a silver in the Sydney grain-fed striploin class, which followed up a recent champion beef award at the Royal Queensland Food and Wine Show.
AACo's Brunette Downs grass-fed brand, competing in an Australian branded beef competition for the first time in some years, also achieved a silver medal in Sydney, as did the long-standing 1824 Premium grainfed beef brand.
AACo claims Master Kobe's premium purebred Wagyu beef, with a minimum marbling score of nine, has become of one of the most sought-after and highest-quality beef brands in the world.
It sells for more than $200 a steak at some leading restaurants.
It is sourced from cattle bred on AACo's Wylarah and Glentana Stations, which are part of the Westholme Wagyu stud operation.
The cattle are fed for 500 days one of AACo's specialised Wagyu feedlots near Dalby or Comet in Queensland.
"These multiple awards for our two premium Wagyu brands demonstrate not just the quality of our beef, but the consistency," said AACo managing director Jason Strong.
"The quality is the result of decades of careful selective breeding and almost two centuries of AACo experience in growing and finishing cattle."
He said Master Kobe was sold by some of the finest restaurants in the world, including Seafire in Dubai, Saké in Sydney, Kobe Jones in Melbourne and Cha Cha Char in Brisbane.