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Mangawhai butcher Dan Klink has won yet another award for his meaty masterpieces.
This time he has collected a gold medal for his beef and bean Mad Mexican sausage, entered in the flexitarian category of the Devro Great New Zealand Sausage Competition.
Over five days, judges poked, sniffed and tasted over 500 sausages in 13 categories from more than 90 butcheries across New Zealand.
Dan says it was an intense competition and his entries were up against innovative entries, including Perky Nana and Marmite and Cheese flavoured sausages.
“We were blown away at the result, but we work hard at it and we have a great team here,” he says.
TVNZ’s Seven Sharp visited his Mangawhai Village shop following the competition to get an insight into the life of a rural butcher.
Dan says the competition result came just in time for national sausage weekend, also known as Labour Weekend.
“It’s the start of the Kiwi summer and everyone is loving the smell of sausies on the BBQ filling the air.”
