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Shoprite Checkers' new Boerewors Champion

8 Oct 2013

This last weekend, at Sun City's Valley of Waves, the new Boerewors Champion was selected for the 2013 Shoprite Checkers Championship Boerewors competition. First time entrant, Bob Makheta (37) is a senior meat technician at Shoprite Chatsworth in KwaZulu-Natal, who entered the competition as he wanted to test himself and his ability to make boerewors.

The 2013 Championship Boerewors winner, Bob Makheta (left) is congratulated by the Shoprite Group’s CEO, Whitey Basson.

He won a new Toyota Hilux 2.7 double-cab raised body Raider, a R2500 holiday voucher from All Gold, a R2000 Coca-Cola cash prize and R750 worth of Simba vouchers.

Shoprite and Checkers annually present the event to provide all aspiring boerewors makers to show their flair for producing the tastiest traditional boerewors in the country. Now in its 21st year, it also helps the supermarket group to find a traditional boerewors recipe that will appeal to ever changing tastes of the majority of consumers in the country.

Second place was awarded to Arend Esterhuizen from Vereeniging (Gauteng) who won a R10 000 holiday voucher from All Gold, a R5000 Coca-Cola cash prize and R1500 worth of Simba vouchers. Derrick Khumalo from Katlehong (Gauteng) took third place and received a R5000 holiday voucher from All Gold, a R3000 Coca-Cola cash prize and R1000 worth of Simba vouchers.

This year the Championship Boerewors competition proved to be as popular as ever, with over 1000 entries received. It took 88 regional and 10 provincial rounds, during which 400 judges had to taste and assess 51 000 pieces of raw and cooked boerewors, to find the ten best for the final battle in Sun City.

An independent judging panel comprising of top food experts Martin Kobald, Carmen Niehaus, Arnold Tanzer, Francois Ferreira and Lungile Nhlanhla agreed that singling out one winner was an challenging task this year due to the unique and outstanding qualities of each of the finalists' entries. Entries were initially judged in raw form, followed by a braai-off during which contestants had to prepare their own boerewors to the best of their abilities.

The other seven finalists who competed for the title and the grand prize were: Olivier Kritzinger from Joubertina, Henna Pick from Worcester, Johan De Villiers from Kathu, Sakkie Schutte from Welkom, Jordan Nkadimeng from Lephalale, Theresa Nell from Reyno Ridge and Eddie Hawkes from Vryburg.

The 2013 Championship Boerewors, produced according to the winning boerewors recipe will be available in Checkers, Checkers Hyper and Shoprite stores countrywide on 11 October.

For more information, go to www.championshipboerewors.co.za.