SERVING UP BEST BEEF
THE Ekka might be cancelled this year but that doesn’t mean we all have to miss out on Queensland’s best beef.
Thanks to a partnership between Beef City owner JBS and Fitzy’s Toowoomba, competition-winning steaks that ordinarily would have passed through the five-star Royal Queensland Steakhouse and other select Brisbane venues are available for people to dine on in the Garden City.
Despite the uncertainty over COVID-19, the 2020 JBS RNA Paddock to Palate competition went ahead, pitting 40 of Australia’s best beef producers against each other in the battle of the beef.
Cattle were fed at the Beef City feedlot outside Oakey for 100 days or 70 days depending on class, and were judged on a number of criterias including weight gain and carcass performance.
Fitzy’s Toowoomba owner Brad Fitzgibbons said he was “very happy” to the showcasing JBS’ Royal 100 branded competition beef.
“It’ll be a signature dish available for a limited time while stocks last, so it’s quite a limited run,” Mr Fitzgibbons said.
“We’ll be serving the rib fillet as the chef desires, so it’s first in, best dressed.”
JBS livestock supervisor Samuel Clothier said it had been a challenging year for everyone, but the pandemic had provided an opportunity for JBS to put the product out there for the producers and the wider community.
“Here at Fitzy’s the guys are putting up the rib fillet – it’s some of the finest quality genetics from southern Queensland and greater Australia,” he said.
The JBS Royal 100 rib fillet is available now.