Red Gum BBQ is excited to share an outstanding achievement at the prestigious 2024 Melbourne Royal Australian Food Awards for 3 of their new delicious sauces. Red Gum BBQ took home silver for the 2nd year running for Grandma Mildred’s Gold Sauce and Granddaddy Heyward’s Classic Sauce was a new award winner, taking home bronze – both in the savoury sauce category. Aunt Vic’s Hot Sauce was also awarded a bronze in the highly competitive chilli sauces category for the second year running.
These awards will further embed the Red Gum BBQ At Home products as the gold standard of BBQ sauces and continue to spread the passion for southern-style barbeque throughout our nation. The range allows home cooks and bbq’ers to create restaurant-quality, authentic low and slow flavours to their own creations, sharing delicious dishes with families and offering perfect gifts for food enthusiasts. With a focus on sustainability, stunning packaging and family recipes with connected stories on each bottle, the range and its gift set offerings also make for memorable and thoughtful presents for friends and family.
Melissa Goffin, Red Gum’s Business Owner, expressed her elation at the announcement of the awards, stating, “After being enjoyed by customers and restaurant diners since 2013, we’re loving the public response to our sauces since our launch last year. This is the 2nd year in a row, our family-owned business has entered our house-made BBQ sauces in the prestigious competition and we’re thrilled with the results. Seeing Granddaddy Heyward’s Classic Sauce join the award-winning team is so exciting. It’s that continued validation that our products sit amongst the highest calibre of Australian foods and deserve a place on every table.”
More on the Sauces:
Lovers of Red Gum BBQ’s authentic American-style restaurant in Red Hill, Mornington Peninsula, can now have this award-winning selection of handcrafted, small-batch sauces and meat rubs in their homes – bringing a true taste of Southern flavours to their own kitchens and backyard barbecues.
Founders of Red Gum BBQ, Martin and Melissa Goffin, travelled the US to discover authentic American BBQ recipes and flavours inspired by their family. From Great Grandma Rosa’s Red Sauce to Mama Carolyne’s Pork Rub, each product is a labour of love, made and packaged by hand in the heart of the Mornington Peninsula.
The unique sauces and rubs are essential additions to every dining experience, adding a hit of authentic American BBQ flavour to any meal, using 100% all-natural ingredients.
Grandma Mildred’s Gold Sauce – $19.95
A tribute to the pioneer of Red Gum BBQ, Grandma Mildred from Norfolk, Virginia, was a fearless spirit and had a fondness for everything unique. She rode her motorcycle to work, and for lunch would pack her favourite mustard sandwiches. Mildred’s traditional Gold BBQ sauce is both sweet and spicy with a mustardy flavour.
Aunt Vic’s Hot Sauce – $15.95
This spicy tangy tabasco-style hot sauce hails from Savannah, Georgia, and is sure to knock the socks off those who dare to try it. Perfect for that extra heat.
Granddaddy Heyward’s Classic Sauce – $19.95
Granddaddy Heyward hails from Walhalla, South Carolina, and was a classic Southerner who liked his BBQ sauce just like his cars – classically sweet, cool and timeless. His classic sauce is perfect for basting chicken and pork, and boasts bold flavours of tomato sauce, apple cider vinegar, and Worcestershire sauce.
Great Grandma Rosa’s Red Sauce – $19.95
Great Grandma Rosa was born in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Like her, this Carolina vinegar sauce is traditional, sweet and fiery. Expect flavours of red wine vinegar, chilli, seeded mustard, honey, garlic and onion.
Grandpa Joe’s Beef Rub – from $14.95
Grandpa Joe’s Beef Rub honours the Red Gum BBQ tradition of quality, simplicity and authenticity. This classic Texas-style blend of cracked black pepper, salt, and spices is best sprinkled generously and massaged into grass-fed brisket before barbecuing.
Mama Carolyne’s Pork Rub – from $14.95
Mama Carolyne’s Pork Rub is a Carolina-style blend of brown sugar, paprika, cumin, onion, and garlic. Use it to slap on those free-range butts, ribs and loins and take BBQing to the next level.
Aunty Kelly’s Chicken Rub – from $14.95
Aunty Kelly’s Chicken Rub is a robust Georgian-style spice combination created to get some southern spice on that bird. Expect smokey, peppery and garlicky flavours.
Granny G’s Lamb Rub – from $14.95
Granny G’s Lamb Rub is a classic herbed combination of garlic, rosemary, thyme, oregano and lemon, guaranteed to enhance the free-range lamb’s natural deliciousness without overpowering it.
Through this delicious take-home offering, Red Gum BBQ has expanded into a retail brand – Red Gum BBQ At Home, selling BBQ products and southern-style burgers and sandwiches via their ‘Pit Stop’ restaurant at their second is now focused on extending nationally – continuing their commitment to excellence and sustainability and sharing their passion for bringing slow-cooked meats and traditional recipes to home kitchens.
Red Gum BBQ’s journey began with a dedication to preserving the art of low and slow BBQ, as well as a love for bringing people together over great food. Their commitment to ethical sourcing is evident in their use of high welfare, their B-Corp certification, free-range meats in their restaurant, and now in the creation of their own signature condiments.
Red Gum BBQ sauces and rubs are available for purchase in-store at Red Gum BBQ or at their Seaford location, Red Gum BBQ At Home or online. They are also supplied to a growing number of boutique grocery stores and butchers across the country.
About Red Gum BBQ Red Gum BBQ At Home
87 Arthur’s Seat Road, Red Hill 21 Rutherford Road, Seaford
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Red Gum BBQ is one of Australia’s first southern-style BBQ brands and has had the joy of sharing its love of BBQ through local pop-ups, markets and festivals before finding a home alongside some of Australia’s most prestigious restaurants on the Mornington Peninsula in Red Hill. Red Gum BBQ has a range of award-winning BBQ sauces on offer that make ideal gifts for any food-loving friends or family.
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