Matt Charlton is re-arranging the walls of the Barrelhouse Restaurant and Bar to accommodate yet another plate signifying the "Highest Culinary standard in Beef and Lamb".
For the 10th year in a row, Dannevirke's Barrelhouse Restaurant has won a Beef and Lamb Excellence Award. It joins 162 others across New Zealand. While it is one of 14 in the Manawatu, it is the only one in Tararua.
NZ Beef and Lamb says:
The 2017 Excellence Award holders have been revealed with 162 restaurants nationwide joining a group of 3150 restaurants who have received the nation's longest running culinary accolade since the awards were first launched.
Over the past few months, culinary trained assessors have been scouting out restaurants serving only the best beef and lamb dishes to determine the annual Beef and Lamb Excellence Award holders.