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Aussie beef set to sizzle on MasterChef TV show

Beef Central, 25/05/2020

 

AUSTRALIAN beef will play a starring role on the nation’s favourite cooking show, MasterChef Australia, following Meat & Livestock Australia’s signing of a new sponsorship deal with Network 10.

Utilising the ‘Australian Beef. The Greatest’ platform, the campaign will see multiple activities including TV advertisements during the MasterChef timeslot, brand billboards running throughout the program and Australian beef to feature in a challenge for contestants in late June.

MasterChef Australia Season 12 has an all-new judging panel of Jock Zonfrillo, Melissa Leong and Andy Allen, and favourite contestants back to win, with more than one million viewers tuning in across Australia each night.

MLA domestic marketing manager Graeme Yardy said at a time when home cooking was booming due to COVID-19 restrictions, the Australian beef and MasterChef Australia integration was ideally timed.

“Australian beef will be showcased on one of the most popular prime time television programs in Australia. The challenge that will see contestants use beef will reinforce and demonstrate its versatility and ease across a range of dishes,” Mr Yardy said.

“With COVID-19 having a significant impact on the foodservice sector domestically and internationally, there has been a need to shift the types of cuts traditionally seen in foodservice into retail, so demonstrating to consumers how to use those cuts at home has been a real focus of our activities.

MLA is also working with retailers to align Australian beef promotions in-store.

“This campaign reflects the need to adapt marketing campaigns in response to the many challenges COVID-19 has presented,” Mr Yardy said.

Australian beef is an official partner of Australia’s Olympic and Paralympic teams, but with the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games being postponed to 2021 due to COVID-19, MLA has had to tap into new channels to market Australian beef to domestic consumers.

“Our campaigns are about keeping Australian red meat on the plates of consumers and ensuring levy payers are seeing a return on their investment, and MasterChef Australia is an ideal medium to reach consumers in the current environment,” Mr Yardy said.

MasterChef Australia airs on Sunday to Thursday nights at 7.30pm on Channel 10, or catch up on all the episodes on 10play.

 

Source: MLA

 

 

 

 

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  1. Val Dyer, 25/05/2020

    Yes, great promotion as cooking beef at home is easy. Great opportunity to cook the best Wagyu at home? Or any beef sold under MSA quality control.

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