Discover Halenda’s Awards
We have won a total of 21 awards in this year’s Royal Agriculture Winter Fair and Reader’s Choice Awards! Learn more below.
Halenda’s Fine Foods Awards
2021
Royal Agricultural Winter Fair – Ready-to-Eat Meat Snack
Sausage – Dry/Semi-Dry-Small – Maximum diameter of 20mm
1st Place – Hot Pepperoni Sticks
2nd Place – Habanero Hot Pepperoni Sticks
3rd Place – Salami Sticks
4th Place – Hot Buggy Whips
Sausage – Dry/Semi-Dry-Small – Minimum diameter of 21mm
2nd Place – Hunter Garlic Sausage
3rd Place – Csabai Extra Hot
4th Place – Sremska/Smoked & Dry Cured Pork Sausage
Smoked Sausage – Traditional – Sausage must be traditional in nature and does not contain any non-meat specialty ingredients.
1st Place – Fiesta Garlic Smokie
3rd Place – Kobassa
4th Place – Old Country Kobassa
Readers’ Choice Awards
Oshawa/Whitby
Diamond Award – Best Butcher/Meat Shop
Diamond Award – Best Delicatessen
Diamond Award – Best Sausage
Diamond Award – Best Grocery Pick-up & Delivery
Platinum Award – Best Family Business
Platinum Award – Best Independent Grocery Store
Clarington
Diamond Award – Best Butcher/Meat Shop
Diamond Award – Best Delicatessen
Diamond Award – Best Grocery Pick-up & Delivery
Diamond Award – Best Grocery Store
Diamond Award – Best Independent Grocery Store
Port Perry
Diamond Award – Best Grocery Pick-up & Delivery
Gold Award – Best Butcher/Meat Shop
2020
Royal Agricultural Winter Fair – Ready-to-Eat Meat Snack
Sausage Format – Dried Cured
1st Place – Hot Pepperettes – Grand Champions
2nd Place – Mild Buggy Whips
4th Place – Hunter Garlic Sausage
5th Place – Mild Pepperettes
6th Place – Spicy Salami Sticks
7th Place – Dry Kabanosy
8th Place – Chorizo Sausage
Sausage Format – Smoked
2nd Place – Fiesta Garlic Smokie
3rd Place – Ham Kobassa
4th Place – Old Country Kobassa
5th Place – All Beef Smoked Sausage
Readers’ Choice Awards
Diamond Award – Meat/Butcher Store in Oshawa. Whitby & Clarington
Diamond Award – Family Business in Oshawa/Whitby
Diamond Award – Sausage Category – Oshawa/Whitby
Diamond Award – Delicatessen – Oshawa/Whitby
Platinum Award – Delicatessen – Clarington
Platinum Award – Grocery Store – Clarington
2019
Reader Choice Award – Durham Region
Royal Agricultural Winter Fair – Grand Champions – Ready-to-Eat Meat Snack – Dried and Cured Sausage
1st Place – Spicy Buggy Whips
2nd Place – Hot Pepperettes
Ontario Finest Meat Competition
2019 Platinum – Craft Beer and Cheddar Sausage
2019 Platinum – Montreal Smoked Meat
2019 Platinum – Double Smoked Bacon
2019 Platinum – Craft Beer Bacon
2019 Platinum – Canadian Back Bacon
2019 Platinum – Hand Carved Turkey
2019 Gold – Ham Kobassa
2019 Gold – Necken
2019 Gold- Beet Borscht Sausage
2019 Silver – Mini Dinner Ham
2019 Silver – BBQ Back Bacon
2019 Ron Usborne Award of Excellence
Highest combined score
2017
2017 Platinum – Double Smoked Bacon
2017 Platinum – Montreal Smoked Meat
2017 Platinum – Veal & Chicken Weiner
2017 Gold – Ukrainian Smoked Bacon
2017 Gold – Lacshinkin
2017 Silver – Homestyle Turkey Breast
2017 Silver – Kranska
2017 Diamond Award Winner
Highest score across all categories
2015
2015 Platinum – Ham Kobassa
2015 Platinum – Smoked Bacon
2015 Platinum – Eco Black Forest Ham
2015 Platinum – Koby Dog (Halendas Premium Dogs)
2015 Gold – Peppercorn Peameal
2015 Gold – Mini Dinner Ham
2015 Gold – Fiesta Garlic Smokies
2015 Silver – Double Smoked Breakfast Bacon
2015 Silver – Hunter Sausage
2015 Silver – Country Kobassa
2015 Silver – Jalapeno Sausage (Smoked Sausage)
Award of Excellence 2015 – third consecutive year
2013
2013 Platinum – Stuffed Bacon with Paprika
2013 Platinum – Montreal Smoked Meat
2013 Platinum – Hand Carved Turkey Breast
2013 Platinum – Fiesta Sausage
2013 Gold – Diamond Black Forest Ham
2013 Gold – Sremska Sausage
2013 Gold – Kranska Sausage
2013 Silver – Necken
2013 Silver –Smoked Breakfast Bacon
2013 Silver–Maple Back Bacon
2013 Silver – Ham Kobassa
Award Of Excellence 2013
2011
2011 Platinum – All Beef Suduk
2011 Platinum – Lacshinken
2011 Platinum – Home Style Roasted Turkey Breast
2011 Platinum – Smoked Back Bacon
2011 Gold – Csabai Hot
2011 Gold – Hand Carved Turkey Breast
2011 Gold – Necken
2011 Gold – Smoked Suckling Ham
2011 Silver – Dry Cured Beef
2011 Silver Orange Smokies
Award of Excellence 2011
2011 – Meat Industry Achievement Award
2009
2009 Platinum – Porketta Coldcut
2009 Gold – Smoked Bone-In Pork Chops
2009 Gold – Dinner Sausage
2009 Silver – Double Smoked Kobassa
2009 Silver – Black Forest Ham
