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A Apiculture Ag Education Hall
The Ag Education Hall will be abuzz with the Apiculture Competition entries on display over the nine days of Ekka. The competition attracting bee-autiful honey, pollen, comb honey, beeswax and mead entries from across the country, with all entries scrutinised on their aroma, colour, flavour, density, clearness and brightness, and finish. Schools or beekeepers under 18 years of age can put their beehives to the test with the Junior Beekeeper Liquid Honey class. The competition is a great way to teach children about bees and keep the industry buzzing by getting the next generation involved. Judging of the Apiculture Competition takes place in the lead-up to Show on Saturday 3 August in the Royal International Convention Centre at 10am. Jamie Grant (RNA Councillor in Charge) T 0409 207 105 Arts and Cookery Competition Displays: Channel 7 Pavilion (level one) Live Cookery Judging: Woolworths Fresh Food Pavilion n Cake Decorating n Cookery n Creative Art and Craft n Natural Fibres Make & Model n Painting and Drawing n Photography n Sculpture n Wearable Art The popular Arts and Cookery competitions have this year over 5,000 entries across eight sections (listed above). Queensland’s Best Dark Rich Fruit Cake will be judged live on the Royal Queensland Cooking stage presented by Saveful in the Woolworths Fresh Food Pavilion on 13 August at 3pm. The judges will be comparing the top three fruit cakes entered into the Ekka against the top three winners from Queensland Ag Shows to see who takes home the $500 prize money and coveted title as baker of Queensland’s Best Dark Rich Fruit Cake. This is the first time both competitions will feed into the one major competition, in the ultimate battle of City vs Country. Bakers of chocolate caramel slice and raspberry coconut slice will get a
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