I N C ON V ERSA T I ON W I T H
MARKUS GERLICH AT KING SALMON AUSTRALIA
Salmon sounds nice Building relationships with customers which becomes like visiting your friends each day.
Where is it? Our farms are located in
pristine water of the Marlborough Sounds. We have a factory in Seven Hills, Sydney and distribute nationally. Describe your business? We are food company working in harmony with our environment supplying healthy aquaculture products to Australia and Pacific Rim countries. What’s the story behind the name? King Salmon Australia is a division of the New Zealand King Salmon Company. How did it begin? Check out the website www.kingsalmon.com.au Favourite thing about Sydney? Cultural diversity and array of places to eat. Is running the Australian sector hard work? The phone is on 24/7. What do you stock? Everything salmon related. Are you organic? No but we utilise organic principles in farming with no antibiotics, chemicals or growth hormones. How can we keep attracting chefs into the food world? Coming from the trade myself,
King Salmon Australia Markus + 61 2 9620 6200 www.kingsalmon.com.au
letting them know there is life after cooking then taking their skills to another level. What keeps you going? Family and a passion for what I do. Favourite sport? Water ski racing and V8 supercars. What makes your salmon unique? The taste of Regal King salmon is unique, the higher Omega -3 oil contained in King Salmon sets it apart from all other salmon, the mouth feel is sublime, the presentation and versatility when cooking it is sensational and so easy to prepare. Restaurants you supply? Assiette, Pier, Bird Cow Fish, Balzac, Hugo’s to name a few and growing. What do most chefs like about NZ King Salmon? Higher yield, fantastic presentation and consumers come back for it. Purveyor tip? Try Regal King salmon raw and swap out the soy sauce with a Lemoncello liqueur, divine. FCI
Our New Zealand King Salmon are raised in the pure, spring-fed streams of New Zealand’s South Island before they’re transferred to the pristine waters of the Marlborough Sounds, Regal Marlborough Salmon enjoy a wild, untouched environment renowned for producing premiumquality seafood. Their incredible flavour, oil content and colour are the results of a diet free of the chemicals and antibiotics often used in other salmon farms. Regal Marlborough Salmon allows incredible flexibility for you to create…
We could spend all day talking about the superiority of Regal Marlborough Salmon. In this case however, tasting is believing. For your complimentary sample call Markus Gerlich on 1800 666 527
www.kingsalmon.com.au