NZ Master Filleter Comp
New Zealand Master Filleter Competition- By The Kai Ika Project and Victory Knives
Show us how you fillet your fish - there’s no right or wrong way, its about best utilzation of your catch
It doesn’t matter if you're an absolute beginner or a seasoned salty sea dog. Upload a video of you filleting a fish, giving us an insight into your workbench, knife selection and technique.
Each video enters you in the draw to win fortnightly prizes as well as a GRAND PRIZE at the end.
Fortnightly prizes consist of brand-new fish filleting knives and sheath from Victory Knives and LegaSea branded merchandise.
Grand Prize:
The Grand Prize is worth over $1000 but being crowned the NZ Master Filleter is priceless.
Kai Ika branded Victory Knives set
Filleting glove
Kai Ika Cap
Victory Knives tee shirt
LegaSea tee shirt
Fish scaler
And a selection of 3 further Victory knives of your choice.
A cast iron Ironclad 'The Old Dutch'
Smokai Smoke Generator for a simple way to smoke your catch
Put the call out to your mates and challenge them to post a video for themselves. You may be faster, but they may have better technique - Let us decide who is the real Master Filleter!
Background:
The Kai Ika Project has partnered with Victory Knives to produce the Ultimate Fish Processing knife set. This selection of knives have been used by the Kai Ika team for years to fillet fish and break down the heads and frames for their community.
This competition is designed to help recreational fishers share their knowledge, tips and tricks around processing fish and utilising their catch. The ultimate goal when filleting is to get a maximum yield from each fish. Respecting your catch doesn’t stop there, we promote using the entire fish, not just the fillets.
Terms and Conditions:
The New Zealand Master/Finest Filleter Competition starts on December 7th 2022 and finishes on 28th February 2023.
Entry is open to all New Zealand residents.
All fish filleted in the video must be of New Zealand minimum legal size.
You must start with the whole fish intact and finish with the fillets alongside the head and frame at the end.
Any species of fish is accepted including freshwater fish.
There is to be no editing of the filleting portion of the video
How to Enter:
You must post your video on your Facebook or Instagram account or both and tag @The_Kai_ika_project and @victoryknives
Send a direct message to @the_kai_ika_project or @victoryknives so we have a copy of the video.
If the entrant does not have a Facebook or Instagram account and prefers not to set up one they may email their video entry to admin@victoryknives.co.nz or info@legasea.co.nz.
You may enter as many times as you like.
Each video will be judged as a separate entry.
If you tag a mate and challenge them in your entry you will receive extra judging points.
By entering you agree to your video content being shared by the Promoters without compensation.
Judging:
Judging will be carried out fortnightly to determine the weekly winners and throughout the competition to determine the ultimate winner.
The winners will be the entrants that accumulate the most judging points for each fortnight of the competition and the ultimate winner will be the entrant whose video has received the most judging points in the competition. In the event of a tie the judges will review the videos and make a final decision on the winner.
Judging points will be awarded for:
The setup of your filleting station.
Your technique with the knife/s.
The precision and neatness of your cuts.
Speed will be considered but this is not a competition based on speed.
The way you separate the fillets from the head and frame.
The layout of your edible parts at the end.
Additional points will be awarded for commentary, humour, flare, style and overall creative deliver of your video.
Bonus points will be awarded if you use a Victory knife and or wear any LegaSea or Kai Ika gear.
Videos that contain any inappropriate actions, language, or disrespect of the fish will be disqualified and removed from entry.
The judges’ decisions are final and no correspondence will be entered into.
The Promoters are Victory Knives, The Kai Ika Project and LegaSea.
See below for the first entry done by Dallas from The Kai Ika Project