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WA Food Innovator Wins National Honours and Shows How Flavour Can Bring Us Together

Turban Chopsticks

2023 Winner

Mei Yong founded Turban Chopsticks, which specialises in curry pastes, sauces and meal kits, with the aim of adding flavour to daily lives and bringing people together. The people responded, voting it their favourite for 2023.

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