Winner - Gordon Smillie
PERTH potato operator Gordon Smillie was honoured posthumously in 2021 for the lifetime achievement award, having passed away earlier in the year. Gordon joined a family business established by his mother and father, Enid and James, in 1959 to produce and marketing seed and ware potatoes, and was also responsible for the management, grading and marketing of around 400 acres of seed potatoes produced by the farmers’ group, Montrose Potatoes, at Fettercairn. He jointly established Caithness Potatoes (CPL), which subsequently became Caledonia Potatoes.
Winners - 2021
