Sharing food and love at the dinner table is so important
to these sisters, they based a business around it.
Words Jayne Cuddihy Photography Amy Holcombe
Sharing food and love at the dinner table is so important to these sisters, they based a business around it.
Words Jayne Cuddihy Photography Amy Holcombe
THE DINNER TABLE is a cornerstone of Australian family life, where the day is
discussed and dissected. The schedule for tomorrow is set out while meals are eaten.
Jokes and stories are shared, ideas are examined and plans are made.
Sisters Casey Bowie and Sara Anning had many formative conversations around
the dinner table. Those times are so valued by the sisters that they wanted to
share that ritual with other families across the country.
THE DINNER TABLE is a cornerstone of Australian family life, where the day is
discussed and dissected. The schedule for tomorrow is set out while meals are eaten. Jokes and stories are shared, ideas are examined and plans are made.
Sisters Casey Bowie and Sara Anning had many formative conversations around the dinner table. Those times are so valued by the sisters that they wanted to share that ritual with other families across the country.
Born into the sixth generation of a western Queensland farming family, their childhood
was typical: chasing brothers Luke and Jake around the yard and helping their parents,
Sam and Nyree, run their cattle station: 60,000 hectares called Wongalee, 33 kilometres
north-east of Hughenden.
In 2015, Casey and Sara became partners in Black Rock Beef Co, a home-style
frozen food company driven by a passion for ensuring the evening meal remains the
cornerstone of family life, for themselves and the broader community.
Born into the sixth generation of a western Queensland farming family, their childhood was typical: chasing brothers Luke and Jake around the yard and helping their parents, Sam and Nyree, run their cattle station: 60,000 hectares called Wongalee, 33 kilometres north-east of Hughenden.
In 2015, Casey and Sara became partners in Black Rock Beef Co, a home-style frozen food company driven by a passion for ensuring the evening meal remains the cornerstone of family life, for themselves and the broader community.
Black Rock now operates from a custom facility in Townsville with three full-time
employees, producing more than a thousand meals a week. Currently, the staples
are savoury meat parcels, bolognaise mince and lasagne, though they are looking to
branch out with pies, using beef sourced from the family’s cattle farm.
Black Rock now operates from a custom facility in Townsville with three full-time employees, producing more than a thousand meals a week. Currently, the staple sare savoury meat parcels, bolognaise mince and lasagne, though they are looking to branch out with pies, using beef sourced from the family’s cattle farm.
“The vision is to see Black Rock on more DINING TABLES:
families getting to SPEND TIME TOGETHER, like we did.”
“The vision is to see Black Rock on more DINING TABLES: families getting to SPEND TIME TOGETHER, like we did.”
As the business grew, so did the family. They were joined by their husbands, Dylan
Bowie and Luan Krasniqi, then the children came. Now the dining table is bigger and
the conversations livelier as the next generation begins to experience the magic of
shared meals, along with friends like Josh, Perry and Boston.
As the business grew, so did the family. They were joined by their husbands, Dylan Bowie and Luan Krasniqi, then the children came. Now the dining table is bigger and the conversations livelier as the next generation begins to experience the magic of shared meals, along with friends like Josh, Perry and Boston.
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