Our business was founded by Gavin Buckett in early 2004 (initially as a sole trader providing contracting services to other auditing and training companies) and for a short time trading as AGB Solutions Pty Ltd, before rebranding as The Gourmet Guardian in 2007.
Since this early inception, we have worked with almost every type of food business, from a single employee jam manufacturer, to mushroom farms, to central production kitchens producing 80,000 meals a week, to international hotel companies and even private islands in Fiji. We work with owners, Managers, Risk Committees and Boards of Director's that want to know the truth and want to improve on what they are already doing. Our Founder, Gavin Buckett is a Food Safety Specialist, a multiple award-winning chef, Founder and Managing Director of The Gourmet Guardian Pty Ltd, Managing Director of Prime Skills Pty Ltd, as well as the author of a food safety column for Simplot Australia’s “Food 4 Thought” Magazine, which is distributed to more than 70,000 food businesses Australia wide (recent articles are available on the Resources Page along with multiple Food Safety Information Sheets). |
Employees of The Gourmet Guardian are approved to conduct regulatory audits for:
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The Gourmet Guardian provide food safety assistance and information to:
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Some of the sectors that we undertake audits in...Food retail operations Food transport and warehouse operations Bakery operations Fruit and vegetable processing Shelf stable food and sauce processing – Dry goods Food service operations Food retail operations Red meat processing Poultry processing Seafood products processing Distribution Food transport and warehouse operations (inc refrigerated) Prepared Meals Manufacture Preserved food and sauces Confectionery manufacture Food and ingredient manufacture Food service operations (vulnerable populations) Fruit and vegetable processing Dairy products processing Food Retail Manufactured meat processes Prepared meals manufacture – Cook chill Heat treatment processes Cook chill processes Ready to eat meat products manufacturing processes |