THERE was a large increase of salami entries at the recent second annual Great Murray River Salami Festival.

The $2000 prize went to Travis Sheridan, of Moonee Ponds, who has had success with salami competitions in Melbourne.

This year, James Mele, from The Meat Room, returned to judge the competition, accompanied by My Kitchen Rules contestants Mick and Jodie-Anne Barlow.

Attendee numbers were...