Awards & Press
Mat's Hot Shop is Australia's first hot sauce tasting room, based in Collingwood, Melbourne. Our small-batch, all-natural sauces have been recognised by international competitions and featured in leading Australian and global media.
🏆 Award Wins
Peachango Tango Hot Sauce
- 🥇 1st Place – International Flavor Awards 2022, Best Fruit-Based Hot Sauce (USA)
- 🥇 1st Place – Mr Chilli Awards 2021, Best Medium Heat Hot Sauce (Australia/NZ)
- 🥇 1st Place – Screaming Mimi Awards, NYC Hot Sauce Expo, Best Fruit-Based Hot Sauce (USA)
- 🥈 2nd Place – Scovie Awards 2023, Best Medium Heat Hot Sauce (USA)
- 🥈 2nd Place – Old Boney Mountain Awards 2021, Judges Choice (World)
- 🥉 3rd Place – Old Boney Mountain Awards 2021, Best Medium Hot Sauce (World)
📰 As Seen In
- The Guardian – Hot sauce enters the craft era: 'It's pretty much like profiling wine' (December 2022)
- Gourmet Traveller – Meet the Melbourne man whose hot sauce shop is causing heat waves (July 2022)
- Broadsheet – Expand Your Hot-Sauce Horizons at Mat's Hot Shop, With Tastings of More Than 100 Sauces (November 2021)
- Sydney Morning Herald – It's been a hustle, but now it's selling like hot sauce (September 2019)
- Time Out Melbourne – Need a little more spice in your life? (June 2025)
- The Urban List – Meet The Locals: Mat's Hot Shop Brings The Heat To Collingwood (October 2021)
- Mixdown – Audio-Technica and Mat's Hot Shop team up for 'HOT WAX' hot sauce (July 2025)