Born and raised in Ballarat in a potato farming family, Kerri and Catherine grew up surrounded by potatoes and the people who grow them. What began with a passion for sharing better potatoes has grown into Australia's leading potato variety specialist, working with growers across the country to help home cooks and chefs choose the perfect potato for every dish.
OUR MISSION
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Variety Range
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H o w i t a l l s t a r t e d
Spud Sisters was built from a lifelong farming background and founder Kerri Farrell's deep connection to potatoes, produce and people. Kerri grew up on a family potato farm in Mount Pleasant, near Ballarat, alongside her siblings including her sister Catherine, Shearne and Jenine. Potatoes were simply part of everyday life. Farming, cooking and produce were never separate from family life. They were family life.
Years later, after moving to Melbourne and starting a young family of her own, Kerri began selling potatoes directly to local households as a way to bring in extra income. She would leaflet the neighbourhood, pack potatoes into the pram beneath the baby, and deliver every order door to door herself.
What began as a small local deliveries grew quickly through word of mouth, then cafés, and eventually restaurants. The reputation spread one happy customer at a time, and it has never really stopped.
T h e S i s t e r s
Catherine joined her sister in the early years of the business, and in time the two became inseparable from the brand itself, the Spud Sisters that customers came to know by name.
Together they built a business that feels deeply personal, family driven and genuinely passionate about potatoes.
What makes Spud Sisters different is that what started as selling potatoes, grew into helping others understand them. For decades they have helped chefs and home cooks understand the difference between waxy and starchy potatoes, seasonality, and how specific varieties completely change the outcome of a dish.
T h e f a m i l y b e h i n d t h e n a m e
Spud Sisters remains a hands on family business in every sense.
Rhian, Kerri's son, known to many as the Spud Son, plays a major role in the growth and direction of the business, particularly across wholesale relationships, chef partnerships, the online store and marketing. Much of the newer energy around storytelling, education and connecting directly with chefs and customers has come through him.
Flynn, Catherine's son, works across the warehouse, packing and the markets, and has become a familiar face to many of our regulars. Everyone chips in where needed, and customers often come to know the team personally.
T h e v a r i e t y m a k e s t h e d i s h
Different varieties give you completely different results in the kitchen. The crust on a roast, the lightness of a mash, whether a salad holds its shape. All of it comes down to the variety you choose.
That is the idea the whole business is built on - the right potato for the right dish.
P o t a t o k n o w l e d g e
A starchy potato and a waxy potato behave like different ingredients, and a Blue Moon performs completely differently to a Dutch Cream. Understanding those differences is the heart of what we do. For decades, Kerri and Catherine have helped chefs and home cooks match the variety to the dish, because the right potato can be the best thing on the plate.
W h y j u s t p o t a t o e s ?
There are more than 4,000 potato varieties in the world. Very few of them have ever been available to Australian cooks. What began as a way of supporting family quickly revealed just how wide that gap was, and closing it is the reason Spud Sisters has grown into the business it is today.
F o r y e a r s w e h a v e w o r k e d a l o n g s i d e A u s t r a l i a ' s f i n e s t g r o w e r s , s e e k i n g o u t t h e v a r i e t i e s t h a t d e s e r v e a p l a c e a t t h e A u s t r a l i a n t a b l e .
THE GROWERS
T r u s t e d n e t w o r k o f g r o w e r s
We work with a carefully selected network of trusted Australian growers. Every variety is single origin and while Victoria is where most of our potatoes come from, we also partner with specialist growers around Australia.
VARIETAL DIVERSITY
O v e r 6 0 p o t a t o v a r i e t i e s
A great dish begins with the right variety. Each of our potatoes has been selected for the qualities it brings to a particular method of cooking, from the deep golden crust of a proper roast to the fine, silken texture of a classical mash. This is the discipline behind our range, and the reason chefs and serious cooks choose Spud Sisters.
Throughout the year we have a selection of potato varieties available for purchase. As there are many varieties only in season for a short amount of time, to try all our varieties check our seasonality page regularly to see what is in season.