New Anthoney's Farms sponsors MasterChef Sri Lanka as Official Poultry Supplier

When MasterChef Sri Lanka began looking for an Official Poultry Supplier for its debut season, the answer was not a difficult one. New Anthoney's Farms, the only producer in the country to raise chicken without antibiotics at any stage of production, was the natural choice for a competition that is, at its core, about the integrity of what goes on the plate.

The partnership makes sense on multiple levels. MasterChef Sri Lanka is a platform designed to celebrate the best of what Sri Lankan cooking can be.

New Anthoney's Farms has spent 40 years building the case that the best Sri Lankan cooking starts with the best ingredients, and that means chicken raised with no antibiotics, no shortcuts, and complete transparency from hatchery to household.

As the show's contestants push their creativity in the kitchen, they will be doing so with chicken produce that meets the highest standard of independent verification.

In January 2026, New Anthoney's Farms formalised that commitment through a landmark five-year Memorandum of Understanding with the University of Peradeniya, not because they had to, but because giving Sri Lankan families the safest possible chicken has always been the founding principle of the business.

Under the agreement, the ISO/IEC 17025-accredited Food Safety and Quality Assurance Laboratory of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science conducts systematic testing at every stage of broiler production, making New Anthoney's the first and only poultry producer in Sri Lanka to back its claims with ongoing, independent scientific proof.

"We've always believed that Sri Lanka is an island full of culinary talent that the world is yet to see.

MasterChef Sri Lanka is exactly the platform that talent deserves. For us, being part of this is not just a sponsorship.

It is a statement about what Sri Lankan food can be when it starts with the right produce," said Eranga Kurukulaarachchi, Executive Director and Business Development Manager, New Anthoney's Farms.

The timing carries weight. New Anthoney's Farms is currently in the middle of its 40th anniversary year, having been founded in 1986 by Chairman Emil Stanley and Directress S.M.D. Marie Seetha Lakshmee.

What began as a straightforward commitment to give local families better chicken has evolved into one of Sri Lanka's most certified poultry operation, holding FSSC 22000, ISO 22000, HACCP, GMP, and local and international Halal certifications, and the only poultry company in the country with a GHG Verification Statement under ISO 14064-1:2018, certified by Control Union Netherlands.

The company was also named Best Exporter in the Processed Food Category at the 26th Presidential Export Awards.

The brand's decision to take on a sponsorship of this scale also reflects a deliberate shift in how it communicates its public health mission.

New Anthoney's Farms has led Sri Lanka's conversation on antimicrobial resistance in recent years.

MasterChef Sri Lanka brings that same message to a far wider audience, embedding the idea of safe, quality produce into the country's most watched food content.

The MasterChef partnership also arrives alongside the company's most significant expansion into professional kitchens.

In November 2025, New Anthoney's Farms launched Chicken Havens, a premium eight-product range developed specifically for the HORECA sector.

The range was built from the ground up to meet the demands of high-volume professional kitchen environments such as portion consistency, prep-ready formats, and the flexibility that executive chefs and catering operations require, while carrying the same zero-antibiotic, fully certified quality standard that defines the brand.

With aggressive scaling planned through the first half of 2026, Chicken Havens positions New Anthoney's Farms as a serious player not just in retail but across Sri Lanka's fast-growing food service industry.

Across its broader portfolio, the company operates the flagship HarithaHari antibiotic-free chicken range, which features Sri Lanka's first fully compostable poultry packaging; Crizzpys, the country's first ready-to-eat frozen crispy chicken brand; Meatlery, its chain of luxury meat retail outlets; and Dorakadapaliya, a free island-wide home delivery service.

As New Anthoney's Farms enters its fifth decade, the MasterChef Sri Lanka partnership is perhaps the clearest expression yet of what the brand has always stood for and that Sri Lankan families, and Sri Lankan chefs, deserve nothing less than the best.