Having personally endorsed kangaroo meat and encouraged NSW residents to put it on their menus last Christmas, State Government ministers Ian Macdonald and Tony Kelly are about to raise the Sydney food service sector’s awareness of how it can benefit their businesses.

Several of Sydney’s top chefs will present master classes on preparing and serving kangaroo meat, and a panel of industry experts will discuss various key issues including safety, sustainability, nutritional value and public perception, at an event at Parliament House next month.

Primary Industries Minister Macdonald and Regional Development and Rural Affairs Minister Kelly will co-host a Taste of Kangaroo as the next step in the campaign to get more people eating it.

Mr Macdonald said the NSW kangaroo industry was already valued at around $60 million per year, employing around 1500 people in mainly rural and remote regions.

"Kangaroo meat is a huge success story as an Australian export, with 70 per cent of our human consumption product exported - particularly to Germany, France and Belgium," Mr Macdonald said.

"Kangaroo meat, skins and leather were exported to more than 60 countries, with national meat exports alone currently worth around $20 million per year.

"The commercial harvest is tightly regulated to ensure sustainability of kangaroo populations."

The two Ministers backed up their opinions last Christmas by co-hosting a special game meat barbecue, which included kangaroo, at Parliament House.

"Kangaroo meat is delicious, high in protein and essential iron, very low in fat and has almost no cholesterol," Mr Kelly said.

Mr Kelly said numerous environmental organisations had endorsed the kangaroo industry for delivering conservation benefits and meeting the principles for sustainable use of wildlife.

"Greenpeace has previously called for greater consumption of kangaroo meat in preference to domestically grown meats as a way of addressing greenhouse gas impacts," Mr Kelly said.

He said kangaroo was a renewable resource "and when you eat kangaroo meat, you’re supporting an emerging Australian industry".