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NewsParis to welcome world's top butchers in 2025
The countdown to the World Butchers’ Challenge (WBC) has officially begun, with the culinary capital of Paris, France chosen to host the event in March 2025. The World Butchers' Challenge is to be held at Paris Arena Sud 6 in France, 2025.Branded by many as the ‘Olympics of Meat,’ the ...
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NewsLanarkshire butcher crowned first World Haggis Champion
A 40-year-old family recipe never before trialled in competition has secured the first ever Haggis World Championship for North Lanarkshire butcher Coopers of Bellshill.Winner of the 2023 World Haggis Championships Laura Black of Cupar Butchers, Bellshill.Owner Laura Black admitted she entered the inaugural world title-chasing bid “in hope rather than ...
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NewsScottish Craft Butchers Trade Fair welcomes ‘Butchers Wars’ competition
Talented butchers will go to war in Perth this weekend as they battle it out in what organisers describe as the Scottish meat industry’s most fiercely contested competition.Butchers do battle at a previous Butcher Wars competition in Perth.Butcher Wars – the theatrical challenge of a country’s butchers – is a ...
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NewsFinalists announced for this year's Great-Agri Food Debate Grand Final
Organised by Dawn Meats and McDonald’s, the Grand Final of this year’s prestigious Great Agri-Food Debate will be an all-Ireland affair as South East Technological University (SETU) and University College Cork (UCC) are set to face-off in London in two weeks’ time.The competitors who took part in the Great Agri-Food ...
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NewsNew Welsh Butcher of the Year Adam is top of the chops
The new Welsh Butcher of the Year is 18-year-old Adam Jones who says becoming a butcher was the best decision of his life.Adam Jones receives the Welsh Butcher of the Year prizes from Arwyn Watkins, OBE, Culinary Association of Wales president.Adam, who lives in Penyffordd and works for Swans Farm ...
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NewsWho will be the top of the chops as four butchers contest Wales final?
Four butchers are sharpening their knives in preparation for a contest next week to find the best in Wales at their craft.Butchers showing their skills at a previous competition.The finalists of the Welsh Butcher of the Year contest, which will be held at the Welsh International Culinary Championships (WICC) at ...
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NewsThe World Championship Scotch Pie Award goes once again to James Pirie & Son
Butchers James Pirie & Son has been awarded the title World Scotch Pie Champion of Champions. The retailer won the competition in 2020 and in 2018 as well as taking the title World Scotch Pie Champion of Champions in 2021 with their iconic Scotch Pie.Carol Smille with Allan Pirie from ...
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NewsMoy Park kick off World Cup with on-pack promotion
Moy Park, is giving consumers a chance to win football related prizes to celebrate the World Cup, through a ‘Scan to Score’ on pack competition.Shoppers who purchase a pack of Moy Park breaded chicken products at participating retailers can enter through a ‘peel to reveal’ sticker on the pack, where ...
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NewsAlliance invites chefs to win trip to New Zealand
Alliance, New Zealand’s only 100% farmer-owned red meat co-operative has announced the launch of its 2023 Lumina competition.The 2020 Lumina challenge.Chefs from across the UK and Ireland are invited to submit their most exciting lamb recipes, for the opportunity to scoop a top accolade and an all-expenses paid trip to ...
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NewsOlympics of Meat: At the cutting edge of butchery talent
The World Butchers’ Challenge, otherwise known as the ‘Olympics of Meat’ recently look place in Sacramento, California, bringing together butchers from across the globe for a test of workmanship, meat cutting and displaying."Team GB's performance was nothing short of outstanding," said QMS's Gordon Newlands.UK judge, and brands development manager for ...
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NewsWelsh butchers fully prepared for World Butchers’ Challenge
A team of Welsh butchers is primed and ready to represent Wales after an intensive period of training in preparation for the World Butchers’ Challenge in the United States, taking place on 2nd and 3rd September.The Craft Butchery Team Wales (from left) Tom Jones, Liam Lewis, Matthew Edwards, Peter Rushforth, ...
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NewsHCC / MPW backs creative young chefs
Red meat body Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC), a main sponsor of the 2022 Cogurdd competition, has congratulated the winners of this year's event and says it is looking forward to continuing to encourage young Welsh chefs to get creative in the kitchen by launching a new ...
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NewsCheshire butcher crowned Butchery WorldSkills UK champion
Jason Edwards, who co-runs Littlers Butchers in Hartford, won the gold medal at the Butchery WorldSkills UK final, which took place over two days in November.Jason Edwards, gold medal winner at the Butchery WorldSkills UK final.Just four points separated the top four butchers with the silver medal going to Ben ...
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NewsBritain’s Best Butcher's Shop finalists announced
As part of the run up to the Meat Management Awards 2021, hosted at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole on 9th September, we take a look at the three finalists for one of the industry’s most prestigious prizes.(L-R) Aston’s of Coven, Wolverhampton; Dales Traditional Butchers, Kirby Londale; and Tim Potter Son ...
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NewsCompetition launched to inspire more female butchers
Parson’s Nose Butchers and Planet Eat Media are holding a contest to find a female butcher apprentice, who will also front a new TV series to "encourage young women to choose a career in butchery."Parson’s Nose said that the competition was part of their aim to “change perceptions” about the ...
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NewsHCC to help a meaty challenge
Following on from last year’s inaugural Meat the Challenge, barbecue and TV star Chris Roberts is back, partnered by Welsh red meat levy body Hybu Cig Cymru (HCC). Chris Roberts, the 'Flamebaster."The response to last year’s challenge for people to ‘pimp up’ their steak sandwiches was strong and this year’s ...
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NewsFinalists revealed for Scotch Butchers Club Challenge
Fourteen independent butchery businesses from across Scotland will do battle to win the inaugural Scotch Butchers Club Challenge.Managed by Quality Meat Scotland (QMS), the competition will require finalists to create a counter display of Scotch Beef PGI, Scotch Lamb PGI and Specially Selected Pork. The international panel of judges - ...
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NewsScotch Butchers Club launches new counter display competition
Butchers in Scotland are invited to demonstrate their visual flair by entering a new contest designed to showcase craftmanship and innovation.QMS brand manager, Gordon Newlands.Entrants must create a counter display of Scotch Beef PGI, Scotch Lamb PGI and Specially Selected Pork for the competition, which is open to members of ...
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NewsCarve out your career at butchery competition
Time is running out to register for one of the biggest butchery competitions in the UK. Hybu Cig Cymru- Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) is once again supporting a competition set to accelerate the careers of young people in the butchery industry and is encouraging entries from across the nation ahead ...
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UK’s most skillful butcher named
Absolutely thrilled and flabbergasted was the reaction of Stafford butcher Stefan Rice after winning the Butchery WorldSkills UK Competition final at the weekend.[gallery type="slideshow" ids="https://d34wkqkcvmkqx1.cloudfront.net/CMS/s3/ymg-library/web/images/2019/12/Stefan-Rice-gold.jpg|Stefan Rice with his gold medal after winning the Butchery WorldSkills UK Competition final.,https://d34wkqkcvmkqx1.cloudfront.net/CMS/s3/ymg-library/web/images/2019/12/Stefan-and-Chris-copy.jpg|Stefan Rice kisses the gold medal watched by Chris Jones, head of Cambrian ...
