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NewsUK Sausage Week 2019 on the hunt for Best Scottish Banger and others
The hunt for the best Scottish banger, and others right across the UK, is on to celebrate this year’s UK Sausage Week, taking place from the 28th October to 3rd of November.L-R: Graeme Sharp of The Scotch Butchers Club, Innovative award winner Julia Thomas of Hugh Black & Sons Butchers, ...
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NewsYoung Welsh farmer cooks her award-winning dish at Sainsbury’s HQ
Dunbia joined Sainsbury’s at the supermarket’s London HQ recently to welcome the young Welsh holder of the YFC Lamb Initiative competition, who prepared her award-winning entry and presented new data on consumer attitudes towards lamb.Sainsbury’s Director of Brand, Judith Batchelar, with YFC Lamb Initiative winner Cadi Jones.The YFC Lamb Initiative, ...
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NewsUK Sausage Week momentum beginning to build
Plans for UK Sausage Week, which runs from 28th October to 3rd November, are underway and butchers, manufacturers and supermarkets are being urged to enter products into this year's competition."Winning the competition, organised by Meat Management, can mean a massive boost to your business," said event organiser, Emma Cash. "Entry ...
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NewsWales is latest nation to join World Butchers' Challenge
Wales is the latest nation to join the World Butchers’ Challenge, with their national squad – Craft Butchery Team Wales, signing up to compete in Sacramento, California next September.Informally known as the Olympics of Butchery, the World Butchers’ Challenge pitches teams from around the world in a three-hour, 15-minute marathon ...
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NewsHCC agrees to sponsor new Craft Butchery Team Wales
The new Craft Butchery Team Wales, which is aiming to compete in the World Butchers’ Challenge in the United States next year, has secured a sponsorship deal with Hybu Cig Cymru - Meat Promotion Wales (HCC).Craft Butchery Team Wales captain Peter Rushforth.The biennial competition, which will be contested by 16 ...
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NewsA triple win for Scottish Butchers
The inaugural Scottish Butchers Wars took place last weekend in Perth, which saw many butchers battling it out for the top spot.Alan Clarke (middle left) CEO of Quality Meat Scotland who sponsored the event, presenting the Butchers Wars singles winner trophy to Barry Green from Cairngorm Butchers and pairs winners ...
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NewsYoung farmers battle it out in Scotch Beef Country Cooks Competition
Members of the Scottish Association of Young Farmers Clubs (SAYFC) are donning their aprons and taking to the kitchen as part of a national cooking competition.The 2018 overall winners were Brechin club, represented by Emily Baillie and Jodie Jackson.The budding chefs will be challenged to mastermind a main dish using ...
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NewsUK’s only entrant in IFFA product competitions wins multiple medals again for his black pudding recipes
Craig Thomas of Martin Thomas Butchers in Pattingham Staffordshire was the UK’s only competitor in the DFV (German Meat Association) product competition at IFFA 2019 but returned home triumphant with multiple medals.Craig Thomas (left) of Martin Thomas Butchers, receiving his winning product medals at IFFA 2019 from the DFV (German ...
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NewsTeam UK's young butchers return from IFFA with success under their belts
The International Young Butcher Competition held at IFFA, Frankfurt, saw Team UK’s James Gracey out performing other elite European young butchers from Austria, France, Germany, Holland and Switzerland, finishing in the top three in the Roast’s category.Twenty-three-year old James Gracey (right) and nineteen-year-old Lennon Callister underwent months of preparation for ...
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NewsHumane Slaughter Award open for applications
The Humane Slaughter Association (HSA) is inviting applications for its 2019 Humane Slaughter Award for significant advances in the humane treatment of farmed livestock during transport, marketing and slaughter.The Humane Slaughter Association (HSA) is opening applications for its 2019 Humane Slaughter Award.HSA is an independent charity that works towards achieving ...
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NewsUK Sausage Week unveils guest judge opportunity
Retailers are being urged to spread the word about UK Sausage Week’s new Guest Judge experience. The campaign is looking for one ‘sausage fanatic’ to help put bangers entered into the event’s headline competition to the test.The organisers of UK Sausage Week are inviting one lucky consumer to spend a ...
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NewsWorld Butchers’ Challenge heading to California for 2020
The World Butchers’ Challenge will make a return for 2020 with 15 teams competing from across the globe, and will be hosted this time in Sacramento, California, USA.The competition last took place earlier this year and Ireland took home the winning trophy. It was hosted in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and ...
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NewsThere is still time to enter your sausages!
Online product-entry is still open for companies to nominate their bangers into the UK Sausage Week 2018 campaign’s competition.There is still time to enter your sausages into the UK Sausage Week competition.The deadline for nominating products is 10th September and organisers YPL Exhibitions & Events and Meat Management magazine have ...
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NewsUK Sausage Week: product entry now open!
It’s time to enter your sausages into the annual UK Sausage Week competition ahead of the 10th September deadline.Calling all butchers, manufacturers and supermarkets! Do you think you've got award-winning sausages? Now is the time to nominate products and enter them into the UK Sausage Week competition before 10th September.UK ...
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NewsInstitute of Meat confirms Meatup 2019 sponsorship
The Institute of Meat (IoM) will once again sponsor the main competition arena at the Meatup exhibition which takes place at ArenaMK in Milton Keynes on 30th and 31st October 2019. The trade show, which is the only event of its kind dedicated to the UK meat industry, will present ...
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NewsAllan Bennett crowned Supreme Champion at National Meat Products Competition
The cream of the crop have been recognised following The National Federation of Meat & Food Traders’ (NFMFT) National Meat Products Competition – with Allan Bennett scooping the Supreme Champion title.NFMFT Supreme Champion 2018 Allan Bennett receiving his award from (left) Julian Warner of Lucas Ingredients and Jim Sperring, NFMFT ...
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NewsPremier Young Butcher 2018 revealed
Conor Reynolds, from M&W Farm Meats, Portadown, Northern Ireland, has been crowned Premier Young Butcher 2018.The Premier Young Butcher 2018 competition was held at the NEC in Birmingham on 16th April. The event saw a shortlist of top 18 to 23-year-old butcher apprentices put to the test in front of ...
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NewsPeter Hardwick to leave AHDB
Following almost a quarter of a century at the helm of international market work for red meat, AHDB’s head of exports Peter Hardwick will be leaving the organisation at the end of June.He has decided to step down in order to pursue other interests and spend less time on the ...
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NewsNFMFT on the hunt for top meat products
The National Federation of Meat & Food Traders’ (NFMFT) National Meat Products Competition will be held on Tuesday 17th April and the judges are searching for some of industry’s top products.NFMFT is on the hunt for top meat products.The competition is open to independent butchers, farm shops and food processors ...
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NewsTeam GB win Best Beef Product at World Butchers’ Challenge
After months of preparation, some of the world’s best butchers gathered in Belfast on 21st March to compete in the World Butchers’ Challenge – and the results are now in.Out of the 12 countries competing, Ireland came in first place, with New Zealand following in second place and Australia scooping ...
