All Competitions articles – Page 5
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NewsFinal six named for Premier Young Butcher competition
The final six candidates for this year’s Premier Young Butcher competition, which will be taking place at Meatup, have been named.The competition will involve six 18-23 year olds from across the UK competing at MKArena on 25th May.The Premier Young Butcher Competition at Meatup 2015.The competition will name a Premier ...
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NewsYork Butchers Gild names Apprentice Butcher of the Year 2016
The York Butchers Gild has named Nathan Redford, a Leeds City College student, as Apprentice Butcher of the Year 2016.Nathan Redford from Goole has completed his Level 2 Proficiency in Meat & Poultry Processing and is currently taking his Level 3 qualification at Leeds City College.Nathan Redford accepting his award ...
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NewsBritish Pie Week product judging underway
This week marks British Pie Week, and preparations are underway for the ninth annual British Pie Awards, which is being held at Melton Mowbray – the rural food capital. British Pie Award event organiser Stephen Hallam and head judge Ian Nelson inspect some of the entries to this ...
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NewsShortlist of Premier Young Butcher contestants released
A shortlist of nine British 18-23 year olds has been revealed for the Premier Young Butcher 2017 competition. Harry Smith who works for Aubrey Allen in Leamington Spa - one of the nine individuals who have made the shortlist.Six individuals will be selected from this list to compete at the ...
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NewsWorldSkills butchery competition calls for UK’s best butcher
The search for the country’s most skilled butcher has started, with registration set to open at the beginning of March.WorldSkills butchery competition offers an opportunity for butchers of all ages.The WorldSkills butchery competition offers an opportunity for butchers of all ages to hone their butchery skills and demonstrate why they ...
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NewsWinners of HG Blake’s Charity Christmas Beef Show announced
A total of 63 carcases were entered by 23 different producers into abattoir HG Blake's Seventh Annual Charity Christmas Beef Show earlier this month.Supreme Champion winner Tom Seaman with his prized carcase.The carcases were judged by Adrian Crowe of abattoir authentication provider MLC Services, with the best 20 displayed and ...
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NewsButchers get festive in Christmas Window Dressing Competition
Butchers and farm shops across Norfolk recently took part in a competition that saw shop windows and counters being festively decorated.M & D Butchers' winning window displayThe Christmas Window Dressing Competition, organised by Norfolk Food & Drink and sponsored by H.G. Blake Limited, included two categories: The Best Shop Window, ...
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NewsFormer performing arts student wins Welsh Young Butcher
A performing arts student who dropped out of university to launch a career as a butcher found himself in the spotlight at the Royal Welsh Winter Fair in Builth Well on Monday.Sam Hughes, 22, from Brian Crane Butchers, Caerphilly, won the Welsh Young Butcher competition on his debut.Pictured: Sam Hughes ...
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NewsBelfast to host World Butchers’ Challenge 2018
Belfast has been announced as the host city for the World Butchers’ Challenge 2018 after a successful bid by Butchery Excellence Ireland.Rhonda Montgomery and Sean Owens. Credit: Darren Kidd / Press Eye.The competition will take place at IFEX 2018 at the Titanic Exhibition Centre in Belfast in March 2018, with ...
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NewsButcher wins gold at WorldSkills competition
The finals of the WorldSkills butchery competition took place last week, with six of the nation’s butchers battling it out to be crowned better than the rest.WorldSkills winner Peter Rushforth teaching Crosby Management Training trailblazer apprentice Stephen Maltby how to make a whole chicken cushion.The six finalists included Hannah Blakey, ...
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NewsWorldSkills Butchery final set to begin
The WorldSkills Butchery final begins today and will see some of the best young butchery from the UK and Ireland compete against each other in a number of tasks performed over two days at the NEC in Birmingham.Hannah Blakey is the first female ever to compete in the WorldSkills Butchery ...
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NewsEntry for the British Pie Awards 2017 will open next week
The British Pie Awards 2017 will open for entry next week, on 16th November, and will allow pie makers to enter online for the first time.Pie enthusiasts from across the UK are invited to enter the 2017 British Pie Awards, which will take place on 8th March in Melton Mowbray, ...
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NewsFarm shop creates history at butchers showcase
Bolster Moor Farm Shop in Huddersfield has created history by taking the principal honours in the Great Yorkshire Pork Pie, Sausage & Products Competition’s two flagship classes.Pictured with their 2016 Great Yorkshire supreme and reserve supreme pies and sausages are, from left, Henry Whitwam, Gary Sugden, Luke Haigh and Simon ...
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NewsBritish Sausage Week winners revealed
The Best British Banger award for British Sausage Week has been awarded to Andrew Rook of J.C. Rook & Sons for his Pork, Black Pudding & Bacon Sausage, after he beat off over 500 entries from the independent butchers’ category.Andrew Rook of J.C. Rook & Sons receiving the award for ...
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NewsGreat Yorkshire Competition deadline fast approaching
Butchers have until the Saturday 22nd October to submit their postal entries for the 2016 Great Yorkshire Pork Pie, Sausage & Products Competition, which takes place on 30th October at the Cedar Court Hotel in Bradford.The 28th annual Great Yorkshire Competition will feature pork pie, sausage, black pudding and beef ...
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NewsGoatober comes to the UK for the first time
Goatober, a month long festival and campaign celebrating the billy goat meat industry, is coming to the UK this October for the first time.Goatober supports the use of kid goat meat being used for foods.This festival is already well established in the USA and has been taking place each October ...
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NewsSpecially Selected Pork campaign up for top award
The Scottish Creative Awards has announced Quality Meat Scotland’s radio campaign ‘Do More with Pork’ as a finalist.The 'Do More with Pork' campaign has been announced as a finalist at The Scottish Creative Awards.The awards are run by the marketing magazine, The Drum, and are the most recognised awards in ...
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NewsFMT Food Industry Awards judging kicks off
The product judging for the Food Management Today Industry Awards is currently taking place at Harper Adams University with over 300 products being cooked, tried and tested by the expert judging panel.Product judging is taking place at Harper Adams University.The judges will work their way through the products over the ...
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NewsSenior sausage selector joins British Sausage Week judging panel
The Agriculture and Horticulture Board (AHDB) appointed Yorkshireman James Wilson as its ‘senior sausage selector’ on the judging panel for British Sausage Week’s Best Banger competition, which took place last week.James Wilson was selected as 'senior sausage selector' for British Sausage Week.Wilson was selected after showing his love for sausages ...
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NewsInstitute of Meat confirms Meatup 2017 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 24th and 25th May 2017.IoM chief executive Keith Fisher is pleased to support Meatup for the fourth time. Keith is pictured with a young ...
