Irish butchers, James Whelan Butchers, is set to invest €100,000 in a new scholarship programme, dedicated to the art and craft of butchery.
The fully accredited scholarship programme is to run over three years in James Whelan Butchers shops across Ireland and will run in partnership with Butchery Excellence Ireland.
It will be initially open to ten candidates and will begin on 1st October.
“The Butchery Academy at James Whelan Butchers is an opportunity for us as a company to select and help shape ten great people as butchers, to share our ethos with them, and to equip them with the essential skills to ensure there is a new generation of butchers in Ireland as committed to their craft as we are to ours,” Pat Whelan, CEO of James Whelan Butchers, said.
Successful candidates will work full-time across selected James Whelan Butchers shops and will receive training and guidance by senior experts in the company. They will be paid as a full-time team member during the course of their studies.
“At James Whelan Butchers we have the knowledge and the expertise and want to share these with the next generation of butchers and teach them the art and the skills of the trade, a trade we have dedicated our careers to,” Whelan continued. “I certainly believe that we have a responsibility to communicate those to butchers, either those brand new to the trade or to those who want to invest in themselves and significantly improve their skills.
“We have the infrastructure to create a Butchery Academy at James Whelan Butchers that offers students a unique and rewarding experience, one that is exceptional. James Whelan Butchers is investing €100,000 over the course of the scholarship, which is a significant commitment, but I am very excited about getting people excited about butchery as a career.”
For more information e-mail info@jwb.ie.
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