Independent butchers, manufacturers and food creators across the nation celebrated UK Sausage Week with special flavours, promotions and sausage-making demonstrations. Take a look back at a week of sizzling activity.

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Ginger Butchers in Matlock created an exclusive ‘Devil’s Banger’ for the week, which it described as a chip shop curry flavour with a touch of spice. The shop also advertised other flavours including wild mushroom, pork and tomato and its Bakewell Banger, which is a mix of different flavours.

The butcher also took to its TikTok social media account to discuss what makes a ‘proper sausage’, stating that the business prefers to make a meaty sausage with a bit of bite to it by using 80% pork and a blend of shoulder and belly cuts.

MEAT Ipswich apprentices showcase sausage-making skills

 

Red or brown sauce?

Handtmann Ltd, which partnered the Best Traditional Pork Sausage category in this year’s UK Sausage Week competition, treated its staff to some delicious sausage baps as part of a team celebration.

 

Sizzling showcase

Fairweather’s Butchers and Deli showcased its tomato sausages, which it makes using natural, selected skins. They are hand-linked from a traditional recipe that was handed down through the business, with one customer commenting that you “can’t beat them!”

 

Bangers with pickle, anyone?

Alderson Butchers teamed up with local condiments retailer Calder’s Kitchen to offer free samples of its sausages outside the shop in Darlington, encouraging customers to dip their cooked sausages into some weird and wonderful pickles and chutneys. The shop also ran a special promotion on its sausages for the week, with customers able to get 1lb of free traditional pork sausages when purchasing 3lbs of any of the butcher’s 12 bangers available in the shop.

 

Denstone celebrates with colleagues

Denstone Hall Farm Shop asked its colleagues what the best way to eat a sausage is, with toad in the hole, sausage and mash, sausage sandwiches and sausage rolls all getting a mention!

 

Flavours in the butchery counter

Dales Traditional Butchers turned a spotlight to its 28 different varieties of sausage, advertising its ‘buy 2lb, get 1lb free’ deal on sausages in the counter. Flavours included its award-winning Beef and Marmite sausage, plus a chicken and turkey bratwurst, venison, cranberry and sage sausage, and a lamb and apricot sausage.

 

Kitchen Sanctuary shares recipe inspiration

Best-selling author and recipe developer Nicola Corbishley, also known online as Kitchen Sanctuary, shared her Sausage Casserole recipe, putting sausages centre-stage for UK Sausage Week!

With thanks to the 2026 UK Sausage Week partners:

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