Team Scotland crowned winners of Four Nations Butchers Tournament
Perth-based father and son butchery team Richard and Ben Megahy have placed first at the Four Nations Butchers Tournament in Ireland.
Richard has been a butcher with Perth-based Simon Howie for 27 years, while Ben has been working for the business for almost two years and is currently completing his SVQ.
The pair represented Scotland at the tournament, competing against butchers from England, Northern Ireland and Ireland while showcasing their butchery skills.
A total of 15 members of Quality Meat Scotland’s Scotch Butchers Club attended as part of the trip to the Irish Craft Butcher Expo held at The Curragh Racecourse near Dublin, visiting Irish butchers to gain inspiration and cheering on Team Scotland at the tournament.
The Scotch Butchers Club and Browns Food Group, which produces much of Scotland’s Specially Selected Pork, sponsored the team’s trip to the competition, where the pair worked with products including a loin of pork, half a lamb, two chickens and a shoulder of pork.
Gordon Newlands, who manages the Scotch Butchers Club for Quality Meat Scotland, said: “I am thrilled and delighted for the boys, but it shines a spotlight on the whole of the Scottish butchery sector as a valued and important trade.
“Ben, at 21, embodies the spirit of youth, and has a great work ethic along with his father, who in the past has been Scottish butcher of the year. It is fantastic that we are returning from Ireland as international champions!”
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