Entries Open for Inaugural British Butchery Awards The countdown has begun for a landmark event in the butchery industry. On June 30th, 2025, the first-ever British Butchery Awards will take place, offering a grand stage to celebrate the best in the field. Organized by the National Craft Butchers, these awards will honour the finest talents […]
Craft Butcher LIVE – Back for 2027! After the success of their inaugural event, National Craft Butchers are delighted to announce that Craft Butcher LIVE is back for 2027! Bringing together everything you love about Craft Butcher magazine under one roof, this members-only event will take place at the centrally located Hilton St Georges Park, […]
2027 Royal Smithfield Club Bicentenary Trophy nominations open The Royal Smithfield Club Bicentenary Trophy is a national award to publicly recognise an individual’s, or company’s, significant contribution for the overall benefit of the British Meat & Livestock Industry. It is open to any person or company within the British Meat & Livestock Industry. The winner […]
Entries Now Open for the IoM & Worshipful Company of Butchers Awards It is time to celebrate the rising stars and training champions driving excellence across the meat industry. Nominations are officially now open for the prestigious Institute of Meat and Worshipful Company of Butchers Annual Awards and Prize-giving Luncheon, which takes place on 25 […]
2026 UK Sausage Week winners exclusively revealed A variety of winners were revealed today [26th October] at a sell-out luncheon and awards ceremony at Butchers’ Hall in London, marking the start of UK Sausage Week. Butchers, retailers, supermarkets, manufacturers and foodservice attended the ceremony, with many having nominated their sausage products into the competition for […]
British Butchery Awards Opens For Entries! National Craft Butchers is delighted to announce that entries are now open for the second British Butchery Awards — a celebration of the businesses, passion and people in our industry. From exceptional service to product innovation and the passing on of hard-earned knowledge, butchery is a craft built on […]
How a Dales Traditional Butchers Is Turning Sausages into Support for Parkinson’s When the shortlist for this year’s UK Sausage Week Awards came through, the team at Dales Traditional Butchers in Kirkby Lonsdale had to read it twice. Not one, not two, but five of their sausages had made the finals. “For a small independent […]
Britain’s abattoirs hit critical low putting UK food security at dire risk – warns new coalition Farmers, food, hospitality, animal welfare and conservation groups call for urgent Government action as UK abattoir numbers fall from around 2,500 to just 200 Britain has lost more than nine in ten of its abattoirs since the 1970s, leaving […]
Celebrating 500 years of British Turkey UK Turkey Farmers unite to launch ‘Winner! Winner! Turkey Dinner!’ A Christmas Campaign aimed at restoring the tradition of a Whole Turkey at Christmas 2026 marks 500 years of British Turkey, heralding turkey farmers across the UK to launch ‘Winner! Winner! Turkey Dinner! – a campaign focussed on rightfully returning the tradition of a Whole Roast Turkey […]
Best of the Best – Winners of Category Champion Titles Crowned in National Craft Butcher’s 2026 Product Awards The judges have spoken, and we can finally reveal the much-anticipated final Category Champions of the 2026 NCB Product Awards! This week, representatives from National Craft Butchers and competition sponsors hand-delivered much-prized trophies directly to nine exceptional […]
Martin Thomas Butchers combines traditional craft with modern working methods For more than two centuries, Martin Thomas Butchers has built its reputation on traditional butchery, carefully developed recipes and a commitment to producing high quality products in small batches. Based in Pattingham, Wolverhampton, the family business is run by Martin Thomas, his wife Maureen and […]
