Love Your Local Butcher Award

The unique characteristics of any business are influenced by its staff and their impact on customers is sometimes overlooked. With this award, we aim to celebrate local butchers and their amazing staff.

Scotland’s Apprentice of the Year takes tea at No 10

Three years ago Marc Ingram suffered from dyslexia and crippling shyness and didn’t know if he would ever be able to secure a job or even leave the house. Yet this week, the 19-year-old butcher from Falkirk was taking tea with the Prime Minister at 10 Downing Street in recognition of his outstanding achievements.

“MAKE IT WITH PORK” PRODUCT EVALUATION 2024 Sponsored by Dalziel

A COMPETITION AND OPPORTUNITY TO AWARD WINNING PORK PRODUCTS TO PROMOTE DURING PORKTOBER & BEYOND
One Diamond Award will be presented for the best product.
Gold and Silver Awards to all those worthy of such recognition.

To be held on Thursday 8th August 2024
Forth Valley College, Alloa Campus, Devon Road, Alloa, FK10 1PX
Tel: 01259 215121

2024 BEEF SLICE SAUSAGE SCOTTISH CHAMPIONSHIP Sponsored by Colin Hewitson

A COMPETITION TO FIND SCOTLAND`S BEST BEEF SLICE SAUSAGE
One Diamond Award will be presented for the best product.
Gold and Silver Awards to all those worthy of such recognition.

To be held on Thursday 8th August 2024
Forth Valley College, Alloa Campus, Devon Road, Alloa, FK10 1PX
Tel: 01259 215121

Best beef bangers in Scotland discovered in Rothesay

• Head Doon The Water for best beef link sausages in Scotland
• Rothesay butcher lifts Scottish championship with little known product
• Brothers praise quality over quantity for banger’s success

Diamond daze for Larbert butcher

• Kinnaird Butcher Shop and Deli lifts national industry award
• First national accolade for young business
• Tomahawk treat wows national judges

Scotland’s Black Pudding Champion retains title

• Inverclyde butcher retains Black Pudding Championship
• Wemyss Bay hailed as Scotland’s “Home of the country’s best Black Pudding”
• Unprecedented fourth championship win for butcher

Six Scottish butchers selected for GB squad at Butchery Olympics 2025

Six butchers from Scotland have been named in the squad that will begin training next month in a bid to represent Great Britain in next year’s World Butchers’ Challenge (WBC) in Paris.

Five Times World Scotch Pie Champion’s recipe changes hands in butchers’ business deal

• Wemyss Bay butcher secures world-beating recipe as Angus butcher retires
• Production of award-winning products to continue as brand is protected
• Scotland’s favourite recipes brought together in one business

2024 Black Pudding Scottish Championship

2024 BLACK PUDDING
SCOTTISH CHAMPIONSHIP
Sponsored by Scobie & Junor

Scotland’s black pudding butchers spearhead celebration of peasant staple fare to superfood

* First ever National Black Pudding Day served up in Scotland
* Scotland`s current Black Pudding Champion calls for same acclaim as haggis
* Search begins for Scotland`s best Black Pudding butchers

Scottish Meat Industry celebrates top apprentice success!

Marc Ingram from Blair Drummond Smiddy near Stirling has been announced as the Scottish Apprentice of the Year at the annual awards ceremony held in Aberdeen.
Marc completed his SCQF level 5 Modern Apprentice Qualification in April 2023. He worked through his qualification with Craft Skills Scotland who specialise in the delivery of apprenticeships in the Food & Drink sector in Scotland. Marc’s Modern Apprenticeship is funded by Skills Development Scotland.