Applications for the 2020 World Butchers' Challenge and individual spots for the 2020 World Champion Butcher Apprentice and Young Butcher competition are now open!
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Tom Wood, captain of the Team GB - The British Beefeaters, has been involved in the World Butchers' Challenge since 2015 and has played a huge role in continuing to grow the British side, all while running his own successful stores. It never ceases to amaze us how fast Tom moves with new ideas; which are always aplenty and his willingness to share with others. Tom shares his new venture with the World Butchers' Challenge which launches this weekend. Wishing you all the best Tom! We'll be following with anticipation.
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Tony Bennett once sang, “I left my heart in San Francisco”. Yet I’m pretty sure Sacramento, only 121 km north of San Fran, managed to steal a huge part of mine. As I sit here on the plane, thinking about the past week and staring at the white space on the screen in front of me, I don’t really know where to begin.
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“Butchers of America” Team USA completes 2020 team with the addition of 4 new members; Travis Stockstill, Bryan Mayer, Kevin McCann and Cindy Garcia
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Three-button jacket, name embroidered on the chest, tattoos and axe on the shoulder. Are you ready for the Butcher of Italy revolution? Andrea Laganga tells us what’s what.
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The Butchers of America, run by the Butcher’s Guild, held try-outs today with a number of new butchers trialing in the hopes of being selected for the 2020 World Butchers’ Challenge national team. Tia Harrison, Team Manager and CEO of the Butcher’s Guild, was at the try-outs and was blown away by the skills on show
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Learn how the 2020 judging process will be going down for both the World Butchers’ Challenge and the World Champion Young Butcher and Apprentice competition.
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After a lengthy bidding process, Sacramento in California has been announced as the host city for the 2020 World Butchers’ Challenge, after submitting the sharpest application.
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We have received bids from three epic nations: São Paulo in Brazil, Paris in France and Sacramento in the grand ole’ United States of America. If you thought 2018 was big, wait until you see what’s on offer for 2020!
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This week, I had the pleasure of hearing from four of the women of the World Butchers' Challenge and their take on where the industry sits in terms of acceptance of female butchers.
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Proud Kiwi and World Champion Young Butcher & Apprentice Competition judge, Reuben Sharples goes in search of the best steak in the world.
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Perhaps 'a revival' isn't quite the right term to be using, as was butchery ever dead? Maybe instead this post should be titled 'The reinstatement of the butcher.'
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Head judge of the WBC, Todd Heller alongside WBC management have been reviewing the judging process based on learnings from the 2018 competition.
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Following the success of the 2018 World Butchers' Challenge, we're already ramping up for the 2020 comp. We've had a number of countries enquire about hosting the 2020 WBC and as such have asked all interested parties to submit a proposal by 31 May.
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In a contest to see who would be crowned as the world’s top butchers, Team Ireland, with butchers from Northern Ireland and Ireland competing, have been named the best in the world at the 2018 World Butchers’ Challenge.
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