After forced covid cancellations, the event, known as the ‘Olympics of Meat’, is back and bigger than ever with a record 14 countries competing in California.
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This month on ‘The Break Down’ we’re catching up with Victor Martinet of Team France ahead of the first ever European Cup taking place in Clermont-Ferrand in the centre of France!
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This month we’re chatting to the captain of Team Mexico - Oscar Yedra! In the lead up to World Butchers’ Challenge 2022, we’re (virtually) catching up with competitors around the world to see what they’ve been up to, what their game plan is for 2022 and how they’ve been keeping their skills sharp.
This is: ‘The Break Down’
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We are excited to announce we are opening partnership opportunities for the 2022 competition, set to be held at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento on 2-3 September, with packages outlined in a recently released Partnership Kit.
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In the lead up to World Butchers’ Challenge 2022, we’re (virtually) catching up with competitors around the world to see what they’ve been up to, what their game plan is for 2022 and how they’ve been keeping their skills sharp.
This is: ‘The Break Down’.
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The French Federation of Butchers will organize the first « Meatings » in Clermont-Ferrand on November 7 and 8, 2021, in the presence of many professionals and young butchers. As part of this event, we plan to organize exchanges between colleagues around the theme of innovation in meat sector.
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As we have, inevitably, rescheduled the WBC and WCBA&YB twice now, delaying the original date by two years we have had to make some tough calls. One of which is a change to the participant criteria for the WCBA&YB in order to ensure the competitions remain fair and relevant.
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In the lead up to World Butchers’ Challenge 2022, we’re (virtually) catching up with competitors around the world to see what they’ve been up to, what their game plan is for 2022 and how they’ve been keeping their skills sharp.
This is: ‘The Break Down’.
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The World Butchers’ Challenge, widely regarded as the ‘Olympics of Butchery’, will now take place on 2 & 3 September 2022 at the Golden 1 Center – the home to the NBA’s Sacramento Kings – in Sacramento, California.
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It is time for us to make the official announcement. That the World Butchers' Challenge new date (August 2021) has also been cancelled. After much consultation with our community, suppliers and host we’ve made the call to cancel until such time that global travel becomes more certain and safe.
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There’s one thing that’s certain at the moment and that is, ironically, wherever we are in the world, the feeling of uncertainty is mutual. However, I’d also argue that disruption has been a key word in the vocabulary of those working in the meat industry for a very long time. And whilst COVID-19 is in so many ways unlike anything we’ve faced before, the fact it’s forcing us to do things differently, and rise to challenges we didn’t know we were going to face a few months ago, is something I think we’re all extremely familiar with.
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An update on the status of the 2020 World Butchers’ Challenge, scheduled for September 4 & 5 in Sacramento, California, following recent developments with regards to Covid-19.
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Following our last update on the Coronavirus ( dated 2 March), we have received further concerns from teams over booking of trips and deadlines around sending equipment to the States. Whilst, we have no new information to update you with, we will commit to weekly updates around what we do know, more frequently if something develops.
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We understand that the outbreak has caused significant concerns for many of our community in regards to international travel and the status of the 2020 World Butchers’ Challenge, scheduled for September 4 & 5 in Sacramento, California. The situation is a rapidly evolving issue and unfortunately it is not possible to predict what will happen in the coming weeks and months. It is too early to say how long the disruption to international visitation is likely to last and how long the recovery period might be.
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The World Butchers’ Challenge, referred to by many as the ‘Olympics of Meat’ and by far, the largest meat competition on the globe, offers an opportunity for brands to carve a name for themselves like no other. The 2020 competition promises to be the biggest yet, being held at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento with an audience of over 5,000 anticipated to witness the battle first-hand and thousands of engaged others watching from afar.
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16 of the best butchers from across the globe descended on Sacramento last week to size up the competition for the much-anticipated World Butchers’ Challenge, to be held in September 2020.
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As fall quickly approaches, the city of Sacramento eagerly awaits the many appealing and enjoyable happenings it has to offer. The first-ever Captains Run will be bringing all sixteen captains together in Sacramento from September 25th through the 28th and will be nothing less than sensational.
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Realisation is starting to set in that the 2020 World Butchers’ Challenge is well in sight as next week we’ll be hosting representatives from all 16 competing nations in Sacramento, California for the, first ever, Captain’s Run…
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For the first time ever, Canada will be entering a team into the World Butchers’ Challenge. Creating a Canadian team was the brainchild of Peter Baarda, Team Captain, three-time winner of Ontario’s Finest Butcher competition, and owner of J&G Quality Meats, Aldershot.
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New Zealand has finalised the ANZCO Foods Young Butchers of New Zealand Squad that will compete at the World Champion Butcher Apprentice and Young Butcher competitions – the curtain raiser to the World Butchers’ Challenge in Sacramento next September.
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