The search to find the UK’s most talented butcher is back. Now in its second year, the Butchery WorldSkills UK competition hopes to find the best of British butchers in the industry. The butchery competition focuses on all the essential skills required for a successful career as a multi-skilled butcher within the food manufacturing industry,… Read more »
The hospitality industry is in crisis because too few young people are choosing a career as a chef, the Culinary Association of Wales president has warned. Arwyn Watkins is concerned not only about a shortage of people entering the industry but also about the high dropout rate after learners have completed their further education courses.… Read more »
The first winner of the new Welsh Pork Butcher contest has dedicated his victory to his late mother who died three weeks ago. Experienced Clinton Roberts, who owns Ponty Butchers, Pontardawe, held off a strong challenge by the defending and former Welsh Young Butcher champions Peter Rushforth, 20, from Swans Farm Shop, Treuddyn, Mold and… Read more »
Champion Welsh Young Butcher Peter Rushforth successfully defended his title after a closely fought final where the high standard of butchery was praised by the judges. Rushforth, 20, from Swans Farm Shop, Treuddyn, Mold, went into the final at the Royal Welsh Winter Fair in Builth Wells on Monday fresh from winning a bronze medal… Read more »
Defending Welsh Young Butcher champion Peter Rushforth will be up against three times former winner Tomos Hopkin in this year’s final at the Royal Welsh Winter Fair in Builth Wells on Monday. Rushforth, 20, from Swans Farm Shop, Treuddyn, Mold, goes into the competition fresh from winning a bronze medal at the Butchery WorldSkills UK… Read more »
Talented North Wales butcher Matthew Edwards celebrated his greatest achievement to date by winning the Butchery WorldSkills UK National Competition on Saturday. Matthew, 23, who works for Vaughan’s Family Butchers, Penyffordd, near Chester, was awarded the gold medal after two days of tough competition at The Skills Show, held at the NEC Birmingham. He was… Read more »
Three butchers from North and Mid Wales will be testing their skills against the very best in the business in the Butchery WorldSkills UK National Competition final this week. The six top scoring butchers from the combined heats in Wales, Northern Ireland and England go head to head in the final at The Skills Show,… Read more »
A woman who gave up a job selling advertisements for the Glasgow Herald newspaper to start her own business in Wales has been described as “a shining example of Welsh fish mongering at its best”. Sarah O’Connor, who runs The Fabulous Fish Company at Chepstow Garden Centre in Chepstow, has become the first fishmonger in… Read more »
A unique approach to employment and training by a North Wales waste and recycling company was recognised with double success at the Apprenticeship Awards Cymru 2015. Thorncliffe Abergele, a family owned company established in Abergele 1987 which has been described by a training provider as “inspirational”, was named Medium-sized Employer of the Year while superviser… Read more »
