Emma Today (1st February) saw The Q Guild of Butchers Smithfield Awards held at the prestigious surroundings of the Ironmongers Hall in London. Attended by the best butchers in the UK, plus Tom Parker Bowles and many more to celebrate and acknowledge the best butchers and products.
The Winners are:
Supreme champion of Smithfield Awards is HG Walters with a bourbon-glazed Beef short rib
Best Welsh Lamb Martin Player
Best Welsh Beef Martin Player
Best scotch lamb John Lawson butchers
Best scotch Beef James of Shepperton
Best English Bacon Elite meat
Best English Pork Walter Smith
Best English Lamb Robinsons specialty butchers
Best English Beef HG Walters
Gluten free Diamond Robinsons Speciality Butchers
Ready Meal Diamond meridian Meats
Kitchen ready Diamond HG Walters
Ready to eat Diamond Lishmans of Ilkley
Hot Eating Pies and Bakery Diamond Walter Smith Huntingdon
Pies and Bakery Diamond cold eating Blackwells of Norton
Diamond award for Bacon and Cured Davidsons Butchers Inverurie
Burger Award Winner Patricks of Camelon
Pork Sausage Diamond – Sponsored by the Dalesman Group- JW Mettrick
Congratulations to everyone, and a new challenge for us to visit them and taste them!
