TEAM: ANZCO FOODS YOUNG BUTCHERS OF NEW ZEALAND
ANZCO Foods Young Butchers of New Zealand
ANZCO Foods shares our passion for fostering young talent within the retail meat industry and is the naming rights sponsor for the team. We are proud to manage the ANZCO Foods Young Butchers of New Zealand, a team of young butchers and butcher apprentices who will represent New Zealand at the World Champion Butcher Apprentice and Young Butcher competition.
The World Champion Butcher Apprentice and Young Butcher Competition take place as the curtain raiser event at the World Butcher’s Challenge, where the ANZCO Foods Young Butchers of New Zealand team will represent New Zealand on the world stage, competing against countries from around the globe for that world title.
Squad Highlights from the 2022 World Champion Butcher Apprentice and Young Butcher Competition. Golden 1 Centre, Sacramento, USA.
Past squad members
2022 Young Butchers
Brad Gillespie, New World Rototuna: 2019 Pact Packaging Young Butcher of the Year Runner-up
Justin Hinchco, Foodstuffs North Island: Pact Packaging Young Butcher of the Year Finalists
2022 Butcher Apprentices
Isaac Webster, New World Gardens: 2021 ANZCO Foods Butcher Apprentice of the Year Winner
Maria Pio, Pak’nSave Rangiora: ANZCO Foods Butcher Apprentice of the Year Finalists
2018 Young Butchers
Luka Young, New World Eastridge: 2014 ANZCO Foods Butcher Apprentice of the Year Winner
Amy Jones, New World Taumaranui: 2016 Alto Young Butcher of the Year Winner
Ben Henry, New World Thorndon: 2016 ANZCO Foods Butcher Apprentice of the Year Winner
2018 Butcher Apprentice
Sam Weller, New World Rangiora: 2017 ANZCO Foods Butcher Apprentice of the Year Winner