COMPETITION PROCESS

event: ANZCO FOODS BUTCHER APPRENTICE OF THE YEAR

Winners of the ANZCO Foods Butcher Apprentice 2025 Competition

Alex Pellow

New World Mangawhai
2025 ANZCO Foods Butcher Apprentice of the Year Winner
*Alex Pellow to the right - with Anton Rameka winner of the Pact Packaging Young Butcher of the Year*

Cody Burbery

PAK’nSAVE Te Awamutu
2025 ANZCO Foods Butcher Apprentice of the Year Runner-Up
*Cody Burbery to the left - with Angela Gordon from ANZCO Foods and Alex Pellow winner of the ANZCO Foods Butcher Apprentice of the Year*

AWARD WINNERS

NZPork ‘Best Pork Product’

Mya Wilson-Hiraka from New World Mangawhai - Pork Stuffed Rumps

tegel foods ‘Best chicken Product’

Riley Hall from New World Gardens - Cream Cheese Stuffed Lemon Pepper Chicken Breast

Skills4Work ‘Emerging Talent’

Riley Hall from New World Gardens

2025 Grand Final Photos

Past winners: ANZCO FOODS BUTCHER APPRENTICE OF THE YEAR

2024: Anton Rameka - New World Regent
2023: Morgan Moore - New World Motueka
2022: Rhys Tamanui - Waipawa Butchery, Hawkes Bay
2021: Isaac Webster - New World Gardens, Dunedin
2020: Blair Wright - Peter Timbs Meats, Christchurch
2019: Cherise Redden - Countdown Meat & Seafood, Auckland
2018: Corey White – Countdown Meat & Seafood, Auckland
2017: Samantha Weller – New World Rangiora
2016: Ben Henry – New World Centre City, Dunedin
2015: Hohepa Smith – Countdown Meat & Livestock, Auckland
2014: Luka Young – PAK'nSAVE Lincoln Road, Auckland
2013: Jack Khosrawi – PAK'nSAVE Lincoln Road, Auckland
2012: Jared McLeod – New World Regent, Whangarei
2011: Abigail Lane – PAK'nSAVE Kaitaia
2010: Damien Hanley – New World Hillcrest, Hamilton