Samantha Weller and Maria Pio, also from PAK’nSAVE Rangiora have booked their places in the National Butchery Awards Final after taking out the South Island Pact Packaging Young Butcher and ANZCO Foods Butcher Apprentice competitions respectively.
Read MoreWe're hosting a Q&A Session with the Hellers Sharp Blacks to help you sharpen your skills before competing in the Alto Young Butcher & ANZCO Foods Butcher Apprentice of the Year competitions.
Read MoreRiki Kerekere, Operations Manager of Countdown Meat & Livestock in Otahuhu, has been awarded the prestigious Christie Award in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the retail meat industry. Riki was recognised with this prestigious Award at the Alto Butcher, ANZCO Foods Butcher Apprentice and Pure South Master Butcher live stream event in Auckland this evening.
Read MoreAre you thinking of entering one of our butcher competitions and would like some tips, ideas, and a chance to ask questions? Watch our Online Meat Club next week Thursday live on Facebook at 7:30 pm.
James Smith and Reuben Sharples, both members of the Hellers Sharp Blacks, will go through the cuts for the whole pork leg and share some tips for the competition. Also, bring any questions you have for Michelle from the RMNZ team.
The search is on for New Zealand’s next top butcher. Entries have opened for the Alto Young Butcher, ANZCO Foods Butcher Apprentice and Pure South Master Butcher of the Year Competitions. The event is a firm favourite on the industry calendar, and is welcomed back a little later this year due to recent events.
Read MoreThe search begins for the best butchers in New Zealand, with entries for the 2020 Alto Young Butcher, ANZCO Foods Butcher Apprentice and the all-new Pure South Master Butcher of the Year, are now officially open. The competitions aim to find the best talent in the retail meat sector and this is your chance to showcase your skills and be recognised by both your peers and those within the industry.
Read MoreOver the past few years we've noticed that during the competitions, contestants who have a mentor guiding them throughout the process seem to do a little better than those who don't. This inspired us to set up a Mentorship Programme alongside the Alto Young Butcher and ANZCO Foods Butcher Apprentice of the Year competitions, to give all of our contestants the best chance to succeed.
Read MoreThe RMNZ team are pleased to announce that the Alto Young Butcher, ANZCO Foods Butcher Apprentice, and the new Pure South Master Butcher of the Year competitions will be going ahead this year. We've had to push the dates back a little with the regionals now taking place in August and the Grand Final taking place in late October.
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