Retail Meat New Zealand is proud to support our National Butchery Team, the Hellers Sharp Blacks, and the ANZCO Foods Young Butchers of New Zealand squad.
These teams represent New Zealand at the World Butchers’ Challenge (WBC) and the World Champion Butcher Apprentice and Young Butcher Competition (WCBAYB).
The countdown to the World Butchers’ Challenge (WBC) has officially begun, with the culinary capital of Paris, France chosen to host the hotly anticipated event in March 2025.
Branded by many as the ‘Olympics of Meat’, the ninth WBC will be fittingly held at Paris Arena Sud 6, part of the impressive Paris Expo Exhibition Centre, currently gearing up to host the world’s best handballers and weightlifters at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Trading barbells for beef come 2025, the WBC - officially hosted by Confédération Française de la Boucherie (CFBCT) - will run from 30-31 March with winners of the revered Friedr. Dick Golden Knife Trophy will be announced at a black-tie Gala dinner on 1 April.
It is anticipated that the 2025 competition will grow from 13 teams that competed in Sacramento last year, to 18 teams. Each national team of six will be given three hours and thirty minutes to transform a side of beef, a side of pork, a whole lamb, and five chickens into a themed display of value-added cuts.
The WBC expects to host around 3,000 spectators each day with the World Champion Butcher Apprentice and Young Butcher competition taking place on Sunday 30 March and the headline World Butchers’ Challenge event running on Monday 31 March.
