2 CRAFTBUTCHER l MARCH 2017


INDUSTRY AWARDS COMMENT


THERE’S nothing like shouting about success! Congratulations to Crosby


Management Training apprentice Tara Davies for winning the Best Retail Apprentice award sponsored by the National Federation of Meat and Food Traders (NFMFT) and to Plumpton College apprentice Sam Deighton, winning Best New ‘Trailblazer’ and Champion Meat Apprentice of the Year, at the Institute of Meat and Worshipful Company of Butcher Awards in London last month. Also, celebrating success


is the NFMFT and Primary Authority partner Horsham District Council, which because of action taken by Principal Environmental Health Officer Paul Hobbs, stopped what could have been for one member a lengthy and costly prosecution. Investing in training is


something that everyone can shout about. Putting resource into something as abstract as Primary Authority for trade associations like the NFMFT can be risky. But in a climate of change, Primary Authority has proved well worth the risk and for many has been the difference between profit or loss and success or failure! Something, we should all be shouting about! n


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home and brings valuable ideas to the business. His passion for all quality food and commitment to making a success of his role make him a great example to others.’ Another


Te winning line-up


ANNUAL PRIZE-GIVING CELEBRATES MEAT INDUSTRY’S FINEST


THE ‘best of the best’ in the meat and poultry industry were recognised at Te Institute of Meat (IoM) and Worshipful Company of Butchers (WCB) Annual Prize-Giving in February. Te event celebrates the


achievements of butchers, their employers and training providers from across the UK. Te Institute of Meat CEO and Master of Ceremonies, Keith Fisher, MB.Inst.M said that the standard of the entries was exceptionally high this year, making the judging extremely difficult. In total 12 awards were given, to prize-winners from a wide range of industry backgrounds. Commenting on the Prize-


Giving Fisher said, ‘Butchery is an honourable


profession with a rich heritage. Te winners awarded today are


a credit to the profession and embody the high standards that the Institute of Meat prides itself on.’ Te overall winner, the


‘Champion Meat Student and Apprentice of the Year’, chosen from the individual categories, was Samuel Deighton, from Barfield’s Butchers in Brighton and trained at Plumpton College. Bill Jermey, Chairman of the IoM said, ‘Every year the quality


of the nominations appears to get better, and all are worthy winners. Sam impressed us by how he used his apprenticeship to overcome his dyslexia and lack of confidence, by becoming completely involved in the process of making quality meat products with an impressive work ethic. He experiments at


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notable winner was Tara Davies from Humphreys Butchers in Bishops Stortford (photograph of Tara receiving her award on the front cover). Tara won


the award for Best Retail Butchery Student sponsored by the National Federation of Meat and Food Traders. She was previously employed by Gog Magog Hills Farm Shop near Cambridge. Her former mentor at “Te Gog” was Head Butcher Miles Nicholas and President of the Cambridge and District Master Butchers Association. Miles said, “Tara is a very


nice young lady. She started life at the farm shop in the café and was an excellent Barista. She always showed an interest in butchery so as soon as I had a vacancy I wasted no time in poaching her for my department. She sailed through the training with Meat Ipswich and was a great asset to the department. From day one she was helping to unload and carry pig carcases from the van. She was always determined to show she was as good as the boys in everything.” n


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