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Are 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.

The 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.

Over 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.

The 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.