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To enter an individual award:
- click on the award name
- enter the number of entries you wish to make for this award
- click 'enter now'
Alternatively, to enter multiple award categories:
- click the tick box for all award categories you wish to enter
- click 'PROCESS'. Then enter either log in or create an account
When registering, you will receive an email, click on the link to validate your account. You will need to do this before you can complete your entries.
You can save and go back to your entry to complete it right up to the entry deadline.
Midlands & East of England Butcher's Shop of the Year
For butcher's shops in the Midlands and East of England
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Northern Ireland Butcher's Shop of the Year
For butcher's shops in Northern Ireland
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North of England Butcher's Shop of the Year
For butcher's shops in the North of England
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Scottish Butcher's Shop of the Year
For butcher's shops in Scotland
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South of England Butcher's Shop of the Year
For butcher's shops in the South of England
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Farm Shop of the Year
To be eligible to enter this category the business must be based on a farm or run by a farm, and receive at least 40% of its meat from that farm in the course of a calendar year.
New Butchery Business of the Year
This award is for new entrants to the butchery business and is open to any shop opened within the last two years from 1 June 2018. Please note, this category does not apply to existing businesses opening a new branch.
Online Butchery Business of the Year
This award is open to any online butchery allied to a butcher’s shop, farm shop, or food hall.
Butcher's Display of the Year
The award is designed to celebrate the creativity of independent retail butchery businesses and what they are doing to attract customers into their shops as well as set them apart from the competition.
Innovation of the Year
This can be any initiative, enterprise or business development undertaken in the past 12 months that you feel is above and beyond normal butchery retail activity. It could, for example, relate to your support of the local community or local supply chain, a business scheme, an environmental initiative, use of social networks for marketing and media work. It may be something else.
Young Butcher of the Year
To be eligible to enter this category a ‘young butcher’ must be 23 or younger on the 31st March 2019. This entry should be completed by the young butcher themselves.