Learn ButcheryUK course directory

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Beginners butchery courses in the UK

20 providers teach this. Each listing shows the price and length as published on the provider's own page, with the date we checked.

Taplow/Bray area (near Burnham) · South East

Bray Cured

Charcuterie producer whose factory (Bray Cured HQ, about 5 minutes by taxi from Taplow or Burnham stations) runs half-day butchery and charcuterie courses. Courses are sold as gift cards and e-gift cards.

£120 to £1,7706 courses
Pork and pigWhole animalCharcuterie and curingSausage makingGift vouchers
Online

Butcher Craft (Dave Lang)

Online video course for beginners and enthusiasts by master butcher Dave Lang, hosted on Teachable.

Price on application1 course
OnlineBeginnersBeefPoultryPork and pig
Glasgow · Scotland

City of Glasgow College

Glasgow college running a five-week evening Basic Butchery Skills course at City Campus, 190 Cathedral Street.

£1951 course
BeginnersHome butchery
New Ferry, Wirral · North West

Edge and Son

Independent butcher on the Wirral (61 New Chester Road, New Ferry) running full-day small-group masterclasses. Also has shops at Brimstage (CH63 6JA) and Delifonseca, Liverpool (L3 4BN).

£150 to £1,4403 courses
BeginnersPoultryLambPork and pigBeef
Templecombe, near Wincanton · South West

Empire Farm

Working farm just south of Wincanton in Somerset running hands-on butchery and curing days, led by David Coldman. Bookings go through Eventbrite.

£145 to £2956 courses
Pork and pigWhole animalHome butcheryBeginnersCharcuterie and curing
Hampstead, London · London

Hampstead Butcher and Providore

North London butcher (56 Rosslyn Hill; also West Hampstead and Muswell Hill shops) running two-hour evening butchery classes at the master butcher's table.

£175 to £1952 courses
BeefBeginnersGift vouchersPrivate groupsLamb
Islington, London · London

Jenius Social (via Obby)

Islington cookery school (Studio 8, 6 Hornsey Street) listed on Obby with a one-hour beginner butchery and knife skills class.

£801 course
BeginnersKnife skillsPoultryPork and pigLamb
Wetherby · Yorkshire

Method at Sykes

Sykes House Farm, Walton Road, Wetherby, running a six-hour introductory butchery masterclass.

£3001 course
BeginnersPoultryPork and pigLambHome butchery
Parsons Green, London · London

Parson's Nose

London butcher running a three-hour hands-on masterclass at its studio butchery on Heathmans Road, Parsons Green.

£2151 course
BeginnersPoultryLambPork and pigHome butchery
Foulden, Berwickshire · Scotland

Peelham Farm

Organic farm in the Scottish Borders running small craft butchery courses.

£2451 course
BeginnersWhole animalPrivate groups
Plumpton, East Sussex · South East

Plumpton College

Land-based college in East Sussex offering one-day butchery and sausage-making workshops and a Level 2 butchery apprenticeship.

Price on application3 courses
Pork and pigBeginnersLambSausage making
Nantwich, Cheshire · North West

Reaseheath College

Land-based college near Nantwich with an adult learners butchery programme and Level 2 butcher apprenticeships.

Price on application5 courses
BeginnersBeefLambProfessional
Welbeck, Worksop · East Midlands

School of Artisan Food

Cookery school on the Welbeck Estate, Nottinghamshire, running short butchery, charcuterie, sausage and curing courses from one half-day up to six days.

£125 to £1,6259 courses
Pork and pigWhole animalBeginnersSausage makingBeef
Online

Shooting and Hunting Academy (County Deer Stalking)

Online pre-recorded deer butchery course presented by Ben Heath of The Deer Box and Mike Robinson Fine Foods, sold through the Shooting and Hunting Academy and described as certificated.

£651 course
DeerGameOnlineBeginnersWhole animal
Sparsholt, Winchester · South East

Sparsholt College

Land-based college near Winchester, Hampshire, offering part-time butchery workshops, Skills Bootcamps in butchery and a Level 2 Butcher apprenticeship.

Price on application6 courses
Pork and pigBeginnersWhole animalLambDeer
Bramshaw, New Forest · South East

The Farmers Butcher

Butcher running a three-hour pork masterclass at Swallowfields Farm, Blackhill Road, Bramshaw, Hampshire.

£1751 course
Pork and pigSausage makingBeginnersGift vouchers
Todenham, Gloucestershire · South West

Todenham Manor Farm

Cotswold farm running a morning butchery masterclass followed by lunch at Herd.

£1301 course
BeginnersPrivate groupsGift vouchers
Airton, near Skipton (Malhamdale) · Yorkshire

Town End Farm Shop

Farm shop in the Yorkshire Dales with a purpose-built butchery running full-day pork butchery and salumi courses, usually on the last Friday of the month (per search summaries and a Jan 2022 article).

Price on application1 course
Pork and pigCharcuterie and curingSausage makingBeginnersWhole animal
London (Clerkenwell/Angel) · London

Turner and George

London butcher with shops at Angel (399 St John Street, EC1V 4LD), Waterloo and Camberwell, running after-hours beef butchery classes at its EC1 shop.

£1801 course
BeefBeginnersGift vouchers
Timsbury, near Bath · South West

Vale House Kitchen

Cookery school at Timsbury, about 8 miles south-west of Bath, running pig, game, venison and curing days.

£125 to £2255 courses
Pork and pigWhole animalCharcuterie and curingSausage makingDeer

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