Learn ButcheryUK course directory

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Whole animal butchery courses in the UK

14 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
Devon (LangLands Farm) · South West

Curtis Pitts Deer Services

Deer management business running venison butchery masterclasses at LangLands Farm, Devon.

Price on application1 course
DeerGameWhole animal
Kingham, Gloucestershire · South West

Daylesford Cookery School

Cookery school at Daylesford Farm in the Cotswolds (Gloucestershire) running a nose-to-tail butchery masterclass with a farm butcher demonstration.

£2251 course
BeefLambPoultryWhole animal
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
Foulden, Berwickshire · Scotland

Peelham Farm

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

£2451 course
BeginnersWhole animalPrivate groups
Axminster · South West

River Cottage

River Cottage HQ cookery school at Trinity Hill Road, Axminster, Devon, running meat courses including a one-day pig butchery and charcuterie course.

£2452 courses
Pork and pigWhole animalCharcuterie and curingSausage making
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
London

The Ginger Pig

London butcher running evening and afternoon butchery classes at its Marylebone shop (8-10 Moxon St, W1U 4EW) and a Borough Market unit (Unit 7W, Cathedral Street, SE1 9AG). Each class includes a two-course meal with wine.

£195 to £2258 courses
BeefWhole animalPork and pigLambPoultry
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
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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