Category Archives: Shop News

Celebrating Our Champion of Champions Success

Dales Butcher’s Pork and Caramel Sausage Triumphs! Great news, meat lovers! Yesterday, May 22 2023, Mark made the journey to Birmingham for the prestigious Butcher’s Shop of the Year Awards at The Bierkeller. And guess what? He brought home the coveted Champion of Champions title for our lip-smacking Pork and Caramel sausage! Can we get […]

Local Beef for a Traditional St George’s Day Feast from Dales Butchers

Slices of a perfectly roasted boneless rib of beef joint on a wooden chopping board.

St George’s Day is an important celebration in England, and what better way to celebrate English culture and tradition than getting together with family and friends over a traditional roast beef dinner? At Dales Butchers, we’re committed to sourcing only the finest locally farmed beef from trusted suppliers, ensuring you enjoy the tastiest, high-quality meat […]

The Young Butcher Representing Team GB in the World Butchers Challenge

Images of Ira Collier, a young butcher at Dales Butchers in Cumbria selected to represent Team GB at the World Butchers Challenge 2022

Dales Butchers is proud to announce that one of our butchers, Ira Collier, is to represent Team GB in the World Butchers’ Challenge. The competition, which takes place this September in Sacramento, California, is regarded as the meat industry equivalent to the Olympics and it will feature teams from 16 different countries. Ira will be […]

The Quality of Dexter Beef: Why It’s So Good to Eat

herd of Dexter beef cattle grazing in a field

Cumbria Farmed Dexter Beef As many of you regular customers will know, love to support smaller-scale local farming at Dales Butchers we and we’re delighted to tell you that we have recently managed to source some fabulous Dexter beef.  Farmed by Martin Foster, it comes from a small herd of around 25 Dexter cattle which […]

Dales Butchers crowned Britain’s Best Butchers Shop

The team from Dales Butchers Cumbria being presented with their Britains Best Butchers Shop award by footbal legend Keving Keegan

Dales Traditional Butchers from Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria voted ‘Britain’s Best Butcher’s Shop’ at the Meat Industry Awards 2021. We were extremely proud to bring home to Kirkby Lonsdale the award for Britain’s Butcher Shop at the UK’s biggest meat industry awards ceremony. Needless to say, when we headed off down to the Hilton Birmingham Metropole […]