Butchery
The butchery department is very much at the heart of the Food Centre. John and the team have complete control of all the meat we sell because it is reared on the Estate and slaughtered only 6 miles away at Griffiths of Leintwardine. We transport it ourselves and it is matured and prepared in the Food Centre. The Estate also provides a seasonal selection of game including Pheasant and Venison. Our poultry is all sourced locally and we only sell and use free range chicken. New to our meat range is the Estate’s Rose Veal which is reared responsibly and wonderfully tender.
The range of meat from the Estate includes:
- Rare breed Gloucester Old Spot Pork: Our Gloucester Old Spot pork comes with a little more fat that the modern landrace pigs but the flavour and delicacy of the meat is second to none. It is the only pork we sell and we use it in all our sausages and pork products.
- Beef: We only sell and use our own beef which is reared on the Estate. Because we butcher whole carcases there is always a selection of traditional cuts such as brisket along with the more common fillet, sirloin and rump steaks. Our Rose Veal is produced to the highest welfare standards and has pink, not white, flesh that is tender and delicately flavoured.
- Lamb: Our lambs roam the Shropshire countryside and are moved around the Estate regularly to graze freely. The taste and texture of our lamb varies with the seasons so you will find melt in your mouth spring lamb in May and really flavoursome lamb in the autumn.
- Poultry: We only sell free range chicken, duck, turkey and goose. These are sourced from the four counties of Shropshire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire and Powys.
- Venison & Game: A large variety of seasonal game comes from the Estate but be quick because it sells quickly. We have local venison on offer and our butchery team will be happy to help you pick out the right cut.
- Bacon & Gammons: All our bacon & gammons are cured at the Food Centre by our head butcher John Brereton. They are all dry cured and aged to ensure they are amongst the tastiest hams in Shropshire. Some of the hams are sent off to a local smokehouse to be traditionally oak smoked.
- Sausages: We love sausages in Britain and every day 5 million of us eat a sausage. Why don’t you take a look at our sausage menu that is full of traditional and slightly more experimental varieties not to mention our range of award winning sausages. All our sausages are made with our rare breed Gloucester Old Spot pork to ensure they have a great flavour and texture.