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Trainee Butcher

Tablehurst Farm Ltd
Forest Row, East Sussex

Posted: 25 Mar 2024

Deadline: 6 May 2024

Compensation: Dependant on experience of successful candidate

Paid Traineeship Full-time Part-time

Job description

Tablehurst Farm is an Award winning Biodynamic/Organic Community Farm situated in Forest Row, East Sussex. We won the 2022 BBC Food and Farming Award for Food Producer of the Year; and in 2021 we won Sussex Butcher of the Year at the Sussex Food and Drinks Awards. Tablehurst is committed to biodynamics as its core farming philosophy, and to community engagement as a central pillar of our work.

Tablehurst Farm runs a thriving farm shop in which the butchers' counter is the star attraction. The majority of the meat is direct from the farm, and all the cutting and processing takes place here in the farm shop. This is a great opportunity to join an established team of butchers working in a traditional environment on either a full-time (42.5 hours per week over 5 days including a Saturday) or part-time basis - exact days to be discussed with the successful candidate. Full time working hours to be 8am to 5.30pm with 1 hour for lunch.

The ideal candidate will:

• Support our butchers in primary and secondary butchering of all categories of meat and poultry.
• Support our butchers in other areas of the butchery, such as mince and sausage production, preparing orders etc as required.
• Serve customers and provide them with information about the farm and the meat we sell.
• Work with colleagues to maintain excellent standards of food hygiene and food safety throughout the butchery.
• Help to develop new ways to present our meat to customers
• Participate in events such as workshops and tastings
• Work collaboratively with all other Tablehurst staff and volunteers

Desired Experience:

• Some butchery experience would be an advantage (but not essential)
• A genuine interest in how our animals are reared and in how we farm.
• Excellent customer service skills.

Application information

Please email CV to office@tablehurstfarm.org.uk

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