The trader and consumer-focused workshops presented throughout The Fire & Feast Butcher’s Festival, presented by Crown National, provided useful insights from industry experts on a variety of topics of current importance to the meat industry.

The Fire & Feast Butcher’s Festival presented by Crown National is a much-needed platform for South Africa’s vibrant meat industry. It was spectacularly well supported by a really enthusiastic audience, all with varying knowledge about the meat industry, and an incredibly talented group of participants which made for exciting viewing and challenging judging. It provided the opportunity to meet some of the country’s most highly acclaimed butchers and leading food experts.

The country’s best butcheries, both nationally and regionally, were recently announced in Johannesburg at the 2017 Cleaver Awards. According to the organisers, the Red Meat Industry Forum (RMIF), the improvement of competitors on a year-to-year basis is noteworthy and the impact these awards have had on butchery standards in South Africa over the past few years is remarkable.