Bradwell Butchery

BRADWELL BUTCHERY WINS INDEPENDENT SPECIALITY AWARD IN SAVOUR YOUR BACON COMPETITION

Butcher Andrew Edmonds was presented with the independent speciality award by Oz Clarke for his dry cured tomato and basil bacon made from the Jimmy Butler’s award-winning Blythburgh Free Range Pork. The judges of the Bacon Connoisseurs’ Savour Your Bacon competition tasted more than 230 products from butchers across the country – all bearing the […]

ART COMES TO LIFE WITH PAINTED COW AT NORFOLK SHOW

Local children will come face to face with a living work of art at the Norfolk Show this week, as butcher and artist Andrew Edmonds paints a live cow, showing its internal organs and the position of an unborn calf. This unique artistic endeavour is part of the “Over the Farmer’s Hedge” Education exhibit, which […]

SAUSAGE OF THE WEEK: CUMBERLAND

Each week we name a sausage of the week, which you can get for half price when you buy a pound of any other type of sausage. The deal’s limited to one pound per customer and it provides you with a great way to try out one of our range of over 50 sausage varieties! […]

SAUSAGE OF THE WEEK: ORANGE & GINGER

This is Megan’s award winning sausage with a superb fruity taste. Try it with fresh veg or on its own in a bun. The picture shows Megan in 2007 collecting the BPEX Young Sausage Maker Champion award for a traditional pork sausage. Sausage making clearly runs in families! As with all sausages of the week, […]

STAFF FOCUS: RYAN SMITH

Ryan has been working as an apprentice butcher at Bradwell Butchery for the past few months. He’s been a very welcome addition to the team. Here, he explains in his own words why his apprenticeship has been so rewarding. Before I became an apprentice butcher I was in the British Army for around fourteen months. […]

CHARITY PRIZE DRAW FOR EAST COAST HOSPICE

Bradwell Butchery, in conjunction with Bradwell Bowls Club, is proudly sponsoring a prize draw to raise funds for East Coast Hospice, charity number 1129631. You can buy tickets in store for just £1 each and there’s a glorious array of prizes worth £1000 to be won. These include a £350 Holiday Voucher, a Flat Screen […]

SAUSAGE OF THE WEEK: TROPICAL TANNER

The Tropical Tanner is a coarser ground sausage, made with fresh sweet peppers. The recipe was created to celebrate the visit of Chief Yappa and fellow tribesmen from the island of Tanna who visted the shop last year. Tanna is a South Pacific Island where many natives follow a traditional life style. When they visited, […]

BBQ RAISES MONEY FOR SCHOOL CHARITY

On Friday, Bradwell Butchery was pleased to support Ormiston Venture Academy’s school fete by providing a barbecue. Business was brisk and we took £314, with all profits going to the school’s chosen charity while keeping attendees well fed! This isn’t the only charity event the butchery has been supporting of late. We’re still selling tickets […]

REPAINTING

You may be forgiven for thinking that the Bradwell Butchery, Bakery and Delicatessen has taken on a new bare look. All the signs have been taken down to prepare for repainting. Unfortunately the damp weather that we’re currently experiencing has delayed the job, meaning that the spartan look has remained longer than we’d like. Please […]

THE PIES HAVE IT!

To those in the know pie making is more of an art than a science and it takes years of experience to produce really high quality pastries. Andrew and Lee from Bradwell Butchery, Bakery and Delicatessen met up with pie master Peter Mellors last week to tap into some of his extensive knowledge of the […]