Craft Butchery Course

£20.00£245.00

Treat yourself or buy a unique gift for your family or friends (think Christmas)!

Group sessions of between 5 – 7 people.

Age limit:  12years old.  Those 16years and younger must be accompanied by an adult who would need only pay for lunch and teas (£20).  Please note seperate booking for ‘Attending Adult Meals’

In the butchery on our farm in the beautiful Scottish Borders with one of the best views in the UK  &  alongside Expert, Guild Craft Butcher Gordon Newlands you will have a hands-on butchery experience including:

  • How to breaking-down a carcass (working on  pig or sheep) and learning the different cuts
  • Dry-curing gammon
  • Making sausages (on your own!)
  • An introduction to charcuterie (with Denise)
  • Hands on experience of the workings of our on-farm butchery
  • Gaining an insight into the running of a butchery as part of an integrated organic farming business

With The Waltons you will also:

  • Have an introduction to the relationship between farming, animal husbandry, eating quality and environmental management.
  • Have a farm lunch
  • Make new friends with food in common !
The day starts at 9am with a steaming cup of tea or coffee and a quick outline of what to expect during the day and an introduction to your fellow budding butchers.  With everyone else you will get into the butchery to get kitted out with foodsafe clothing, and footware and ready to commence by 9.45am. Lunch is between 12.30 – 1.30pm. The day ends with tea between 3.30 – 4.00pm. In the event that we get 4 or less bookings, we will need to reschedule. Why not bring a friend along? Dates: We are open for bookings (think Christmas !), for the re-commencement of our courses in January 2025. Any product purchase including a course booking is an acceptance of our Terms and Conditions. Late postponements or cancellations can incur an admin fee. Please ensure that you read them. Access them here