The 2014 Tri-Nations Butchery Challenge
Recently I had the honour and pleasure of captaining the British Butchery Team in the second Tri-Nations Butchery challenge. This event pits 6 of the best butchers from Australia, New Zealand and Great Britain, in a 2 hour competition where they cut and display 1 lamb and a side of beef per team, in such […]
Behind the Scenes at Lishmans: Why We Did It
Recently we have discovered a new more modern way of getting our message across to the people. We are busy butchers; making pies, producing sausage, curing bacon and hams, and many other things beside which we are particularly proud of. Because of the layout of our shop in this Victorian terrace, much of what we […]
Trinations Butchery Competition: Queenstown, New Zealand March 2013
The first ever butchers tri-nations competition has just been held in the glorious countryside around Queenstown New Zealand. The event involved teams from New Zealand, Australia and The United Kingdom. For the previous 2 years, it was just between the Southern Hemisphere countries, but we were grateful for the invitation this year and five members […]
The Great Horsemeat Scandal
What a crazy few weeks we have seen in the meat industry with horsemeat in manufactured products in supermarkets. No doubt this will have reached the institutions – schools, hospitals, canteens, nursing homes etc – as well. I am a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Butchers, an old established organisation, set up around 1000 […]
Princess Anne enjoys a taste of Ilkley
Image source Union flags and well-wishers were out in force as Ilkley welcomed a royal visitor to town this week. The Princess Royal visited two of Ilkley’s most successful businesses to discover what makes them tick during a flying visit to the town. And as well as learning some of the secrets to their success, […]
Beer and Bangers on the menu for Princess Anne’s visit to Ilkley
Two award-winning businesses have been selected for a royal visit next month. And when Princess Anne meets staff at Ilkley Brewery, she will launch a beer to commemorate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. The Princess Royal will also see butcher David Lishman produce Yorkshire sausages on her visit to Ilkley on Tuesday, April 3, as part […]
Bravo for British Veal
We are proud to join the campaign to encourage people to enjoy British veal. British rosé veal is experiencing a well-deserved surge in popularity throughout the UK thanks to recent exposure on television programmes such as BBC’s Countryfile and Channel 4′s The F Word. Now on the menu for the first time at Lishman’s is British […]
The Yorkshire Sausage has its Grand Unveiling
After a County-wide search that has been on-going for several months, with over 4000 sausages tasted and more than 3,300 votes cast, the most popular Yorkshire Sausage Recipe was announced today. Yorkshire Day, the 1st of August, is obviously the correct day to make such an announcement! Celebrity Chef Rosemary Shrager was our guest of […]
