Sunday 26th October 2025
Location: Taste Stage
Know Your Cuts, Love Your Meats: A Butcher’s Guide to Incredible Flavour!
Pull up a chair for a fireside chat with Keith Grant (Grant Master Butchers) and Jon Toy (Meat Jon). They will explain why the shortest food miles deliver the best flavour. Guided by MC Siobhán Donohoe, the two share stories from shop floors where first-name greetings and farm-gate deliveries still matter. They’ll discuss how choosing local, whether it’s grass-fed sirloin from Callan or heritage pork from Bennettsbridge, helps family farms thrive and keeps flavours genuine. Forget filets and rib-eyes alone; discover hidden gems as detailed by our master butchers. You’ll learn how to engage with your butcher, which questions can lead to a mid-week bargain, and how to elevate weekend meals while boosting your everyday cooking skills. They will also explain why meat, like vegetables, has seasons. Expect practical tips, myth-busting stories, and lots of inspiration to make visiting your butcher a weekly habit, ensuring great meat remains a proud hallmark of your meals.
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