Author: Manon Rosser
Talented young butcher Matthew Edwards was a runner up at Wales’VQ Learner of the Year showpiece awards ceremony on VQ Day at Coleg y Cymoedd’s Nantgarw Campus. Matthew, 22, who works for S. A. Vaughan Family Butchers, Penyfford, near Chester, was one of six finalists from across Wales who were all congratulated by Deputy Minister… Read more »
Talented Welsh butcher Matthew Edwards has already proved that he’s a cut above the rest by winning the Welsh Young Butcher contest and being selected to represent Great Britain in a European skills competition. Matthew, 22, who works for S. A. Vaughan Family Butchers, Penyfford, near Chester, is in training for the European competition in… Read more »
Workmates, friends and family members of Cambrian Training Company’s marketing manager Katy Godsell and Barclays Bank have teamed up to raise £2,526 for the Lingen Davies Cancer Fund at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital. Seventy-six people, ranging in age from 87 years to toddlers in a pram, took part in the successful Cambrian Charity 5k Run… Read more »
Two talented young Welsh butchers have been selected to represent Great Britain in a European skills competition. Matthew Edwards, 22, who works for S. A. Vaughan Family Butchers, Penyfford, near Chester, has begun training for the European competition in Switzerland in September, while 18-year-old Peter Rushforth from Swans Farm Shop, Treuddyn, Mold, will follow in… Read more »
A team of chefs from Mid Wales has put the region on the map by winning the prestigious Battle of the Dragon competition at the nation’s top culinary event. Led by experienced Welsh National Culinary Team member Nick Davies, chef patron of the Lion Hotel,Llandinam, the team held off a strong challenge from North and… Read more »
Workmates and friends of Cambrian Training Company’s marketing manager Katy Godsell dug deep into their pockets over the festive season to raise £553 for the Lingen Davies Cancer Fund at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital. Katy, who works at the award-winning training company’s Welshpool headquarters, has recently completed treatment for breast cancer. Because the lives of… Read more »
One of Wales’ best known butchers is appealing to learners and employers to enter this year Vocational Qualification (VQ) Awards, which are being launched today (Wednesday, February 5). Tomi Jones, 24, owner of Jones’s Butchers, Llangollen, received a major boost to his career and business after winning the VQ Learner of the Year award for… Read more »
The success of any sports club is often dictated by the strength of its support network and supply chain that delivers talented young players capable of competing at the highest level. COBRA Rugby Club is a perfect example of a club that aims to be strong from the roots upwards. Formed as Caereinion Old Boys… Read more »
North Wales butcher Matthew Edwards proved himself a cut above the rest as he won a keenly contested Welsh Young Butcher Competition at the Royal Welsh Winter Fair on Tuesday. Edwards, 22, who works for S. A. Vaughan Family Butchers, Penyfford, near Chester, went one better than last year, when he was runner up, to… Read more »
An open evening with butchery and cookery demonstrations atWelshpool-based Welsh Beef and Lamb PGI cutting plant, WMO, has been hailed a great success. Thirty-five existing and new customers attended the event held at the company’s Welsh Centre of Excellence for Butchery Skills at Unit 13, Severn Farm Enterprise Park. Butcher Ramos Venys demonstrated how to… Read more »
