Our Teams 

We started with two teams in 2011 and in 2022 had 13 teams of butchers competing in the World Butchers' Challenge, cementing this competition as a global event. To read more about the 2022 competitors, check out the links below. 

We will update information on the entry process for the next WBC shortly for new and existing teams. If you’d like to register your interest, please get in touch.

Previous Competitors

Though these teams did not compete in the 2022 World Butchers’ Challenge, they are very much part of the WBC family and we look forward to seeing them taking part in future competitions.

World Champion Butcher Apprentice & Young Butcher

Recognising that the future of our industry is in the hands of the next generation, the World Butchers' Challenge has proudly introduced the World Champion Butcher Apprentice & Young Butcher competitions. Both individual contests, Young Butcher contestants must be under 35 years of age and entrants into the Butcher Apprentice category must still be working through their trade apprenticeship at the time of competing and under 30 years of age. Modeled on the World Butchers' Challenge both groups of butchers have just two hours and thirty minutes to break down a range of primal cuts into a display of pre-determined products and their own creations.

2022 World Champion Butcher Apprentice Competitors

Matt Tyquin (Australia)

Gabriel Mahoney (Australia)

Nolwenn Courau (France)

Fabian Schüttler (Germany)

Patrick Byrnes (Ireland)

Simone Diciano (Italy)

Anna Moretti (Italy)

Isaac Webster (New Zealand)

Maria Pio (New Zealand)

Ben Roberts (Wales)