Our Teams 

We started with two teams in 2011 and in 2025 had 16 nations competing in the World Butchers' Challenge, cementing this competition as a global event. Thinking about entering in 2028, click here.

Previous Competitors

Though these teams are not currently competing in the 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.

2025 World Champion Butcher Apprentice Competitors

Kai Dennis (Australia)

Jayden Hermon (Australia)

Nino Candela (France)

Dylan Colin (France)

Dorian Ménager (France)

Lina Wachter (Germany)

Ben Megahy (Great Britain)

Connor Ringrose (Great Britain)

Leon Moore (Ireland)

Ebony Murtagh (Ireland)

Daniele Gargano (Italy)

Martina Sera (Italy)

Rhys Tamanui (New Zealand)

Paul Cordea (Romania)

Previous Competitors

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)