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Our 2022 Sponsors
Meet the organisations we partnered with to bring the 2022 World Butchers’ Challenge to life. We’re grateful for their support that made the 2022 competition possible and encourage you to reach out to them to find out more.
PRINCIPAL SPONSORS of wbc 2022
The World Butchers’ Challenge is proudly presented by Gascon Cattle of Bench Creek Ranch and Promega Food. Bench Creek Ranch is a family owned and operated commercial cattle ranch situated in the heart of historical Central Nevada ranching country. Using sustainable agricultural practices, as well as traditional western methods combined with up-to-date modern technology, Bench Creek Ranch raises safe, high quality, superior beef that meet and surpass the high standards of today’s discriminating market.
Friedr. Dick has strong roots in the butchery trade and has been one of our industry leading partners for decades. They use input from customers like butchers alongside their own ideas to continuously develop their high-quality products. Butchers and knife producers - the dream team!
The team at Friedr. Dick will also be presenting “The Friedr.Dick Golden Knife Award” to the winning team at the 2022 World Butchers Challenge.
Since pioneering the development of collagen casing in the 1950s, our sponsor Devro has continued making great sausages possible – providing an added layer of value to their customers across the globe!
With expertise built over 85 years, strong local on-site technical support and a broad portfolio of products, Devro helps butchers deliver the right product every time. As of 2022, they supply collagen casing, gel and film to over 1,000 customers in more than 100 countries – truly global, just like the World Butchers’ Challenge.
The World Champion Butcher Apprentice & Young Butcher competitions are proudly presented by Pure Black Beef. Pure Black Barley Fed Angus delivers a new standard in luxury through superior marbling and unrivalled tenderness. Working directly with dedicated farmers across southern Australia, Black Angus cattle are peacefully raised on some of the world’s best pastures and once ready, are finished with our custom barley ration.
PARTNERS
Butcher's Guide was started by butchers, for butchers, with one goal in mind: promote the industry and the people in it.
In 2022 Butchers Guide will be kitting out our supporters in bespoke WBC merch! On sale soon and available at the event, you will be able to purchase hats and t-shirts to celebrate being part of the action at the 2022 World Butchers’ Challenge.
Fueled by ideas, expertise and dedication across borders and beyond service lines, Cushman & Wakefield creates real estate solutions to prepare their clients for what’s next.
Our WBC lamb supplier, Superior Farms is an employee-owned company and the leader in the American lamb industry. Through sustainable practices and innovative processing, we deliver the mouthwatering experience more consumers demand. Farm to fork isn't a slogan; it's how we live every day.
Rancho Llano Seco was incorporated in 1861 and has a rich history of balancing agriculture, live stock husbandry and conservation. The Rancho is one of the last Mexican land grant properties that remains intact.Llano Seco Meats can be found at various Bay Area and Northern California butcher shops and retail locations.
Markstein Beverage Co. of Sacramento has a longstanding history in the business of beer. Since Pa Markstein delivered his first case of Golden Glow Beer in his horse-drawn wagon nearly a century ago, the company has been dedicated to its customers, its community and its craft. They take pride in the product they deliver – and how they deliver it. Their customers aren’t “accounts,” they’re neighbors, friends and partners – and they’re part of the Markstein family. That’s why they do more than deliver the world’s best beers – they develop personal relationships with their customers, and work tirelessly to ensure their success.
Verne Maranda & Son is a family-owned and -operated company specializing in food packaging supplies and food processing equipment for all your food service needs. Established in 1958, our company is based in the city of Sacramento, with service throughout the state of California. Let us help you select the right components for an efficient and well-stocked commercial kitchen.
Mary’s Free Range Chickens is proud to be family owned and operated since 1954. Mary's sons, David and Ben Pitman, are third-generation Pitman farmers who lead the company today. David and Ben have been taught by their father, Rick, who learned from his father, Don, about the importance of animal husbandry and their responsibility to ensure the welfare of animals.
Our protein sponsor for beef, Stemple Creek Ranch, use regenerative, organic agricultural practices, seeking to enhance and rehabilitate their ecosystem.
Pacific Seafood is one of the largest seafood companies in North America. From humble beginnings in 1941, Pacific Seafood has grown to employ more than 3,000 team members across 41 facilities in 11 states. Still family owned, Pacific Seafood manages all parts of the supply chain from harvesting/fishing to processing, and distribution in order to provide customers with fresh, sustainable, high-quality products
Minipack is a leading company in the design and manufacturing of packaging solutions with dozens of models patented at an international level, four technologically advanced production units, a capillary distribution and service network at the global level.
Over forty years of operation, the company has become a worldwide market leader in the sector of packaging, developing products capable of guaranteeing reliability and maximum productivity.