Butchers Corner

Meet Stilton Butchers Staff
When employing staff we only recruit the finest and highest skilled staff available. We are a registered CIEH training centre. To ensure that new staff are able to cut and prepare meat to Stilton Butchers standards, they are put through various block tests. Once employed by Stilton Butchers we ensure that they have all the relevant hygiene qualifications and train them thoroughly in our high standards of cutting and meat preparation.

Our butchers currently have 140 years combined experience within the meat industry but we are constantly looking at new products and presentation methods to ensure that we move forward within this ever changing industry.

James Johnstone
Head Catering Butcher

Award winning butcher James Johnstone has great passion for his job. He delivers perfection every time and is a great team leader. His fellow workers have great respect for him which creates a great working environment within the company. He is a real hard worker he started working on his family's farm as a young boy before moving on to do an apprenticeship in butchery at age 17 with Dentons Quality Meats. James has now worked for Stilton Butchers for over 15 years and is a great asset to the company.

Jeremy Musgrove
Retail Butchery Manager

Jeremy runs all of the retail sector for the home delivery service and Internet orders. He has been within the company now for over 3 years and has constantly day in and day out shown managerial material. He is a perfectionist in his cutting and presentation, and asks and enforces that his team follow this same path. He started butchery at age 16 doing an apprenticeship with Baxters of Stamford, before moving on and managing the butchery sections in CO-OP stores.

Rick Lambourne
Butcher

Started his apprenticeship at 16 years of age with Dewhurst Family Butchers. Within his first year he won Dewhurst apprentice butcher of the year. Then in 1983 won Master Butcher of the year for Dewhurst nationwide. Ricky has worked for Stilton Butchers now for over 12 years. He works very hard and always turns out meat of the highest quality.

Robert Fogg
Butcher

Started as a part time butcher as the age of 14. After leaving school Robert then worked in the butchery department for a local supermarket. He has since worked for two private owned butchers and another supermarket chain until he joined Stilton Butchers in 2007. Robert is a very experienced and accomplished butcher, working mainly in the beef department and is able to cut and prepare steaks to the highest standard.

Matt Gerrard
Assistant butchery manager

Matthew has been employed by stilton butchers for over 13 years. Prior to that he was employed by John Robins butchers. And at the butchery department at the co-operative for 4 ½ years. Matthew has worked in and supervised all areas of our butchery department including the beef, pork, lamb, poultry, gammon and cooked meats. Matthew is an excellent and efficient butcher able to produce cuts of meat to the very highest standard.

Alex Neill
Butchery supervisor
Bacon and cooked meats department

Alex started with stilton butchers over 14 years ago. He has worked in many areas of our butchery department, mainly poultry, bacon and cooked meats working his way through the company to his present position of supervisor. Alex is not only responsible for the preparation and cutting of the gammon steaks but also for the collation of all orders for bacon and cooked meats.

Andrew Brown
Butchery supervisor
Poultry department

Andrew has been with stilton butchers since 2005. He is now the butchery supervisor in our busy and ever expanding poultry department, responsible for all aspects of cutting, preparation and packing. An efficient and hard working butcher.

Robert Caddy
Butcher assistant

Robert started with stilton butchers just over a year ago and is early in his career with us. He is responsible for preparing all our burgers and minced beef. Robert is always helpful and prepared to assist in any area of our butchery department.

Geoffrey Gilbert
Butcher

Although only stating at stilton butchers just over a year ago. Geoff is another of our long term butchers. Starting at the age of 15, leaving all aspects of the butchery trade including slaughtering. Geoff has worked in the industry all of his life. He is a very experienced knowledgeable and competent butcher as you would expect for his many years working as a butcher.

Jim Lees
Sales manager Stilton Butchers

Jim started with Stilton Butchers in 1990, but has worked in the meat and farm industry for over 50 years. Although now office based Jim is a fully experienced butcher. With a wealth of knowledge of products, cutting and production methods, throughout all of our butchery department