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Turnbull’s Land ‘Top Shop’ Accolade!

R Turnbull & Sons Butchers, have scooped yet another major meat industry accolade after being chosen as North of England Butcher’s Shop of the Year in annual awards run by industry ‘bible,’ the Meat Trades Journal (MTJ).
Butchers John and Mark Turnbull made their second visit to the capital within a fortnight to pick up the MTJ’s North of England Butcher’s Shop of the Year title at an awards ceremony at the Sheraton Park Lane Hotel.
Renowned as the premier awards for the UK butchery sector, they recognise and reward excellence in craft butchery and winners enter an exclusive group representing the crème de la crème of British butchery.
Mark Turnbull said: “To win our second high profile awards in the space of two weeks is a major achievement and a tremendous boost for us. These successes could not have been achieved without the support and dedication of the entire Turnbull’s team, who will go that extra mile to help our customers. They are a real credit to the business.”. The success for the Market Street shop followed hot on the heels of thier Smithfiled success, which you can read about inside.

Turnbull’s Bring Home the Bacon!

It will be pre-Christmas celebrations all round for Turnbull’s of Alnwick, who have just lifted much of the silverware in the Q Guild’s 2009 Smithfield Awards.
Turnbull’s prizes included two gold and three silver awards, a diamond award, the BPEX Award (British Pork Executive) and the overall supreme prize.
Turnbull’s diamond award-winning product was in the bacon & cured product category, where the business came out on top with its garlic & chilli dry-cured bacon, which then went on to win the top BPEX Award, before securing the overall supreme accolade. The judges said it was an amazing product and awarded it top marks of 100.
The awards are among the most highly coveted in the meat industry and a true indication of excellence. More than 500 products from Q members throughout the UK were assessed by an independent panel of experts.
At a ceremony in Butchers Hall, London, TV chef and restaurateur Brian Turner presented the awards to father-and-son butchers John and Mark Turnbull.