Knowing where your meat comes from and to what standards it’s been produced, is hugely important. With that in mind, we’ve rounded up some of the best meat to get delivered to your door.
The Ethical Butcher
If you're looking for meat that comes from farmers who farm "in a way that is better for the animals, us as humans and the planet" then you've come to the right place. This online company works with farms that focus on organic, ethical, nature regenerative farming and they believe you can taste that difference in the meat they sell. Shop individual items like steaks and larger cuts or opt for a particular meat box.
Follow them on Instagram @ethicalbutcher.
The Ginger Pig
The ethos of The Ginger Pig is simple: “livestock that is looked after well in the field simply tastes better on the plate.” This butcher with shops across London has longstanding links with the farmers that supply it, and they make cracking sausage rolls in-house too.
They do a range of cuts and boxes as well as pies and scotch eggs and we particularly liked the sound of their breakfast box featuring everything you'd need for a cracking fry up.
Follow them on Instagram @gingerpigltd.
HG Walter
HG Walter supply the meat for numerous London restaurants, from The River Cafe through to Patty & Bun and Kricket. On the meat box side of things, they have multiple options including one focused on chops, another on grass-fed beef and the Meat Survival Box which has a bit of everything. They even make their own scotch eggs, shepherd's pie, stocks and more.
Follow them on Instagram @hgwalter.
Provenance Butchers
Provenance have several butchers in West London, starting in Notting Hill and including Chelsea, Wimbledon and Queen's Park. They have built up strong relationships with British suppliers (as well as getting Iberico pork from Spain). The online shop has a huge range and offers delivery across the UK (and same-day in London). There are a huge amount of cuts to wade through and keep an eye out for special boxes, including a taco kit.
Follow them on Instagram @provenancebutcher
Swaledale
Swaledale meat features in many a London restaurant and you can buy direct too. They're a whole-carcass butcher specialising in native breeds, and a focus on beef, free-range pork and lamb. You'll find a particularly huge amount of cuts here, many dry-aged in their Himalayan salt wall room, and suitable for pretty much any recipe and look out for their seasonal specials.
Follow them on Instagram: @swaledalebutchers.
Turner & George
When the man who was once Hawksmoor’s executive chef is one half of the butchery team, you know that what you’re going to find at this Angel butcher will be top quality. Their shop sells meat from British native breeds reared on independent farms and smallholding. It’s aged in-house and they make their own sausages and burgers too (the black/white label burgers are fantastic). Meat boxes include the Spanish Old Cow box which features a number of Galician and Basque cuts
Follow them on Instagram @turnerandgeorge.
Meat Me At Home
Meat Me at Home is the online home delivery service of Freedown Food, which supplies meat to the likes of Nobu, Hakkasan, Hide, Sexy Fish, Zuma and Harrods. Their USP is really interesting luxury cuts like wagyu from Japan, Australia and Chile along with Duke of Berkshire ‘Kurobuta’ and Iberian Pata Negra pork.
Included in their box selections are new additions of specialist poultry, UK wagyu charcuterie produced exclusively for MMAH and their own Wagyu brand, Freedown Hills, raised in the UK and finished on caramelised olive feed.
Follow them on Instagram @meatmeathome.
O'Shea's
Darrah O'Shea is an eighth-generation butcher who also runs West Mains Farm in Tullibardine, Perthshire. They have a focus on native beef breeds as well as rare breed Tamworth and Large Black pigs. Here, it's all about individual cuts with delivery available across the UK.
Follow them on Instagram @osheasbutchers.
See also:
Coombeshead Farm - Tom Adams' farm has an online shop that will deliver regular special boxes, including mangalitza ham, bacon and even their amazing bread.
Farmison and co - Alongside a range of cuts, look out for their regular meat boxes (and they also have a subscription)
Jones, The Butcher - A great London butcher that started at Smithfield before coming to Herne Hill in 1962.
Godfreys - If you can't make it to Highbury for this acclaimed butcher, you can also buy online.
Phillip Warren - One of Cornwall's best and suppliers of restaurants that include Brat, Blacklock and Flat Iron.
Pipers Farm - The award-winning butchers is touted by many a chef and food writer.
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