The team at Hugh Phillips Gower Butchers, who have had a stall in Swansea Market since 1878, has scooped the overall award for the best family business in the FSB Wales awards 2018. The team will now go on to the UK Awards in London where they will compete to become the FSB’s Family Business […]

Our Facebook recipe competition which we ran in January has been won by Marc Lyn who entered his recipe for Penclawdd Steak. Penclawdd Steak – Ingredients • 1/2 onion (white, brown or yellow) • 1/2 cup breadcrumbs • 1 lb/500g ground beef (i.e. best Hugh Phillips beef mince) • 1 egg (free range of course) […]

Our guest writer, Non Evans MBE, regularly shares with us some of her healthy and nutritious meat recipes.  And we’re delighted to share three of these recipes with you in our latest blog: Non’s Healthy Meat Recipes. Beef Hot Pot We’re starting with her beef hot pot recipe, perfect for a cold winter’s evening and […]

If you’re planning a dinner party for friends and family, then you’re probably looking to cook something that is easy to prepare and serve but that looks really impressive too!  The ideal cut which is perfect to impress is a Welsh Rack of Lamb. In fact, you can roast a whole rack of lamb to […]

At Hugh Phillips Gower Butcher we pride ourselves on the quality of all our meats and in particular our traditionally matured grass fed Welsh Beef – and our Welsh sirloin steak is no exception. Hand cut and trimmed by our qualified butchers, these juicy steaks are marbled with internal fat which melts during cooking, helping […]

Red meat, including beef burgers, tends to be overlooked as part of a nutritious diet; but moderate amounts fit perfectly into a balanced diet.  Beef burgers made with lean mince packs your meal with nutrients, like iron, vitamin B-12 and protein. Why are these nutrients so important? Iron carries oxygen to cells, tissues and organs […]

It’s that time of year when many of us have over eaten and indulged during Christmas and, now it’s the New Year, we’re looking at a healthier, more balanced diet.  A lot of people tend to turn to ‘faddy’ diets to get the weight off but give up within a matter of weeks.  But you […]

It’s just two weeks until Christmas and if you haven’t done so already, you really need to get your turkey and other meat orders in very quickly to avoid disappointment.  But, here’s a question?  Why do we go mad for turkey only during the festive season? Turkey is not only extremely versatile, so doesn’t have […]

Most of us have heard of the Royal Welsh Show, but less well known is the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society’s Winter Fair which takes place each November at the same site in Builth Wells. First staged in 1990, the Winter Fair is becoming increasingly popular in the British agricultural show calendar. Leading stockmen from all […]

We all love Christmas, well most of us anyway!  But if it’s your turn to prepare the perfect Christmas dinner, the stress of entertaining the family may already be starting to rear its head.   The best way to avoid the stresses of the good old festive feast is to plan and do as much as […]

Most Christmas hampers tend to be made up of classic choices like jams, chutneys or chocolates or savoury alternatives such as cheese and biscuits all complemented with wines and whiskeys. But in recent years, meat hampers have started to become equally as popular. And why not? Who doesn’t love a selection of fresh or cured […]

Most British families tend to opt for a turkey for their traditional festive dinner but did you know that the good old turkey has only been gracing the British table since the 16th century when it arrived here from America. Before that traditional British Christmas roasts would normally be geese. British Christmas Roasts However, poultry […]

Words like ‘great value for money’, ‘underused cuts’ and ‘perfect for slow cooking’ are currently being used about pork shoulder joints by many of our celebrity chefs like Nigella, Jamie Oliver and Tom Kerridge  who are all strong advocates of pulled pork. So why is this ‘poor relation cut’ growing so much in popularity?  Essentially, […]

David Todd, an employee at Hugh Phillips Gower Butcher’s Swansea Abattoir, has just become Wale’s first champion in the Britain Strongest Man competition in the under 80kg category. David, who trains a minimum of four times a week, was placed in overall first position in this prestigious competition which was held last month.  Earlier this […]

Non Evans MBE is well-known for her sporting achievements and her commitment to helping others to reach their physical and sporting goals. Her impressive sporting career includes playing International Rugby and being the only female to have competed at three different disciplines at the Commonwealth Games.  She is also a TV and Radio presenter including […]

We all know that, as tasty as they are, sausages are not considered to be the healthiest of meat choices.  In fact, over the past few years, there has been even more negative publicity surrounding the good old British sausage, with health issues caused by chemicals such as nitrates which are commonly used during meat-processing […]

Love them or hate them, farm house faggots remain a popular British dish, with tens of millions of them being eaten every year. But what are they exactly? Faggots are a bit like meatballs, though they tend to be larger in size than a traditional meatball.  Faggots are made from off-cut meats which are mixed […]

Prime rib of beef  is one of the most classic cuts of beef which is growing in popularity among consumers across the UK. How do we know this?  It’s because rib of beef is one of the best sellers from our new, online butcher’s shop.  This cut of beef comes from the fore-quarter of our […]

This week our Farm and Abattoir in Llanmorlais played host this week the annual Glamorgan Young Farmers Carcass Judging Competition with 50 competitors between the ages of 10 and 26. This is the eighth year running that we have hosted this prestigious event in the Glamorgan Young Farmers Calendar. Classes in the competition include classes […]

Gower Salt Marsh Lamb is one of the most popular products that we sell on the Hugh Phillips Gower Butcher online shop. But what makes this cut of lamb so special?  Undoubtedly, it’s the environment where the sheep graze that makes the meat succulent and tender with the most incredible taste. The specific habitat growing […]