Our MD, Catherine Butler, has scooped the prestigious award of South Wales Business Female Entrepreneur 2019 at an event hosted this week by Sara Edwards, held in The Bear Hotel in Cowbridge. Catherine took over the family butchery business, Hugh Phillips Gower Butcher, in 2016 and put all her effort into developing the customer base […]
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Best Cuts of Lamb for A Winter Stew
Following last week’s article about the best cuts of beef for a heart-warming stew, as promised, this week, we’ve come up with a guide to the best cuts of lamb to use in a delicious winter stew. These recommended cuts are ideal for slow cooking, so you can prepare you stew in the morning (or […]
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A Butcher Isn’t Just for Christmas
As the season of feasts approaches, the team at Hugh Phillips Gower Butcher is asking shoppers to support their local butchers for life and not just for Christmas Selecting your festive meats from the butcher is a part of preparing for Christmas that we all enjoy. There’s something extremely satisfying about buying a turkey, goose […]
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Tips for Cooking Meat in Your Slow Cooker
Using a slow cooker for your family meals is a great way to save time and serve up a delicious dinner too. This method of cooking is also a healthy and low fat, requiring minimum effort. You can prepare most recipes in a slow cooker and meat in particular ends up moist and tasty whilst […]
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How to choose the perfect cut for a great roast dinner
The best parts of an animal to use for a roast dinner will depend on the dish you want to cook, your personal taste and your budget. So ,our experienced team at Hugh Phillips Gower Butchers have come up with a short guide to choosing the best cuts for perfect roast dinner. As with most […]
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Recipe Competition Winner – Penclawdd Steak
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) […]
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Popularity of Chicken in January
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 […]
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Is this Britain’s only woman to run a butchers and abattoir?
Catherine Butler is used to being a woman in a man’s world. After more than a decade helping her father run the family’s abattoir and butchers, she has officially taken the reins as the owner of the company following her father Hugh’s retirement. The transition was marked by her winning Food Standards Agency approval on [...] Continue Reading -
Swansea butcher scoops strong man title
Swansea Butcher Hugh Phillips, which has its own abattoir on Gower and a stall on Swansea Market, is celebrating employee David Todd’s stunning strong man victory. Butcher David scooped the title of Wales’ Strongest Man Under 80 kilos in Cardiff last month in Wales’ Show of Strength competition - and he says working as a [...] Continue Reading -
Salt marsh lamb: the Welsh delicacy coming into season this May/June
Welsh butcher Hugh Phillips, which is also the only butcher on Swansea’s famous indoor market to have its own abattoir and totally traceable produce with PGI (Protected Geographical Indication) status, is getting ready for its first deliveries of Gower salt marsh lamb in May/June this year. A hugely sought after Welsh delicacy, Gower salt marsh [...] Continue Reading