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CANNINGS FREE RANGE
BUTCHERS, KEW, VIC
This wood-clad space in Melbourne’s inner-east
gets big ticks for its eco values and strong ethics.
Produce is 100 per cent free-range and farmed
using natural methods only. Here you’ll find
saltbush -grazed dorper lamb from SA and fresh
seafood from the south and east coasts. Also,
Cannings uses renewable power from Hydro
Tasmania, Australia’s largest generator of clean
VICTOR CHURCHILL, energy. canningsfreerangebutchers.com.au
WOOLLAHRA, NSW
Perhaps the first butcher shop to display its wares as
fine art rather than mere produce, Victor Puharich
and his son, Anthony, have created a veritable meat
gallery in Sydney’s upmarket Woollahra. Described
by Anthony Bourdain as the ‘most beautiful butcher
shop in the world’, it’s worth visiting to simply ogle
the window display.victorchurchill.comFLUORESCENT-LIT BUTCHER SHOPS with their cling-wrapped meats adorned
with a ubiquitous sprig of curly parsley have undergone a revival of late. Butchers are
transforming their trade and embracing their craftsmanship, turning their shops into a
celebration of produce. No longer simply meat markets, these five butchers have created
spaces that are as engaging to behold as any patisserie or delicatessen.PHOTOGRAPHY: KATIE WILTON (PETER BOUCHIER);HARVARD WANG (MEATSMITH)BOUTIQUE BUTCHERIES
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1888 Certified, Double Bay, NSW
THE FAMILIES OF CHARLIE CRICHTON AND
TIM WHITE HAVE BEEN FARMERS AND
GRAZIERS FOR OVER 100 YEARS. THESE DAYS
THE PAIR RUN A STUNNING MEAT BOUTIQUE
IN SYDNEY. UNITED BY THEIR VALUES AND
33 YEARS OF FRIENDSHIP, THEY SET ABOUT
DEDICATING A BUTCHERY TO TRACEABLE
MEAT WITH NO HORMONES, ANTIBIOTICS
OR ANIMAL FEED. CONDUCTING AUDITS
ON ALL THEIR SUPPLIERS EACH YEAR, YOU
CAN BE SURE ANY MEAT BOUGHT HERE IS
1888 CERTIFIED. 1888CERTIFIED.COM.AUMeatsmith, Fitzroy, Vic
CHEF ANDREW MCCONNELL AND
BUTCHER TROY WHEELER HAVE OPENED
A MEAT AND WINE EMPORIUM WHERE
IT’S NOT JUST THE BEEF THAT’S
MARBLED BUT ALSO THE COUNTERTOP.
GRAB TAKE-HOME MEALS AND ASK THE
SOMMELIER ABOUT A WINE TO MATCH
YOUR CHOICE.MEATSMITH.COM.AU
Peter Bouchier, Toorak , Vic
THERE ARE NO WINDOWS PAINTED
WITH FROLICKING LAMBS AND PIGS AS
IF ADVERTISING THEIR DELICIOUSNESS
HERE (A STRANGE PHENOMENON, WE
FEEL); IT’S ALL GOLD LETTERING, FLAT
CAPS, COOL APRONS AND SLEEK TILES.
THE STORE IS AN ICON OF THE AREA
AND WELL-LOVED FOR ITS BEAUTIFUL
MEATS. IF YOU’RE STAYING LOCALLY AND
HAVE ACCESS TO A KITCHEN, PICK UP A
STEAK OR GRAB A DELI LUNCHBOX AND
FIND A PARK. PETERGBOUCHIER.COM.AU