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\nA man who was mocked for wanting to be a butcher now leads an award winning butcher shop.
\nJonny Farrell, a 36 year-old who lives near Ormskirk, spoke of his pride after his business, Butcher Farrell\u2019s Meat Emporium, was awarded the New Butchery Business of the Year. This took place at the Butcher\u2019s Shop awards last month.
\nJonny founded the butchery in 2020 in what was a \u201cmassive leap of faith\u201d after a spell out of the industry. Jonny said: \u201cI left the industry, I was bored and sick of it.\u201d
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\nHowever, Jonny found himself \u201cmiserable\u201d at what was supposed to be a dream job for him. Thankfully, he was given a way out when somebody at Warrington Market contacted him and said there was a space free.
\nHe said: \u201cThe penny dropped and I thought, \u2018I have to do this.\u2019\u201d It was just Jonny for a while, before ex-chefs Sam and James joined the team.
\nLike Jonny, 21 year-old Sam Bailey and 30 year-old James Shaw both took a risk in transitioning from restaurant chefs, but the gamble has firmly paid off. Jonny said: \u201cI\u2019m just so proud of my boys that work for me, they\u2019re phenomenal.\u201d
\nHe added: \u201cThey\u2019re really passionate about the job. They\u2019re the ones that asked to enter for the awards.\u201d
\nJonny had always wanted to be a butcher, but that dream took a huge dent after a dispiriting visit to a butchers in Leeds when he was younger. He said: \u201cI went into a shop in Leeds where I was studying, I had long hair at the time and they laughed me out. I said I just wanted a Saturday job, but they said there was no chance.\u201d
\n(Image: Jonny Farrell)
\nJonny became an audio engineer instead, but that work dried up in 2010 when he moved to Beijing and met the woman who would become his wife. He said: \u201cWe moved to Shanghai after that and I couldn\u2019t get any audio work.\"
\nBy chance, one day he walked past a western butcher, found work there and he soon worked his way up the industry. He said: \u201cThe butchers just wanted me to stand in front of the counters and speak to customers, they didn\u2019t teach me how to be a butcher.
\n\u201cSo I taught myself. Then I moved to Hong Kong, working with chefs from all over the word. That gave me some advantage, I worked with phenomenal chefs and learnt how to do things from their culture.\u201d
\nThis has resulted in Jonny\u2019s \u201cfluid\u201d approach to being a butcher. Customers can visit his shop and ask for meat to be prepared a certain way.
\nHe admitted that some butchers have labelled him an \u201cidiot\u201d for his methods, but those methods have been key to Butcher Farrell\u2019s success. He said: \u201cA customer might come in and start describing something they\u2019ve seen on TV, like on an Anthony Bourdain show.
\n\u201cMe, Sam and James will go, \u2018ah you\u2019re talking about this, it needs to be prepared differently,\u2019 and we\u2019ll do it for you. It\u2019s that involvement, you kind of take the customer on a journey.
\n\u201cIt sounds corny as hell, but you work as a team with the customer to get the product they want. That\u2019s what sets you aside.\u201d
\nAs well as his team, Jonny thanked his wife, Amy Farrell, who helped him start the business and helps deliver their products to Liverpool twice a week. He said: \u201cWithout her, I couldn\u2019t have done it.\u201d
\n(Image: Jonny Farrell)
\nHe also thanked Tom Dodson, the man behind The Smoke Faced Grilla online account which promotes cooking on a barbeque. According to Jonny, Tom has been \u201ca big part of our success\u201d by promoting Butcher Farrell\u2019s products on Instagram.
\nButcher Farrell\u2019s started nationwide deliveries of its meat late last year and supplies food to Liverpool venues including the Baltic Market. Jonny is planning further expansion too, including building a bigger shop, hosting barbeques and recruiting a fourth member of the team.
\nHe is hopeful that positive feedback from his customers will continue to come in, which he described as the \u201ccr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me\u201d of his work. He said: \u201cI\u2019m getting messages from customers on Instagram who have cooked the meat and are loving it. I love that they take time out of their day to send a picture to me.\u201d
\nHe added: \u201cIt\u2019s just an awesome achievement.\u201d Butcher Farrell's Meat Emporium can be found on Rufford Road in Ormskirk.
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