We are now in our seventh year of trading, here at the Art of Meat, and thankfully we are still enjoying continued success with our range of novel and contemporary products made from the finest locally sourced meats.

Our unique selling point is that we provide all the traditional skills of the family butchers but to combine them with novel technical food design to create gourmet meat products with an innovative twist.

After leaving a career in Molecular Biology, owner Jon West has created a modern take on the traditional butcher's shop. His enthusiasm for the best quality local produce is complimented by the talents of his colleagues. Resident Master Butcher Brian Adams has over 40 years of experience and is a Master Butcher in the trade, and part-timer Ashley, who over 8 years experience both as a Butcher and also in meat Quality Assessment

By remaining the only purely retail butchers shop in Cambridge we want to maintain our high standards of quality, sourcing the best local meats and using free range produce whenever possible.

This passion for great food and attention to detail has led to favourable reviews in both local and national press and a two page feature in Andrew Webb’s Food Britannia, the Sunday Times Food Book of the Year 2012.

Our purchasing policy means that whenever possible we buy locally from suppliers that we know personally and trust. From the free range pig farmer to the director of the local abattoir we believe that good suppliers are people who are passionate about the food they produce, and who understand that the best meat comes from healthy, happy livestock, raised with care, slaughtered sympathetically and presented with care.

We use Dingely dell Pork the finest free range pork producers in East Anglia and which is supplied to restaurants run by some of the best chefs in the UK (see website for details).

We stock free range chickens and eggs produced by James Murdoch at Duck Lane Farm, Cardington in Bedfordshire. James is a small scale producer who is committed to the highest levels of animal welfare.

Our beef is sourced from across the East Anglia region and is hand selected for us by our suppliers for quality and depth of flavour including the fabulous Riverside Beef.