Butchery Courses at Sway Butchers are aimed at meat enthusiasts & passionate cooks who want to learn new skills that they can put into practice at home.
Our skilled butchers will guide you through the various cuts and demonstrate the breakdown of a carcass. Dive into a hands-on experience, acquiring skills in cutting, boning, rolling, tying, and joint preparation for cooking. Whether you’re a livestock enthusiast or a novice in meat handling, our courses cater to all levels.
Choose from four specialized courses in Sausage Making, Lamb, Chicken or Pork, with each session limited to a maximum of four participants for an intimate learning environment. As a token of your efforts, you can take home a selection of your handywork.
All courses are conducted in our dedicated Butchery Cutting Room in Sway. Tools, safety gloves and protective clothing are provided on site at the start of the course.
Our Butchery Courses take place Monday – Saturday during business hours
Cost Per Person – £95 including VAT and gifted produce
Contact us at 01590 682302 for more information
Sausage Making
Discover how we craft our award-winning sausages at Sway Butchers. You’ll learn the full process—from meat preparation to flavouring and casing—then make your own sausages with a flavour profile of your choice to take home.
Lamb Butchery
This course teaches how to butcher a whole lamb into its various cuts, including shoulder, leg, chops, cutlets, breast, rump, shank, and neck. Every participant is provided with a whole lamb to butcher independently under expert guidance.
Pork Butchery
Learn how to break down a side of pork into all its primary joints. This comprehensive course covers butchering the leg, sparerib, belly, loin, chops, hand, hock, and baby back ribs. Each attendee will work on their own side of pork, learning the process from start to finish.
Chicken Butchery
experience first hand how to butcher chickens in many different ways. learn how to bone chicken ballotines, chicken crowns, chicken leg parcels, thighs, drumsticks, breasts, chicken Supreme and how to spatchcock chicken. Chicken is provided. follow us as our master butchers teach you these skills.
Accommodation
Butcher’s Cottage, Sway
For those travelling for a course, why not make a short break of it with a stay in our holiday cottage. Spend some time enjoying the beautiful surroundings or the national park then back to the cottage to sample the food you have prepared.
Butcher’s Cottage is a family and dog friendly 3 bedroom property with 2 bathrooms which comfortably sleeps up to 5 people. Based in the village of Sway, it offers the perfect holiday location. Surrounded by the New Forest National Park it is only a short walk from Butcher’s Cottage to the open forest with the freedom to explore the 140,000 acres of ancient woodlands, moorlands, and heathlands. Our cottage is in easy reach of the south coast giving you access to miles of stunning beaches and coastline.
