Top award for O'Doherty's Irish Meats in Northern Ireland

O'Doherty's Irish Meats in Northern Ireland has been named in a top UK awards for butchers. The company, based in Enniskillen, county Fermanagh, has been awarded the Butcher's Shop of the Year 2015 in Northern Ireland in the Butcher's Shop of the Year Awards, run annually by the Meat Trades Journal magazine. Owned and managed by Pat O'Doherty, who developed the multi-award winning foods Fermanagh Black Bacon and Fermanagh Corned Beef, is one of Ireland's best known and most successful family butchers. The company recently invested in a major expansion of its operationsincluding the launch of a food-to-go Black Bacon sandwich. Speaking of his success, Pat O'Doherty says the award is a "very significant endorsement of the company's customer-focused services, innovative products and dedicated staff". "The awards help to showcase the quality of products and services provided by independent and especially family butchers across the UK. Rod Addy, editor of Meat Trades Journal, praised all the butchers who took part in this year's competition: "It's so inspiring to witness the wealth of established and emerging talent in the butchery industry gathered for these awards," he said. "Congratulations to all the finalists, regional and national award winners, all of whom are at the top of their game, but only one can claim the overall title of Butcher's Shops of the Year and Simpsons Butchers, a previous regional winner, was a worthy champion." The Butcher's Shop of the Year Awards are renowned as the premier event for the UK butchery sector. They recognise excellence in craft butchery and winners enter an exclusive group representing the cr?me de la cr?me of British butchery. The awards recognise and reward the top butcher's shops across six regions of the UK.