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‘Farmshop in the city’ is acut above

THIS butchery is a cut above the rest with a passion for its craft and sourcing quality Scottish produce.

The Butcher The Baker was opened in December 2016 by Jonathan Clark, who is also part of the Clarks Bakery business, on Anfield Road in the city’s West End.

The massive butchery features high quality meats, with the whole production process on display, and also an extensive range of wines, gins and beers which have been sourced from mostly all Scottish companies with the exception of a few beers.

Operations manager, Dan Bunce, has been at the business for the past year and prides his role in the “farmshop in the city”.

He said: “There is nothing else like The Butcher The Baker in Dundee.

“Farm shops aren’t accessible to everyone so we wanted to create an environment which is bringing that feeling to the city.

“Although we have that farm shop style and are doing everything a bit differently, we do not bump prices up. We offer very competitive prices for fantastic meat and other produce.

“All of our meat is from Aberdeen Angus cattle and we only use female heffers so we know we are providing incredible quality.”

Butchery director, David Webster, has the trade in his blood and has followed in his father, grandfather and great grandfather’s footsteps by becoming a butcher.

David said: “It has always been in my blood. I have worked in various roles such as accountancy through the years, but I was always meant to be a butcher.

“My great grandfather opened Webster’s Butchers on Blackness Road in 1902 which continued to my grandfather and then my dad. When my dad was retiring I was about 17 and butchery was a dying trade so I didn’t get into it straight away but I love the vision of The Butcher The Baker.”

Butchery manager, Paul Higgins, also shares the same passion for only the best quality meats coming from The House of Bruar.

Dan added: “People are getting to know us more now and everyone who visits us loves knowing it is all Scottish.

“We as a business alongside Clarks Bakery will go through thick and thin to keep good family businesses in the area and we hope in the future the council will allow us to gain a full retail licence rather than just a trade counter so we can look at opening more premises in Dundee.”