Farmison & Co, Ripon

In this day and age, not only are we often too time poor to go to the butcher, but there are increasingly fewer decent meat specialists on the high street. Farmison & Co has filled this market gap for the carnivorous urbanite, offering an online butchery service that's second to none. And you don't have to take our word for it; they earned runner up in Observer Food Monthly's 'Best Independent Retailer 2017' as well as Meat Trades Journal's 'Best Online Butcher's Shop of the Year' award two years running in 2016 and 2017 for their high quality produce.

Specialising in British heritage meats, particularly beef, pork and lamb - animals bred to perfection in the 18th and 19th centuries and being preserved by dedicated farmers now - Farmison's customers can count on full-flavoured meat with abundant marbling. Farmison & Co has been working with farmers for years that practise responsible animal husbandry. As master butchers, you can count on some of the finest dry-ageing on the bone delivered fresh (not frozen) to your door in under 48 hours. This means Michelin-level meat (sold to Caprice Holding Restaurants and the Salt Yard Group, amongst others) enjoyed by chefs and cooks at home without the hassle of procuring it yourself.