M and J’s Butcher Shop on Clarence, Bellerive voted as Tassie’s Best

The state’s top butcher has said a big thank you to his customers who went above and beyond to vote him Tassie’s Best Butcher. SEE WHO WON + RUNNER UP >>

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THE state’s top butcher has said a big thank you to his customers who went above and beyond to vote him Tassie’s Best Butcher.

Matthew Hansson from M and J’s Butcher On Clarence, Bellerive said throughout the course of the competition customers happily told him they were voting for him.

WHAT OTHER BUTCHERS WERE A CUT ABOVE?

• Bayside Meats, Sandy Bay
• TCM Market, Lauderdale
• Mundy’s Meat Supply, Geilston Bay
• Snug Butchery, Snug
• Huon Valley Meat Co, West Hobart

“It’s really good ... I had a lot of customers coming in saying they’d been voting – I knew a lot had been voting,” he said.

“It’s our customers that have voted us in and we can’t thank them enough for their support.

“If it wasn’t for them we wouldn’t have won.”

Jason Nichols and Matt Hansson butchers and owners of M&J's Butcher winners of best butcher vote. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES

Favourite items for Christmas from the Bellerive store include butterflied lamb and chicken, as well as hams, Mr Hansson said.

“Ham is always the most popular, but a lot of people have barbies and they have butterflied legs of lamb or butterflied chickens,” he said.

“We butterfly it out flat so it cooks real quick and it probably only takes half an hour on the barbie, no need to carve, no bones or anything.”

Tassie’s Best Butcher is part of an ongoing series with celebrity foodie Matt Preston and delicious magazine.

In the wake of COVID-19 Matt Preston is looking to highlight standout hospitality and food producers around the country to boost support and patronage.

“Every month, Delicious Local will celebrate who does the best food across Australia in a buffet of supercalifragideliciousness – and I want locals to be my guide,” Mr Preston said.

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Originally published as M and J’s Butcher Shop on Clarence, Bellerive voted as Tassie’s Best