We are butcher world champions!
The Butcher Wolfpack won the World Championship title at the World Butchers' Challenge 2022 in Sacramento (USA). The Bavarian butcher trade congratulates on this sensational achievement. State Guild Master Konrad Ammon: "It's not just a victory for the team, but a success for our trade."
The team around captain Dirk Freyberger (Nuremberg), Michael Moser (Landsberg/ Lech), Matthias Endraß (Bad Hindelang), Katharina Bertl (Landsberg/ Lech), Jürgen Reck (Möhrendorf) and Jörg Erchinger (Berlin) competed in the Golden 1st place on Saturday morning Center Sacramento, where the US basketball team the Sacramento Kings usually plays, competes against teams from thirteen other nations. Among them well-known opponents from Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, France, Italy or the USA. The team has been preparing for this day since 2019.
Due to the pandemic, the competition had to be postponed again and again. This year it should finally succeed. In the specified time of three and a half hours, half a beef, half a pig, a whole lamb and five chickens had to be cut up and processed into products. High-performance sport would say experts. Under the motto "Oktoberfest" steaks, roasts, specialties and cuts were presented under a small marquee. A skewer turned in the tent and the team even had a small oven with them to bake a meat loaf directly on site. The products were then evaluated by 14 judges and some were tasted.
The winners were announced in a dignified setting in the Sacramento Memorial Auditorium on Sunday evening (local time). In addition to the overall performance, 4 different product categories were also evaluated. Of these, too, the team was able to claim three victories, including the “World's Best Beef Sausage” and the “World's Best Gourmet Sausage”. Team member Michael Moser was also voted into the All Star Team of the Butcher World Championship.
When the victory for the German team in the overall standings was announced as the icing on the cake, all the dams broke in the capital of California and the arena was engulfed in a sea of black, red and gold flags.
“The entire team delivered the perfect performance to the point. The fact that we managed to achieve such a triumph in these turbulent times makes me incredibly proud. There is a lot of work behind this success. Thank you to everyone who made this possible, especially ours
sponsors, all supporters and our families,” said team captain Dirk Freyberger, who was visibly moved after the award ceremony. Team manager Werner Braun from Wiedenzhausen also let his emotions run free. "This victory means so much for our German butcher's trade, I still can't believe that we just managed to do it," said Braun with tears in his eyes. The youngsters also showed their skills as part of the butcher world championships. Here the Germans achieved another success. Young butcher Fabian Schüttler (category “Best Trainee”) brought the Vice World Champion title to Germany.
Endraß-Lacher (category "Best journeyman") missed the podium in her category despite an outstanding performance and as the only woman in the field by a hair's breadth.
Source: State guild association for the Bavarian butcher trade
https://www.metzgerhandwerk.de/
