Closing Date for Applications: 7 August 2026
Standard / Level: Level 2
Location: HIGH STREET FARNDON CHESTER CH3 6PT
Working for: ASTLEY & STRATTON LTD
Starting Salary: £15,392 to £24,454.04, depending on your age

Astley & Stratton offer the finest locally sourced meats from British farms. With a passion for quality, we take great pride in providing our customers with the very best in premium meat products. Looking for an apprentice butcher to work within our team based in Farndon.

Our butchery ethos is to work to gluten free recipes wherever possible. You will find the majority of products, be them traditional or new exciting flavours, will not contain gluten. Working closely with a local greengrocer enables Astley & Stratton to provide the freshest fruit and vegetables throughout the changing seasons. Visiting the markets on a daily basis allows only the best produce to be selected thus ensuring the highest quality. Providing only the highest quality cheese combined with loyalty to local Artisan cheese producers will enable a selection of fantastic British cheeses to be offered. Working with the expertise of well-established cheese mongers will ensure that the best cheeses are available at their peak.

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you’ll do at work

  • Serving Customers
  • Cutting and Preparing Meat
  • Cleaning
  • Making Pies
  • Stocktaking
  • Taking deliveries
  • Food Safety admin eg Temperature sheets

https://www.astleyandstratton.co.uk/