A cut above: Butcher offers classes in meat prep

London – A premium butcher is offering meat lovers the chance to learn all about the belly of the beast – along with the loin, the ribs and the oxtail. Allens of Mayfair’s butchery classes for beginners are set to return to the block in January 2010.

Consumers are increasingly expressing the desire to deepen their gastronomic knowledge – a demand that led everyman chef Jamie Oliver, for instance, to open his food emporium and cookshop in south London earlier this year.