The Hellers Sharp Blacks have gained third place on the World Butchers’ Problem in Sacramento. The workforce, made up of six Kiwi butchers, traveled to america to compete towards 12 different international locations in a three-and-a-half-hour showdown on the Golden 1 Heart in Sacramento, California.

Workforce captain of the Hellers Sharp Blacks, Riki Kerekere says that after two years of covid cancellations it was wonderful for the workforce to lastly be sharpening their knives and competing on the world stage.

“To return third is a large achievement and I’m actually pleased with how properly the workforce carried out on the day,” says Riki.

The competitors was held on Saturday September 3, and the Golden 1 Heart in Sacramento was remodeled into the world’s largest butchery. Native and worldwide guests had been handled to a spectacular three and a half hour slicing competitors, the place every workforce needed to flip a aspect of beef, a aspect of pork, an entire lamb and 5 chickens right into a themed show of value-added cuts.

Groups competed to reveal their carving, boning and ending abilities, underpinned by their very own artistic and cultural aptitude.

The winners had been introduced at a black-tie gala dinner held on the Memorial Auditorium in Sacramento on Sunday, with Workforce Germany profitable the competitors, taking out the coveted Friedr. Dick Golden Knife Trophy with the Australian workforce claiming second place and the New Zealand workforce inserting third.

The Hellers Sharp Blacks arrive again in New Zealand early on Wednesday morning.