Seasonal news

The ban on wildfowling is lifted, so we do have all gamebirds on sale for the next few weeks until the season ends.  Our last day of delivery for ducks, woodcock, pheasants and partridge is the 11th Feb....more

Dear All We hope that you had a good Christmas and that you are not snowed in! Wildfowl The Government have announced a ban on wildfowling during this very cold weather to preserve the populations of wading birds and ducks.  This affects some...more

We'd like to thank you for helping us to win the Scottish Countryside Alliance Award for the Best Local Food.  It was your nominations that got us through to the shortlist and on Tuesday evening we picked up the award in Holyrood.  It was o...more

BBC Good Food Show - Glasgow 30th October - 1st November The Blackface Meat Company is going to be at the BBC Glasgow Good Food Show for our second year running at the SECC.  Amongst many things the Show will have cookery demonstratio...more

This month it’s all hands on deck as we are now into our new season. The grouse are plump, the lamb is pink and tender and the 2 year old mutton, partridge and duck are coming soon. Seasonal food at its very best! Grouse The fabulous Scottish Gro...more

August provides us with, for me, the seasonal meat highlights of the year. Young grouse, the wildest and most delicious of gamebirds are harvested from the heather hills from 12th August onwards. Soon after our first Blackface Lambs are drawn from th...more

We were amazed at how big this show was, especially as it was combined with the BBC Gardeners World Live Show.  We saw several of our customers there.  It is so good to put a face to a name and have a chat about our products and favour...more

For the first time the Blackface Meat Company is going to the BBC Summer Good Food Show at the NEC in Birmingham. The show runs from the 10th to the 14th of June and runs alongside the BBC Gardeners World Live show and is expected to be huge. Ticke...more

Here at Blackface we are all really looking forward to the summer that the Met Office has promised us! To make the most of it we now have three BBQ boxes and can make up tailored boxes for you as well. Barbeques If you are planning a BBQ in the nex...more

We were lucky this week to get a visit from The Hairy Bikers on their tour for the next series.  They ate and filmed our haggis, cooked al fresco in Dumfries town centre, and our mutton here at Crochmore.  Silvy cooked a leg of mu...more