AN apprentice butcher who was featured on A Lake District Farmshop, has now qualified with Tebay Services.

Ryan Goddard's ambition was to become a fully qualified butcher and shared his dream on the Channel 4 series which aired on the weekend,

Tebay Services have taken on Ryan, who is now passed his qualification.

Tebay Services’ head butcher Dave Morland welcomed Ryan as a fully qualified member of Tebay’s butchery team after the former apprentice passed his final assessments.

Dave said: “Ryan was chuffed to bits.

“He’s told me it was one of the happiest moments of his life.

“This is what he’s dreamed of, to gain this qualification in something he enjoys and is good at.

“The sort of butchery we do requires a certain skill level,” said Dave, whose team practises the craft of whole-animal or ‘nose-to-tail’ butchery.

"This means they work with whole carcasses, cutting them down into a very wide range of cuts – including Dave’s beloved Barnsley, a double-ended lamb chop – and are trained to cut any chop, rib, or steak to customers’ exact requirements from whole primals.

“Unfortunately, over the years, with the demise of high-street butchers, younger butchers haven’t had so many opportunities to learn these skills,” said Dave, whose team are also specialists in native-breed meats, including beef, lamb and Herdwick mutton from Tebay Services’ own farm.

"To keep this type of butchery alive, to secure what we do in our business for the future, it’s vital we pass on this skill to the next generation.”