16-05-2025
Traditional butchers with award winning sausages is a cut above with its customers
One of Bolton's well-known premium butcher's which specialises in in-house cuts from local farms has been nominated for a Bolton News Best Farm, Deli or Butchers Shop Award 2025.
(Image: Leah Collins) The Farm Shop at Ryders Farm in Manchester Road, Kearsley, is a family-run business owned by the Hamblett family; David, Veronica and their daughter, Jennifer. The family has been in the business for over three decades.
Veronica said: 'David previously worked as a butcher until the 80s when he began jobs" target="_blank">work as a builder. This farm was actually the last building he did!
Ryder's specialises in in-house freshly-rolled pastry. (Image: Leah Collins) 'I previously worked as a medical secretary and took voluntary redundancy to help run the business – it has been our pride and joy ever since.'
The speciality of Ryders is its in-house freshly-baked pastries, pies and produce. The business uses high-quality meat from local red-tractor stamped farms, whilst the pastry is hand-rolled to perfection.
A selection of freshly-cooked local meats are also available. (Image: Leah Collins)David added: 'I would say that our award-winning sausages are our most popular item, these live up to their title and come in natural casing which is free from any plastics – something often sound in supermarkets.
'I often buy premium Welsh pedigree black cattle, which can be butchered as people want it. We focus on making the cuts as bespoke as possible to suit all tastes.'
Joints and roast-meats, as well as dry aged meats, some of these up to 100 days old, are available for purchase at Ryders. The business also stocks Greenhalgh's pasties and pastries on weekends.
The business also offers gluten free sausages, burgers and a selection of wines to accompany meats.
Customers can choose their cut to order. (Image: Leah Collins) As well as an abundance of meats, the Farm Shop also specialises in freshly-made ready meals as a healthier (and tastier!) alternative to takeaways that can be made to order.
The above beef has been aged for 55 days at Ryder's. (Image: Leah Collins)Veronica said: 'The frozen ready meals are extremely popular; I would say the chicken curry is one that always does really well.
'It's an alternative to takeaways, we have an open kitchen so people can see us making the ready meals to go, they can see the meat that we use and customers always know exactly what they're getting.
'As someone who is passionate about traditional home-cooked meals, I grew fed up of throwing food in the bin. I wanted to make things that people could eat and enjoy, that passion is something that we want to come across to our customers.
An array of pies and pastries are available at Ryder's. (Image: Ryder's Farm Shop)
'All of our food is fresh. You know what you're getting and there's a quality there that can't be beaten.'
'We couldn't have done it without the help of our loyal customers, they're our friends and most of them have been coming to us for years.
'To win the Bolton News award would mean everything to us, we've prided ourselves the business and feel blessed to serve the local community. We're extremely proud of what we do and just how far the business has come.
'Our customers know that they're getting good quality produce - we've already started getting Christmas orders!'
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