The World’s 100 Best Butchers · 2026
The Best Butchers in South Africa
6 of the 100 butcher shops in The World’s 100 Best Butchers 2026 are in South Africa. The highest placed is Maders Slaghuis in Pretoria, at number 8 in the world. Ashburton Butchery in Pietermaritzburg (number 41) and Blinkwater Butchery in Stoffberg (number 42) follow.
Pretoria
Maders Slaghuis in Pretoria is a butcher and bakery with a shop full of vintage cars, antiques and Africana. Its bakery counter sells sausage rolls and pies. Toit's Slaghuis, also in Pretoria, sells boerewors, biltong and droëwors, and its wors comes in many flavours, including cheese, chutney and pizza.
Biltong and wors
Ashburton Butchery in Pietermaritzburg sells meat, biltong, cabanossi and dry wors, and the biltong is made in-house. Blinkwater Butchery in Stoffberg sells biltong, boerewors, droëwors and fresh beef, with chilli bites and other snacks at the counter.
Grocery and cafe
Van Rensburgs Foods in George is a butcher and grocery selling braai packs, cured meats and ready-made foods, with spices, breads and confectionery on the shelves. Butcher Boys in Vanderbijlpark sells fresh meat, and its cafe serves steak, toasties and coffee, which can be eaten on the stoep outside.
Butcher shops
Best by region
- EuropeFrasers ButchersBolton, United KingdomN° 1
- AsiaBaggie's Butcher & DeliSingapore, SingaporeN° 25
- The Middle EastKatzbiyat David Hachi TovHolon, IsraelN° 4
- North AmericaThielen Meats of PierzPierz, United StatesN° 5
- Latin AmericaJoel CarnesSumaré, BrazilN° 51
- AfricaMaders SlaghuisPretoria, South AfricaN° 8
- OceaniaWestmere ButcheryAuckland, New ZealandN° 18




