Butcher Classes
With 55 years of industry expertise, Mosner Family Brands is proud to introduce an unrivaled hands-on meat experience with our new butcher classes. Our family welcomes students with a wide range of culinary and carnivorous backgrounds who have passion or simply a curiosity for the art of butchery. Classes are available to the general public as well as food industry professionals. Students will have the opportunity to breakdown carcasses in advanced classes and sub-primals in basic course offerings under the guidance of master butchers in a state of the art USDA-inspected facility at the Hunts Point Cooperative Meat Market, located in the Bronx, NY. Participants can also look forward to advanced cutting demonstrations and insight into industry trends and meat cooking and preparation methods. We will demystify the butcher's meat case and provide you with tips to be a knowledgeable meat consumer for your home or business. The experts at Mosner Family Brands will help you cultivate basic butchery skills, widen your culinary knowledge, and become a more informed, responsible, and conscious meat consumer.
Included in the cost of enrollment, students will have the opportunity to take home the meat they cut throughout the class in storage ready vacuum packaging. Students will also receive a list of suggested recipes and a Certificate of Training upon completion of the course.
Advanced classes for food service professionals, chefs, restaurateurs, and caterers are also available. These classes feature highly-detailed meat cutting demonstrations, which are supplemented by discussions on animal husbandry, genetics, breeding, anatomy, sustainability, value and innovative retailing, and menuing opportunities among other topics.
Mosner Family Brands will provide all of the necessary equipment upon arrival at our modern production facility. Classes are conducted in a climate controlled environment. Students should come prepared by dressing very warmly in layers of workwear and wearing boots.
Course Overview
Hands-on meat fabrication, primals to cuts
Flavor fundamentals, understanding grading and labeling
Carcass breakdown, animal anatomy
Cooking and preparation techniques
Basic knife skills, sharpening and cutting techniques
Species may include lamb, pork, chicken, beef, and/or veal
Depart with vacuum sealed, storage ready packaged meat cut during the class
Course Availability
"The Art of Butchery,” March 17, SOLD OUT
“The Art of Butchery,” March 31, SOLD OUT
“The Art of Butchery,” April 14, SOLD OUT
“The Art of Butchery,” April 28, SOLD OUT
“The Art of Butchery,” May 12, SOLD OUT
"Advanced Art of Butchery," June 2, 10a-1p
"The Art of Butchery," June 16, 10a-12:15p or 1-3:15p
The cost per Introductory Class is $299 per person.
The cost per Advanced Class is $399 per person.
Inquire for private and corporate functions.
Classes are subject to availability and change.
All students must be pre-registered before arrival. To pre-register, please fill-out the application (MS word) and email the completed form to Seth Mosner, or apply online by clicking here. Upon completion of the application, students will be contacted by Mosner Family Brands to confirm scheduling and for payment information.
For additional information contact Seth Mosner at seth@mosnerfamilybrands.com or 718-328-5600 x2231.