Where to find the best British cured meats in London

When it comes to cured meats, the Italians usually spring to mind, but it’s the British cured meat industry that’s currently booming.

Meat lovers will be thrilled to hear that some of the very best British cured meats can be found in London at food markets, restaurants and delis.

Here’s a roundup of the best places to find British cured meats in the capital.

Borough Market

Meat experts at Cannon & Cannon pitch up every week at the capital’s famous Borough Market selling all kinds of UK produce including Suffolk smoky chorizo and dried Worcestershire ham. On Mondays and Tuesdays visitors can find them in Green Market and Wednesday to Saturday at Three Crown Square. With more than eight years in the business, Cannon & Cannon know a thing or two about cured meat and boast a large (and growing) set of artisan producers dotted across England, Scotland and Wales.

E17 Village Market

At Hackney’s E17 Market, Black Hand Food sell all sorts of delicious British cured meats including an extremely popular fennel salami. Since launching in 2014, Black Hand Food have been passionate about using British free-range produce to ensure their products are of the highest quality.

Partridges Food Market

Since 2005, Partridges Food Market on Duke of York Square has grown from just 15 stalls to 70. Just a stone’s throw from the Saatchi gallery, the market aims to bring Londoners the very best local, British and international produce. Islington based meat curers Cobble Lane Cured sell their produce every Saturday at the popular West London food market and all the meats that they sell are cut, cured and smoked in their North London butchery.

Limpopo

South Africa may be famous for its biltong, but Acton’s Limpopo boasts an all-new British type – thanks to biltong extraordinaire Francois Van Der Zee. Van De Zee spent his childhood in South Africa before moving to the UK at 14-years-old. He draws on these traditional family recipes to create bold biltong flavours such as chilli, mango chutney and barbecue. Cured meat lovers can find Limpopo on Churchfield road, just moments away from Acton Central station.

Hix

Mark Hix’s popular Soho restaurant boasts delicious charcuterie from Trealy Farm in Wales. Due to weekly rotating menus, the cured meat option is not always on offer but it does pop up frequently throughout the year.