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Three generations at the block
A family business, handed down over three generations, known for its produce, its menu and its separate butchery and deli.
Fay Pick was the first female butcher in South Africa. She was put to work at the family-owned Farmers' Meat Supply in the mid-1930s.
Butchery is in Alan Pick's blood. From the age of five he learned meat at the elbow of his butcher father, Dave, and learned business beside his mother, Fay.
In 1994 Alan found a restaurant site in what was becoming Sandton Square. It became The Butcher Shop & Grill, with a walk-up butchery counter where guests choose their own type, cut and size of meat.
The family atmosphere continues under the leadership of Alan's son, Dani. In Johannesburg we seat up to 600 guests, plus 22 in the private dining room. In Cape Town we seat 250, with room for 40 more in the private dining room. Around 800 people work for The Butcher Shop around the world.
