The Butcher is the Chef
The Butcher is the Chef shopfront at Bracken Ridge Plaza, with its black fascia and lightbox signage

Bracken Ridge Plaza · Cnr Telegraph & Norris Rd

Butchers who actually cook what they sell

Antonio, Michelle and the team cut, mince, marinate and smoke everything in-store from Australian-sourced meat. If it's in our cabinet, one of us has cooked it at home — that's the whole idea.

Get directions 0480 302 102 Checking hours…
  4.7 on Google · 96 reviews
98% recommend · 61 Facebook reviews
Cut fresh daily from 7am

Straight from the cabinet

What's in the window this week

The cabinet changes with the seasons and with whatever Antonio feels like cooking up out the back — but these are the staples the regulars come in for.

Over the counter

Quality family meats, cut to order

Tell us what you're cooking and how many you're feeding — we'll cut it, trim it and wrap it while you wait.

SteakPorterhouse, rib fillet, eye fillet, rump
SausagesMade in-store — ask what's in the flavour rotation
BurgersHand-pressed, "the best in town" if you ask our regulars
PorkFillet, roasts, bones for the stockpot
BiltongAir-dried here, sliced how you like it
Eggs & extrasFarm eggs, rubs and local sauces
Inside the shop: the full meat cabinet, country mural, egg stand and stocked display freezers All made
on site
Fresh sausage rolls on a baking tray, ready for the oven

Antonio, Michelle & the team

Why "the butcher is the chef"?

Because a butcher who cooks thinks differently. Every marinade, pie filling and sausage recipe here gets tested in a real kitchen before it ever reaches the cabinet. Antonio can tell you where the meat came from, and how he'd cook it tonight — sear time, resting, the lot.

"Antonio the owner is an absolute delight. I like to know I can trust where meat comes from and he can tell you the full story!"

— Beth S, Google review

Word around the Ridge

Don't take our word for it

4.7 96 Google reviews · 98% recommend on Facebook

Hands down the best butcher I've ever been to.

Erin D — Google review

Have tried a few butchers around the area… this place is outstanding.

Mat W — Google review

Everything is SO fresh & such great quality. Absolutely lovely staff.

Tiffany H — Google review

This place has the best pork bones I've ever had, no lies.

Haimona R — Google review

Fantastic little butcher, top notch meat at fair prices.

Richard H — Google review

10/10 best meat and best service in the area.

Billie L — Google review

Recipe of the week

Read the recipe

Every week we pick a customer's recipe and put it on the site with their name on it. Tell us what you've been cooking next time you're in.

Loyalty program

Your mobile is your loyalty card

No plastic card to lose, no app to download. Join once with your mobile number, then just say it at the counter — every dollar you spend earns points, and a full card takes dollars off your next shop.

Join in 30 seconds Check my points
1

Join once — name and mobile, done at the counter or right here.

2

Say your number — we look you up and add points for what you spend.

3

Fill the card — a full card means dollars off, on us.

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Bring a mate — they start with 50 points, you get 200 once they've done their first shop.

Come say g'day

Find us at Bracken Ridge Plaza

Trading hours
Monday7:00am – 6:00pm
Tuesday7:00am – 6:00pm
Wednesday7:00am – 6:00pm
Thursday7:00am – 6:00pm
Friday7:00am – 6:00pm
Saturday7:00am – 5:00pm
SundayClosed

Heads up: we're no longer open Sundays — stock up Saturday, the cabinets are full.

Address Shop 1/250 Telegraph Rd (cnr Norris Rd), Bracken Ridge QLD 4017 — inside Bracken Ridge Plaza
Phone 0480 302 102 — call ahead for bulk orders or something special
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