Farmison & Co signs top chef Shaun Rankin as brand ambassador

Farmison & Co, the online sustainable meat retailer, has signed Michelin-starred chef Shaun Rankin as an ‘eat better meat ambassador’.

Originally from Yorkshire, Shaun is working with Ripon-based Farmison & Co to develop new products and recipes that use its high-quality meat from hand-picked farms across the north of England.

Its first Grantley Hall collection, launches today so customers can enjoy Michelin-quality at home. The collection features over 30 items including dry aged côte de bœuf, dry aged pork belly and wild venison and dry aged lamb shoulder.

A former British Chef of the Year, Shaun has held a Michelin star since 2005 and is food and beverage consultant to Grantley Hall in North Yorkshire, just a few miles from Farmison & Co’s Ripon headquarters.

Farmison & Co is proud to supply Shaun’s Michelin-starred restaurant with quality meat sourced from local farms across Yorkshire.

At Grantley Hall, Shaun has helped to bring a new vision to its dining concepts, from designing all five kitchens and back of house operation areas, to hand-picking details from glasses to styles of crockery.

He also runs the Michelin-starred fine dining restaurant, Shaun Rankin at Grantley Hall. In 2016 he opened Ormer Mayfair in London which was used as a location for Masterchef UK.

As a brand ambassador, Shaun will work closely with Farmison & Co’s in-house executive development chef Jeff Baker on a new co-branded addition to the popular Saucepan Ready range of dishes. He will also work with the new product development team on co-branded limited edition seasonal products.

The Farmison & Co website will feature exclusive content from Shaun including seasonal recipes and blog posts to give customers inspiration for cooking at home.

Farmison & Co founder John Pallagi said: “We’re very proud to have Shaun joining our team as an ‘eat better meat’ ambassador. It’s a real feather in our cap to have a chef of his calibre working with us and we’re looking forward to seeing his ideas for the wonderful meat our farmers supply.”

Shaun Rankin said: “I’m very proud to be ambassador for a great Yorkshire brand and can’t wait to start working with Jeff Baker and the rest of the team and their farmers.”