FAMILY owned butchers Walter Rose & Son of Devizes, who count celebrity chef Tom Kerridge among its customers, has scooped a top prize in a south west food awards.

The shop in Sidmouth Street, which is run by Steve Cook, won a platinum award for the best meat and poultry butcher in Wiltshire.

Steve's son Jack said: "We’re incorporating the very best traditions of our trade but we’re also conscious of meeting the demands of the 21st century - that means we’re offering locally produced meat with exceptional eating quality, the skill and care of craft butchery combined with a friendly, knowledgeable, service and high grade information about the origin and welfare of the animals."