Peter Heanen

Peter Heanen is the owner of HG Walter Ltd, an award-winning retail and catering butchers located in West London. Working in the meat industry for 50 years, Peter has unsurprisingly developed a real passion for food, especially home-grown British produce. He is incredibly proud to be an Ambassador for Love British Food and can regularly be found travelling up and down the UK championing the cause to other butchers.

HG Walter is an independent family-run butcher committed to providing every professional chef and home cook with an exceptional product and service to create exceptional food. Established in 1972 by Peter Heanen, it has become one of the UK’s most respected butchers, supplying some of the country's best chefs and restaurants. HG Walter shares the importance of eating quality meat while supporting supply chains and sustainable farming.

HG Walter has long supported farms that adopt sustainable methods, working in harmony with nature, fostering biodiverse environments, and rearing heritage breeds. The durability of native breeds against the UK’s elements ensures they can live a healthy free-range life, devoid of antibiotics, grazing and foraging naturally on the land they have evolved with.

By buying whole carcasses and utilising every part of the animal, HG Walter is able to make all of its sausages, bacon, burgers, pies, and stock in-house. This practice ensures minimal food waste and avoids carcass imbalance, while the range of their customer base ensures that every part of the animal gets used. Acting as a firm advocate of nose-to-tail eating, HG Walter continues to encourage the adoption of offal into the UK consumer’s diet.