Wentworth Butcher

Wentworth Butcher is a family butcher's shop on Triq Is-Santwarju in San Ġwann, selling fresh local and imported meat over the counter and through an online shop with delivery across Malta. If you are visiting for a week and have a self-catering kitchen, or you have just moved to the island and want a proper butcher rather than supermarket trays, it is a straightforward place to buy from. Our directory of butchers in Malta lists other shops if you want to compare.

The range runs from steaks, joints, chicken, pork, lamb, veal and rabbit to homemade sausages, burgers and ready-to-cook meals, plus frozen goods, marinated meat for the barbecue and a raw pet food line. Everything can be browsed on the shop's website and ordered for delivery or collected from San Ġwann.

A family business since 1996

The shop was founded in 1996 by Mario Formosa, who set out to bring good-quality meat to the San Ġwann community. His son, Liam Formosa, now runs the business and has added the online shop and delivery side while keeping the same standards for sourcing and preparation.

Meat is cut and prepared by hand in the shop each day rather than arriving pre-packed from a distribution centre. Wentworth Butcher works with local farmers for part of its supply and imports premium beef and veal, with much of the veal coming from Holland. Traceability is part of the pitch, so you can find out where a cut came from, and the shop describes its sourcing as ethical and humane.

What you can buy

The beef range includes local and imported cuts, from grain-fed Argentine ribeye to an A5 Japanese Wagyu ribeye, with Angus beef burgers from €2,90. Chicken is mostly local, and the pork selection reflects how much of it Maltese households eat, including local back bacon. Lamb, rabbit, horse and duck are available for traditional recipes, and rabbit is a classic Maltese dish that visitors often want to try cooking for themselves.

The homemade counter is where the shop does most of its own work: Maltese sausage at €1,25, Italian-style sausages, meatballs, bragioli (beef rolls) at €11,95 for a pack of six, stuffed chicken, stuffed pork and capon, plus chicken thigh burgers and frozen Angus lasagna. For the grill there is a marinated range of ribs, wings, kebabs, lamb chops and stir-fries, which suits a summer evening on a balcony. The weather is rarely a problem for long, as our Malta weather guide shows month by month.

Frozen shelves hold breaded chicken, fish fillets, nuggets, arancini and ravioli with Gozo cheese, alongside frozen vegetables and a long list of chips and potato products. Wines are also sold through the shop.

Raw pet food

Wentworth Butcher makes its own raw pet food in the San Ġwann shop, sold in one kilogram packs. Flavours include chicken at €5,00, rabbit at €8,50, turkey and beef, and the beef recipe is built from beef muscle, lungs, heart, pork liver, cauliflower and carrots. Stock changes, and some flavours show as sold out at times. If you live in Malta with a dog or cat, ask the shop what is in stock before you plan a week of feeding around it.

Ordering and delivery

Orders can be placed online at any time and delivered to a home, workplace or business. Delivery is contactless, same day delivery is offered in many areas, and qualifying orders ship free. Prices on the website are estimates, because meat varies in weight and the final amount can move by roughly 20 per cent either way.

This suits several kinds of customer. Residents who have moved from the UK will find our guide to relocating to Malta useful alongside a butcher they can rely on, and remote workers settling in can read about the digital nomad scene in Malta. Visitors renting a kitchen can order ahead and plan a barbecue after a day at one of the best beaches in Malta.

Finding the shop in San Ġwann

The shop is at 55 Triq Is-Santwarju, San Ġwann, in the San Ġwann area. Nearby businesses on VisitMalta.co.uk include 24/7 Fitness Club San Ġwann, A-Store electronics and 2B Gallery, so it is easy to fit a visit into an errand run. For ideas beyond the shop, see our things to do in Malta and the wider about Malta overview.

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