We now offer a Monthly Subscription, 3 Month Subscription and 6 Month Subscription as a product option. It’s the gift that keeps giving, or means you have your charcuterie shopping for yourself sorted without having to think about it.

Yes, we offer a digital gift voucher which is a great present allowing flexibility for the recipient to choose exactly what they want. The digital gift voucher will be emailed to you upon receipt of checkout, which you can print or forward on to the lucky recipient. Vouchers are non-refundable.

You can apply your gift voucher at the checkout by entering your unique code into the discount code box at the checkout. All our gift vouchers are valid for 12 months.

Our products are ready to eat, however also taste amazing cooked. Perfect for adding to dishes to add a boost of flavour.

Cured meat is fantastic to cook with. Adding a nub or two to meals like stews and pasta sauces injects an effortless amount of flavour. Cooking our Coppa is a brilliant alternative to meats like bacon, and adding Chorizo or Nduja adds heat and umami.

Yes you can, we offer 1 day meat curing courses led by our founder and meat curing expert James Smart. Throughout the day you will be hands-on, making your own cured meats and learning about cures, fermentation, smoking and more. You will leave the day with lots of goodies to take home too. For more information visit our Charcuterie Courses page. If you need to change the date of your course we will endeavour to do so, however this is subject to availability.

Most of our range is available whole in the form of a portioned stick, and sliced in a couple of different packs sizes. With lots of combinations of the range put into platters as well. There is something to suite everyone's requirements, whether snacking on it, cooking with it, and everything in-between.

Orders placed before midday will be despatched that same day. Those after will be despatched the next working day. Occasionally, for instance at Christmas, we allow for a pre-order service. Our standard delivery service is a flexible 2-5 day service, our Express delivery is a 24 hour service.

We deliver to the whole of mainland UK, using Royal Mail or DHL as our courier.

Standard delivery is £3.95 and Next Day or Express delivery is £5.95.

Delivering to a different address is no problem at all, at the checkout you will be prompted to input the shipping address where you input the lucky recipients' details, following this you will be asked for payment details where you can input your address for billing purposes. When purchasing a gift, using another address, no invoice will be included within the box.

Yes, our products can be stored at ambient temperatures for months, only needing to be refrigerated once opened. They are perfectly happy stored in their postal packaging until delivered, even if delayed for a few days.

You do not need to be home to sign for your delivery. Many of our products can be packed into packaging that will fit through your letterbox, or if a large order or a hamper the parcel will be left somewhere safe if you are not home to receive it.

We use Royal Mail and DHL and provide tracking for all orders so you can keep an eye on the progess of your parcel.

Yes, all our products are gluten free.

We only use British meat in our products, ensuring our pork is high welfare, beef is grass-fed and venison is wild. Everything is produced on site at our farm in Dorset and can be shipped across the British Isles.

Our products are not nitrate free. We use a very small trace amount to ensure our products are fully cured, to protect against botulism and listeria.

If your box hasn’t arrived within the delivery service lead time you have opted for, Standard being 2-5 days and Next Day being 24hrs, contact our team by emailing hello@therealcure.co.uk or call 01747 859190 as soon as possible and we will follow this up for you.

Currently, you cannot add to your order once it is placed online but you can call us on 01747 859190 and we can add any items to your order. We do not retain your card details so you will need them on hand to pay for the additions.

Our team always work hard to replenish stocks. Due to the nature of our range and the production and drying times, sometimes items are out of stock for a short period of time however we always endeavour to make them available to order as soon as possible. If you would like to know when something specific will be back in stock, ask one of our team by emailing hello@therealcure.co.uk or calling 01747 859190 and we can look at our schedules and let you know.

We don’t have a minimum order value; we have a range of packaging that’s suitable to send all manner of order sizes safely. We do have a delivery charge no matter the order value to contribute to costs of our 100% recyclable packaging and the delivery.

Our range comes with a minimum 3 month shelf life (except for platters which have a 1 month shelf life) and can remain ambient until opened. It will be perfectly happy in a cupboard or can be stored in the fridge if you prefer. Once opened, store in the fridge and consume within 5 days.

For larger groups we can quote for bespoke products to suit your needs and budget and can be on-hand to discuss your requirements and advise on quantifies.

No, none of the items from The Real Cure range need to be refrigerated until they are opened, so storing your festive cured meat (or hiding it from the lucky recipient) is simple.

Any meat ordered now will last way past Christmas and into the New Year, so if you want to order now and simply keep a hold of your order until Christmas day, you can.

Yes, any and all of our product range can be delivered directly to the lucky recipient of a gift. All letterboxes and hampers are gift wrapped are beautifully packed in our branded boxes and can include a personalised message. Simply enter the message at the checkout and we will do the rest. Please let us know if you do not with any branding to be visible on the outside of the box.

Sometimes working out how much charcuterie you need to feed a crowd can be daunting. We have a range of platters, hampers and letterboxes which will detail how many people they will feed, however, we work from the basic rule of roughly 80g of charcuterie per person for a charcuterie board, a little less if there is cheese and nibbles alongside. If you are cooking with our products much is left to preference as to how much you need, all we would say is a little goes along way because our charcuterie is packed with flavour. Check out our blog for recipes and inspo.

Yes, although our entire range could be enjoyed over the Festive period, closer to Christmas we will add a special festive product or two, watch this space.

We will be closing for orders on midday Tuesday 23rd December, with our final delivery day being 24th December (if you choose express delivery) for mainland deliveries (final order for Highlands and Islands being taken on 19th December). Due to the long shelf life of the products though, we would recommend ordering and taking a delivery as early as you can, including the week before Christmas as we cannot guarantee stock availability.

We will be back on the farm producing and sending orders on Friday 29th December.