Mia has been in the trade since the age of 17, starting out as a Saturday girl in a local retail butcher’s shop. Over the years, she has gained experience working in various farm shops and retail butchers, before taking the leap in 2023 to launch her own business, Raise the Steaks. The business offers one-to-one butchery services for smallholders and farmers across Suffolk and Essex. When she’s not butchering in her converted cattle barn on the farm, Mia works as an independent examiner for FDQ—an awarding body for apprenticeships in the food and drink industry carrying out end point assessments. Most recently, she became a squad member of Team GB UK Lions, competing in the 2025 World Butchers’ Challenge held in Paris.