Supreme Champion Announced at Pie Awards

The Pie Kitchen, in Bury St Edmunds, won the competition with its Chicken, Chantenay Carrot and Bacon Pie.

Over 100 judges tasted a record 983 pies across 20 categories, making it the largest pie awards to date.

Carol Phillips, of The Pie Kitchen, said, “We are bowled over and absolutely delighted! This is the second year we have entered the British Pie Awards, last year we were awarded gold in our class, and now Supreme Champion 2013! Everything we produce is handmade, and we are genuinely passionate about our pies.”

Matthew O’Callaghan, chairman of the Melton Mowbray Pork Pie Association, which organised the awards, added, “The awards continue to attract more and more entries each year and we are thrilled with the level of both expertise and enthusiasm our pie makers display! This year we thought it appropriate to celebrate all of our winners’ achievements at a special Pie Lunch – the day after the judging takes place. Pie was of course on the menu and we dined on the 2012 Supreme Champion Pie.

“In what continues to be challenging trading times, knowing that a British Pie Award can help pie makers gain new business and access new routes to market is fantastic. Congratulations to our Supreme Champion, The Pie Kitchen.”