Nailsworth based Plenty! Pies has triumphed again – winning awards for the second year in a row at this year’s British Pie Awards. The family business, viagra 60mg based in Woodchester, has won a gold award for its fish pie and a bronze for its honey duck and gammon filling.
Eight hundred and thirty pies were entered by 131 professional bakers in this year’s competition and Plenty! scooped one of just 21 golds to be awarded nationwide in the categories for which its pies were eligible. The British Pie Awards are hosted by Melton Mowbray Pork Pie Association (MMPPA). In this year’s competition, the seventh, pies in 20 classes were assessed for appearance, texture and flavour of both pastry and filling. The judging panel of 109 top pie perfectionists included TV chef Andy Bates, leading food critic Charles Campion and renowned food writer Xanthe Clay.
Plenty’s winning pie features smoked salmon from Severn & Wye Smokery, based at Chaxhill, Westbury on Severn. Plenty! Pies director and chef Marc Birch creates all the recipes for more than 150 savoury fillings, sourcing most of the ingredients locally.
Last year Plenty! Pies entered the British Pie Awards for the first time and won the top accolade of ‘champion’ pie for its best selling Breton chicken pie.
Marc said,“We are delighted to have won again in these, the most prestigious awards for pie makers and we are very proud of our small team who care about the quality of each and every pie.”
Matthew O’Callaghan, Chairman of the British Pie Awards, said, “What a year for the Awards – we’ve seen a truly varied and plentiful plethora of pies. The standard of entrants this year was higher than ever before.”
Plenty! pies specialises in gourmet fillings, comprising unusual combinations of ingredients. Marc and his wife Kate started Plenty! pies four years ago and employ a small team who prepare everything from scratch.
Plenty! Pies are sold in Daylesford Organics, Gloucester Services on the M5, a range of delicatessens, farm shops, garden centres, pubs and cafes throughout Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and North Gloucestershire and at Stroud, Cheltenham and Cirencester farmers’ markets.