Top T-Rump! Traditional Steak & Stilton Pie Takes Top Spot at Th British Pie Awards 2020
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he 12th British Pie Awards has crowned its Supreme Champion recently and – in a return to tradition – a Top Rump Steak & Stilton Pie has triumphed as the best British pie of 2020. The world-renowned Awards, which take place annually in the Rural Capital of Food Melton Mowbray, saw close to 900 pies entered by a whopping 160 professional bakers, butchers and chefs from around the country. The Awards mark the grand crescendo of British Pie Week, celebrated 2nd-8th March 2020. Made by family-run bakery, Turner’s Pies, the Top Rump Steak & Stilton Pie replaces last year’s Curried Sweet Potato and Butternut Squash Vegan Pie as champion. The West Sussex pie maker also took home the cup in 2018 with a near perfect score of 99/100. Speaking at the Awards, Chief Judge Colin Woodhead commended the pie for its attractive appearance with neat crimping on the edge and golden bake: “The pastry had an even thickness, with a crunchy rich texture. The filling was well balanced between meat and cheese which gave a subtle taste and the meat, though tender, still having ‘bite’. Overall a cracking pie!”. No stranger to Britain’s most hotly contested pie-athon, Turner’s has also won Class Champion in the Beef and Cheese Pie Class, picking up a full baker’s dozen of awards in total this year. British Pie Awards organiser Dr Matthew O’Callaghan said: “Turner’s 10
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of Sussex certainly know how to make an excellent pie. They won Supreme Champion in 2018 with their Steak & Ale Pie and now they’ve done it again, but this time with Stilton cheese. Cheese in pies was a winning formula this year, appearing in five winning classes. “Besides winning the Supreme Champion - or ‘Pie of Pies’ - title, Turner’s also won three Highly Commended Awards, three Golds, four Silvers and two Bronzes. With their record, they are undisputedly Britain’s Best Pie Maker.” Claiming victory in the Vegan category, MUD Foods (also nicknamed Mud Pies) was judged Class Champion for its Squash, Spinach and Feta Pie. Highly Commended accolades were given to Chunk of Devon for its Vegan Spicy Jack Pie and Ginsters of Cornwall for its Vegan Quorn Pasty. A fan favourite from BBC documentary Life of Pies, Zainab Bilal of Pie Mezzanae has been awarded Class Champion in the Hot Eating Savoury Pie category for her Cheese & Onion bake. Nottinghamshire fish and chip shop, The Cod’s Scallops, has won a second national award having won Fish and Chip Shop of the Year at the National Fish & Chip Awards in January. This time, the East Midlands chippy scooped the top prize in the Fish & Chip Shop Class at the British Pie Awards for their chicken, leek, and ham pie. This is the second year that the fish and chip shop won top prize in the category at the British Pie Awards, coming first in 2019 with their steak and ale pie, and their vegan Balti pie also coming as runner up. We’re over the moon to have won top prize with our pie once again. I’m so proud of the hardworking team we have
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