Piemakers grab slice of the limelight at awards
Two West Sussex piemakers have triumphed at the British Pie Awards.
Midhurst’s Mud Foods lamb, redcurrant and rosemary pie won class champion, plus it was awarded highly commended for its steak and kidney pie, gluten free chicken, ham and leek pie and many gold, silver and bronze medals for its other pies.
Turner’s Pies, which has shops in Chichester, Bognor Regis, Rustington and Worthing, also won in a number of categories.
Its steak and stilton pie came top in the beef and any flavour combination and beef and cheese pie categories.
Christian Barrington, Mud’s founder and chief piemaker, said: “I’m absolutely chuffed to bits– thank you so much to my small but dedicated Mud team who work tirelessly to continually strive to make these the very best pies.
“Each and every one of them takes an absolute pride in the quality of our craft and bringing joy to our wonderfully kind and loyal customers.
“To get this sort of national recognition at the British Pie Awards makes it all worthwhile – it’s the rubber stamp of approval.”
The British Pie Awards has been going for 13 years and is judged in Melton Mowbray.
It attracts pie producers large and small from across the land and is hotly contested.
This year a record 976 pies were entered by 179 piemakers.
Mud is only a small bakery, with a tight-knit team of 12. It uses local suppliers, sourcing all its meat from trusted local farms, and they make our artisan pastry with care and time to relax, using the traditional method.
Mud Foods was started in 2009. Christian initially worked in financial services, but during a conference in 2007 he realised he needed to do something else.