King Of Pies

The place: Godalming in Surrey. The event: the annual Food Festival. The weather: occasional rain (of course, it is July).

Entries for this year’s prestigious ‘Pie Off’ came rolling in (not literally) from food giants like Waitrose to smaller, more specialist piemongers like Simon’s Pies and Wakeling Butchers. The stakes literally couldn’t have been any higher (for a pie competition in a market town). Sophia, the fearless manager of the local COOK shop, entered one of our favourites: a large Chicken, Ham & Leek Pie.

After some deliberation (and lots of eating), the Mayor and other judges made their a decision … and we won! Chicken Ham & Leek Pie.

Did you know?

At our kitchen in Kent we actually freeze the round filling for our large pies first and then wrap them in pastry afterwards to get that fully encased, show-stopping king of pies. We also cut all the little pastry leaves out individually by hand.

Chicken, Ham & Leek Pie