SCOTLAND’S top butchers and bakers have been trimmed down by Bay City Roller, Les McKeown, and a panel of industry expert judges, who today announced the shortlist for the 16th World Scotch Pie Championships.
The following butchers and bakers have been shortlisted for a possible win:
Edinburgh and East
Wm Stephen (Bakers) Ltd – Dunfermline
Hunters of Kinross – Kinross
Mr C’s Pies – Nr Newburgh
Fisher & Donaldson – Cupar
F C Lonie Baker – Burntisland
Tom Courts Quality Foods Ltd – Fife
W F Stark – Fife
RT Stuart – Methil
WTS Forsyth & Sons – Peebles
Boghall Butchers – Bathgate
David Stein Butchers – Bathgate
John Lawson Butchers – Uphall
Hopetoun Farm Shop – Broxburn
The Edinburgh Bakehouse – Edinburgh
A J Learmouth Quality Butchers – Jedburgh
Falkirk and Perth
D G Lindsay & Sons – Perth
HW Irvine – Blairgowrie
James Pirie & Son – Newtyle
MacDonald Bros Ltd – Pitlochry
Ann Davidson Butchers – Scone
Murrays Bakers – Perth
Tower Bakery – Perth
Sugar & Spice – Auchterarder
Thomas Johnston Quality Butchers – Falkirk
Michael R More Quality Butcher & Caterer – Cambusbarron
Skinner of Kippen – Kippen
Glasgow, Kilmarnock and West
Pars Foods Ltd – Glasgow
Peter’s Bakery – Kirkintilloch
Brownings the Bakers – Kilmarnock
Irvines Ltd – Beith
The Kandy Bar – Ayrshire
Thomas Auld & Sons Ltd – Greenock
Inverness and North
Hastie & Dyce – Inverness
Ashers Bakery – Nairn
Fraser Brogherd – Dingwall
William Grant Bakers – Ross-shire
R George Butchers – Moray
Murdoch Brothers Butchers – Moray
Fraser Bros Ltd – Forres
Annie’s Bakery Ltd – Wick, Caithness
Donaldson’s of Orkney
Motherwell and South West
Alan Elliot Butchers – Lanark
The Apple Pie – Carnwath
The Orchards (Biggar) Limited – Biggar
James Chapman (Butchers) Ltd – Wishaw
Denholm Bakers – Wishaw
Fergusons of Airdrie – Airdrie
JB Christie Ltd – Airdrie
Ramsay of Carluke Ltd – Carluke
Mogerleys – Dumfries
J B Houson Butchers – Dumfries
The Little Bakery – Dumfries
Ballards Butchers – Castle Douglas
Aberdeen, Dundee and North East
Chalmers Bakery Ltd – Bucksburn
Hame Bakery – Peterhead
Bert Fowlie – Strichen
Bruce of the Broch – Fraserburgh
J G Ross (Bakers) Ltd – Inverurie
Nicolls Rosebank Bakery – Dundee
Scott Brothers – Dundee
Goodfellows of Dundee – Dundee
Grainstatus Ltd T/A JB Bakery – Carnoustie
Keptie Bakery – Letham
This year’s competition, run by Scottish Bakers and the Scottish Federation of Meat Traders, has beaten its own record attracting over 100 professionals entering the highest ever number of products with some 600 individual items being professionally judged.
In addition to Scotch pies, contestants entered their best sausage rolls, bridies, speciality savouries, Scottish football pies, savouries and apple pies.
Head judge, Robert Ross, led a team of 50 judges comprised of professional judges and a small number of pie lovers at Carnegie Conference Centre in Dunfermline in November. He was also joined by a special judge Bay City Roller front-man, Les McKeown.
Les said: “I was honoured to once again be asked to join the panel of judges for this iconic competition. The overall standard was excellent and I was astounded by the quality of the various products that were entered. The Scotch Pie is my favourite and I now know that that I have tasted the world Champion pie for a second year in a row.”
The World Scotch Pie Championships provides butchers and bakers across Scotland with the opportunity to become recognised as producing the highest quality savoury products with awards given to those producing the best products in each category. The winner of the Scotch Pie category will be declared as the World Champion at the awards ceremony on the 14th January 2015.
Head judge, Robert Ross, said: “Scotland is lucky to be home to some of the worlds most experienced and talented bakers and butchers. The World Scotch Pie Championship provides an opportunity for Scotland’s finest to showcase their skill. The competition, now in its sixteenth year, aims specifically to highlight those entrants that create world-class artisan products.”
Alan Clarke, of Scottish Bakers, said: “This year has seen a particularly high standard of entries and the judges had a challenge in front of them. This competition was designed to both reward excellence and raise the bar for standards in the industry – and year on year we continue to be impressed by the increased level of creativity and talent.”
The competition is sponsored by wholesaler to the food industry, Bako Northern and Scotland. http://www.bakoscotland.co.uk/
For more information please contact Julie Fourcade on 07850 523615 or julie@fourcade.co.uk
Editors Note
Scottish Bakers was established in 1891 and since then we have represented and promoted the interests of the bakery trade in Scotland. We aim to be an integral part of each member’s business by providing support for Bakers of all sizes. We provide a valuable source of help, advice, information, assistance and skills development for bakers throughout Scotland. But most importantly, Scottish Bakers belongs to its members; we are all there for their benefit and are proud of our motto, ‘for the good of all’. www.scottishbakers.org
The Scottish Federation of Meat Traders is the trade organisation representing Scotland’s craft butchers. The 440 member shops are supported from its Perth base with help and advice. Members are encouraged to produce innovative and unique products that create compelling reasons to shop at specialist meat retailers. www.sfmta.co.uk
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