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Charity Pork Pie Competition Results 2013

Traditional Class
1st Mellor’s Of Newark
2nd Hinchliffe’s Farm Shop, Netherton, Huddersfield
3rd Bolster Moor Farm Shop, Slaithwaite, Huddersfield
4th Robinson’s Farm Shop, Northowram, Halifax
Artisan Class
1st Broster’s Farm Shop, Lindley, Hudds
2nd Robinson’s Farm Shop, Northowram, Halifax
3rd Paul’s Family Butchers, Moor Bottom, Honley, Huddersfield
A fantastic turn out this year, thanks to the lovely sunny weather! 
Prizes awarded by Hannah Cockroft, our fantastic Celebrity Guest Judge and double Paralympic Gold medallist – who’ll need to train very hard this week!
All proceeds to Hannah’s chosen charity, the Forget-me-not Childrens’ Hospice, Huddersfield.

 

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Pie Club Meetings 2013

Pie Meeting Saturday 4th May 2013

World Events

UKIP gain lots of votes in by elections. 

Bill Roach (Ken Barlow) on charge of rape from  1967.

Stuart Hall admits sexual assaults from years ago.

Forest fires in California.

Sport 

Hull have got promotion to Premier league.

Halifax Town beat Guiseley 2 -0 and are now in league playoffs.

Huddersfield Town draw 2 all against Barnsley and saves both from relegation.

Pies

A variety of artisan pies presented. Therefore difficult to get a good consensus of opinion on the pies which had been in the fridge all afternoon and lacked taste. The Fetcher Kevin had to leave them at the Pub in the morning.

Pie Meeting Saturday 11th May 2013

World Events

Girl found in Bangladesh  Textile factory collapse after 17 days in the rubble. 

3 girls found in Ohio, USA after being kidnapped 10 years ago.

Deputy Speaker charged with male rape and sexual abuse.

Worst Moorland fires for 20 years above Ripponden.

Sport Events

Ronnie O’Sullivan wins snooker World Championship for the 5th time.

Alex Ferguson retires after more than 26 years as manager of Man United,

Wigan beat Man City 1-0 in FA cup final, their first ever trophy.

28 years ago today 56 football fans went to see their favourite team in Bradford and did not return after a fire at the Stadium.

Pies

Peter   Soggy pastry but quite tasty meat. Big gaps between the pastry and meat.

Score   6.0/10

Kevin   Pastry was thin and floury  bland taste, little jelly, coarse lean meat. OK pie.Would be good with pickles and salad.

Score   6.5/10

Bruce   Interesting looking pie. Soft pastry, bakers style with a sweet aftertaste. Little jelly but tasty. Coarse compact tasty meat. Gaps in the pie. Lacks spice. Liked it.

Score   8.0/10

Tim   Dry pastry, little flavour, no jelly but well filled. Average.

Score   5.0/10

Mark   Soft dry pastry, loads of tasty jelly. Meat was nice texture but needed more seasoning. Yesterday’s pie I think.

Score   6.0/10

Luke   Anaemic pastry that had sagged in the middle. Few voids that needed more meat. Seasoning also lacking.

Score   6.0/10

Summary

Fetcher   Luke

Fetch   Drake and Macefield of Settle.

Price   £1.00

Average   6.25

Pie Meeting Saturday 18th May 2013

World Events

UKIP boss Nigel Farage heckled when he went to Scotland. He called the Scottish Nationalists Fascists!

BP and Shell investigated for Petrol price fixing.

Headteachers give a vote of no confidence in Michael Gove.

A&E depts. In crisis  due to too much demand.

Sport

David Beckham retired.

Mancini sacked from Manchester City.

Halifax Town promoted.

Bradford City promoted. 

Pies 

Peter   Big, pale pie, pastry could have been crispier, well filled, cold, mild porky flavour, more spice needed.

Score   7.5/10

Mark   Hefty pastry, golden pastry, looked soft and sticky but was not. Rammed  full of meat. Needed more pepper.

Score   8.0/10

Oli   Bold looking pie, colour of straw. Jam packed with meat. Soft pastry, Lots of seasoning.

Score   7.5/10

Tim   Looked reasonable, Soggy pastry stuck to my denture. Sweet pastry, lacked spice.

Score   6.0/10

Fred   One of the nicest pies I have had for a while.

Score   9.0/10

Bruce   A squat stocky pie, well glazed golden pastry, sweet soft thick pastry, coarse well compacted tasty meat. Nice jelly but needed more spice.

Score   8.5/10

Summary

fetcher   Bruce

Fetch   Robinsons Farm Shop of Northowram, Halifax.

Price   £1.10

Average   7.8

 
BBC One Show 4 May 2012 PDF Print E-mail
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20th Pork Pie Competition 2012

BBC One Show 4th May 2012  

 
Competition Winners 2012 PDF Print E-mail
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 Pork Pie Appreciation Society Pie Competition Winners 2012

1st 398 points Hinchliffe’s Farm Shop, Netherton, Hudds.
2nd 389 points Bolster Moor Farm Shop, Golcar.
3rd 380 points Lund Butchers, Oakworth Road, Keighley.
4th 378 points Wilsons Butchers, Crossgates, Leeds.
5th 377 points Gledhills Butchers, Wakefield.
6th 376 points Eddie & Richard Grange, Slaithwaite, Hudds.
7th 373 points Peter middlemiss, Otley.
8th 367 points Bentley’s Butchers, Pudsey.
9th 364 points Two Valleys, Meltham.
10th 351 points Michael Thewlis, Golcar.

 
Annual Pie Competition 2012 PDF Print E-mail
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The 20th annual Pork Pie Competition 14 April 2012


The 20th annual Pork Pie Competition 14 April 2012
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This year the Pork Pie Appreciation Society celebrated the 20th annual competition. How time flies by, it feels like just a couple of years ago that we started the competition in 1992.www.photographybypauldishman.co.uk
For the second time we have held the competition in April in the hope of warmer weather and the opportunity to enjoy the picturesque riverside setting of the Old Bridge Inn. The day turned out to be quite chilly but it was  dry and the sun shone brightly on the Friendly Brass Band playing in the car park. There was a strong breeze for a while and a large tent in the car park used for judging pies took off in the wind and landed in the river! It was rescued and secured more firmly and fortunately none of the pies were damaged.

www.photographybypauldishman.co.ukThis year the BBC’s One Show, an early evening news and chat show  was in attendance filming the proceedings. The One Show’s reporter Anita Rani also went to  last year’s champion Hinchliffe’s Farm Shop to see how pork pies are made and made her own version of a pork pie to enter in the competition. Anita added chillies and spices to the meat. It was a very credible entry but it could not match the efforts of Craig Midwood, master butcher at Hinchliffe’s who later found that he had won the competition for the second time in a row!
A total of 58 pie makers entered the competition and the standard was again outstanding. After the first two rounds of judging we held the charity auction with a number of items donated by local companies. The volume of the PA system was low at first and this resulted in a number of bargains being snapped up by those nearest the speakers! Star buy of the auction was a £500 washing machine donated by  JLA of Ripponden  going for just £120!

By 4 pm the pies had been selected for the final round. It has to be said that all pies that reach this stage are excellent and only a few marks separate the pies.

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Brian Turner the Celebrity Chef was on the final judging panel. Brian is a fan of Pork Pies and has served pork pies made in Leeds in one of his restaurants for a number of years.

www.photographybypauldishman.co.ukAt 5.30 pm the results were in and the 10 finalists had been chosen. Incredibly the first prize and second prize went to the same two butchers as last year and in the same order again! Hinchliffe’s Farm Shop of Netherton, Huddersfield in first place and Bolster Moor Farm shop, Huddersfield in second place. It does seem that Huddersfield is the town to get yourself an award winning pork pie. E & R Grange of Slaithwaite, Huddersfield, Two Valleys of Meltham Huddersfield and M Thewlis of Golgar Huddersfield made it a total of 5 Huddersfield butchers in the 10 finalists.

Award to Kevin Booth President of the Pork Pie Appreciation Society www.photographybypauldishman.co.uk
Kevin Booth, President of the Pork Pie Appreciation Society has been the organiser of this event for the last 20 years. Without his energy, commitment and shear hard work this annual celebration of the Pork Pie would not happen. This year the competition has raised over £3000. The funds raised this year will be donated Ripponden Parish Church.
Kevin is a keen hill walker and he has recently got interested in identifying the many different species of birds he encounters. He was therefore delighted to be presented with a pair of binoculars to take on his walks.

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