Realising that not everybody shares this blogger’s enthusiasm for pies, we’ll make this the last pie-shaped post for a while but we had to share the news from yesterday’s World Scotch Pie winner announcement.
John G Renicks, a butcher from Thornhill in Dumfries and Galloway, scooped the top pie trophy. The 44-year-old had entered pies into the competition each of the thirteen times that it had been held. Previous years had yielded both gold and silver awards but never the elusive pie trophy itself.
If victory finally tastes sweet this time around, it’s because Mr Renicks tweaked his pie recipe slightly: ‘The seasoning was a little stronger than I would normally make for selling in the shop and I selected the best looking four from the batch of 18 to take to the judges.’
The newly annointed pie champion dedicated his win to his late Dad who founded the butcher business 25 years ago.
The Scotsman has an in-depth pie analysis and awards report here.