New Zealand’s abundance of locally-grown fruit means bakers have many options when it comes to dreaming up mouth-watering recipes for award-winning pies.
In recent years, fruit pies have fared well at the baking industry’s premier event for pie makers, the Bakels Supreme Pie Awards.
Here are the 2016 award-winning fruit pies, and recent award winners.
Best gourmet fruit pie in New Zealand
Gold (blueberry, spiced apple and apricot)
Dairy Flat Bakery
1443 Dairy Flat Highway, RD4, Auckland
Silver (caramelised walnut, Black Doris plum)
Havelock North New World
400 Heretaunga St East, Hastings
Bronze (apple)
Bakers Oven
687 Whangaparaoa Rd, Stanmore Bay, Auckland
Highly commended (Cointreau pear, apple and cherry cheesecake)
Patrick’s Pie Group Gold Star Bakery
19 Bethlehem Town Centre, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty
Other finalists
Paetiki Bakery and Cafe
30 Spa Road, Taupo
Euro Deli Bakery
557 Devon St East, New Plymouth, Taranaki
Pierces Home Bakery
78 Barrington Street, Christchurch, Canterbury
B2B Bakery and Cafe
373 Church St, Palmerston North, Manawatu
Kapiti Cakes & Bakery
9 Coastlines Parade, Paraparaumu, Wellington
Mairangi Bay Bakery
336d Beach Road, Mairangi Bay, Auckland
Past winners
2015
Gold (blueberry and spiced apple)
Dairy Flat Bakery
1443 Dairy Flat Highway, RD4, Auckland
2014
Gold
Dairy Flat Bakery
1443 Dairy Flat Highway, RD4, Auckland
2013
Gold (brandied apple and apricot with sweet grape)
Mairangi Bay Bakery
336d Beach Rd, Mairangi Bay, Auckland
2012
Gold and Supreme Award (gingered peach and pear with Cointreau)
Viands Bakery
80 Lyon St, Kihikihi, near Te Awamutu
2011
Gold and Supreme Award (plum, port and apple)
Viands Bakery
80 Lyon St, Kihikihi, near Te Awamutu
Source: Bakels Supreme Pie Awards
