* Choice (adjective). Kiwi slang for something excellent.
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 … Read More
Cornish pasties were said to have been invented to provide an easy-to-carry meal for tin miners in the English county of Cornwall. These days they are a hearty feed for Kiwis who have been converted, often by ex-pat British friends … Read More
New Zealanders love their pies – about 70 million pies a year, in fact. That’s how many pies the Heart Foundation estimates are consumed by Kiwis. It works out at about 16 pies per person, or a pie every three … Read More
Canterbury bakeries make the best Christmas mince pies, according to the results of a national competition to find who bakes the festive fare the best. The top 10 mince pies (as judged by an expert panel) include four baked in … Read More
Aucklanders love their pies – there’s a pie shop on just about every shopping strip and in almost every gas station. In recent years, bakers have added to the range of pies made, with gourmet selections joining the traditional mainstays … Read More
Tauranga is a haven for some of the best-baked meat and fruit pies in New Zealand. Local bakers have been among the most successful at New Zealand’s annual Bakels Supreme Pies Awards. Tauranga baker Patrick Lam, owner of Patrick’s Pie … Read More
A bacon and egg pie with golden pastry and mouth-watering flavour has been judged the best pie in New Zealand. It was awarded the title of Supreme Award winner at the 20th annual Bakels New Zealand Supreme Pie Awards. The … Read More