Yorkshire pies have it in War of the Roses

Farmhouse Fare, run by Janet Green landed the supreme champion pork pie accolade with her first prize-winning and best-in-Yorkshire stand pie at the second annual Great Northern Pork Pie competition, staged to coincide with the Christmas prime stock shows and sales at Skipton Auction Mart.

For good measure, Farmhouse Fare also won the top prize in the speciality cold eating pie category with its pork and apple speciality cold eating pie.

Janet said: “We’ve always known our pies are extra-special and this proves it. We are over the moon to win the supreme accolade in such a prestigious competition in our home town, more so because the title-winning stand pie was made by my nephew Robert Ogden.

“We have been using the same recipe for our pies for many years – and we didn’t change it in any way for our competition entries. They are exactly the same as the pies that can be bought in our shop on a daily basis.”

Farmhouse Fare pies are made with pork from pigs reared outdoors in the Lake District, which are supplied – somewhat ironically – from Lancashire by meat wholesalers James Law, of Bacup.

Janet received the Great Northern Pork Pie competition trophy from sponsor Robin Moule, of Skipton-based Moule Media.

The contest was open to both White and Red Rose butchers, along with farm shops and bakers who make pies on their own premises.

Reserve championship honours fell to the first prize traditional pork pies from Kirklees butcher Simon Haigh, of Bolstermoor Farm Shop, Golcar, Huddersfield.

Defending champions Hinchliffe’s Farm Shop, of Netherton, Huddersfield, this year had to settle for third prize in the traditional pork pie class.

Steadmans Butchers, Sedbergh, finished second in the speciality pie class, with George Middlemiss & Sons Butchers, Otley, in third place.

Best of the Lancashire entries were traditional pork pies from the Bridge Road shop of Chatburn butcher Roy Porter, who said: “I thoroughly enjoyed the day and the concept  - it was brilliant. We’ll definitely be back next year to renew rivalry. Rest assured those Yorkshire boys won’t get it all their own way again!”

The pies were judged by a panel of pie-making and pie-eating aficionados headed by Mike Ward, a butcher and pork pie maker for over 40 years in Keighley at Stables in Skipton Road. Among his fellow judges was Meltham, Holmfirth, butcher George Haigh, the current Confederation of Yorkshire Butchers Councils’ president. Stephen Maskill, of Maskills Butchers, Hebden Bridge, helped co-ordinate the competition.

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