Image source, Wm Frasers Butchers Image caption, The results of this year’s awards are due to be revealed By Helen McCarthy & Elise Chamberlain BBC News This year’s British Pie Awards are under method and with entries consistingof bacon cheeseburger and doner kebab, judges state the contest has neverever been more differed. In current years, the awards have not been without a side assisting of argument, after some unexpected winners have thrived. The awards – which are presently being held in Britain’s pork pie capital, Melton Mowbray, in Leicestershire – rode the crust of a foodlover wave, when a vegan pie thrived in 2019 while, in 2022 a gluten-free vegetarian pie declared top area. This year, organisers haveactually observed a pattern for a range of pie they haveactually called “fusion” – pies with fillings that, typically, would belong on a entire other menu such as doner kebab and bacon cheeseburger. With the winners due to be revealed lateron, the BBC spoke to the manufacturers behind them who are hoping for their piece of the action. Bacon cheeseburger pie Image caption, Jay runs a street food business in Birmingham Jay Jones, 33, is the owner of Pietanic, a street food business based in Birmingham. “We do music celebrations, football matches and other sporting occasions like Cheltenham and Aintree,” he stated. “We began doing pop-up street food occasions 9 years ago and it went from there.” He stated the organization specialises in pies duetothefactthat he thinks they are an undervalued British food. “When we began out, there were lots of street food locations doing hamburgers and hot pets however noone doing pies,” he stated. “But the possibilities are unlimited.” Jay has showed this to be the case with his bacon cheeseburger pie, which is made at his organization’s preparation system in the city. Image source, Pietanic Image caption, Jay likewise offers his bacon cheeseburger pie in a hamburger bun “It’s got all of the aspects of a bacon cheeseburger in a pie,” he stated. “We have mince at the bottom, then smoked bacon, tomatoes, mozzarella, cheddar and a pickle on top. The pastry changes the bun. “When you have a bite, you can see the layers. “We took it to the pie awards for the veryfirst time last year and we got into the leading 3 sports pies. “People state ‘What on earth is that?’ and then when you describe, they state ‘That makes overall sense’.” Italian-style meatball pie Image caption, Chef Mark Wilkinson made the pie in honour of his boy’s preferred food Mark Wilkinson was a chef for 20 years priorto beginning The Treacle Town Pie Company, based in Macclesfield, in2009 One of his entries this year is the Italian-style meatball pie. He developed the pie in 2015 following a tip from his
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