2006 WORLD SCOTCH PIE CHAMPIONSHIP - Scottish Craft Butchers

The overall winner picking up the Scotch Pie World Championship was the Bon
Bon Cake Shop in Airdrie. Craft Butchers did well in all categories; Scotch Pie,
Bridie and Speciality Pastries.

The full list of prize winning Craft Butchers Scotch Pies is as follows:-

2006 Scotch Pies Championship
Gold Award	Jim Hastie, 36 Commercial Street, Markinch
Silver Award	John Saunderson, 40 Leven Street, Tollcross, Edinburgh
Silver Award	Alex Jack Ltd, 12 Bridge Street, Stranraer
Silver Award	Boghall Butchers, 65 Margaret Avenue, Boghall, West Lothian
Bronze Award	Scott Brothers, Strathmartine Road, Dundee
Bronze Award	RT Stuart Ltd., 8-12 College Street, Buckhaven

Jim and Pat Hastie were delighted to win their award. They came runner
up to the World Champion but were most satisfied since their entry for the
competition was selected straight off their shelves.

Jim explained that he
chose the best looking pies from the production on the day of the judging.
“What won was our usual recipe, we did nothing special to the pies we chose
to enter.”

In the Speciality Pastry Category the top award went to Jim and Janet Craig
from F Ballard, Butchers High Street, Castle Douglas. Other prizes won by Craft
Butchers are listed below:-

2006 Speciality Pastry Products Awards
Diamond Award	Rosti Lamb Pie	F Ballard, Butchers 152 King Street, Castle Douglas
Gold Award	Poached Haddock Pie	Boghall Butchers, 65 Margaret Avenue, Boghall, West Lothian
Gold Award	Turkey and Cranberry Pie	Prentice Butcher, 4 Golden Square, Duns, Borders TD11 3HU
Silver Award	Turkey, Chicken and Leek Pie	Andrew Gillespie, 1601 Great Western Road, Anniesland, Glasgow G13 1LP
Bronze Award	Chicken and Curry Pie	RT Stuart Ltd., 8-12 College Street, Buckhaven

At the presentations at Lauder College, Dunfermline on St Andrews Day, an
elated Janet Craig from F Ballard said that their diamond winning pie was minced lamb with grated potato and cream rosti in a scotch pie shell.

“We
did in the shop to try it before the competition. It is a good seller but
it was the competition that encouraged it.

The filling is like a Bolognese
minced lamb – strong flavoured – with a topping that is a mix between rosti and
creamy potato gratin. We tried it with chunks of lamb but it is better minced.

“We have a very big Steak Pie and Scotch Pie trade. We won a
bronze three years ago and it more than doubled our pie trade.”

Husband Jim added, “The lamb all comes from our own farm at Tywnholm.
Sufffolk and Texel lambs are home grown for an all year round supply.”

The Bridie Championship saw four Craft Butchers collect Awards:-

2006 Bridie Championship
Silver Award	Tom Courts Quality Foods, Raith Centre, Cowdenbeath
Silver Award	D G Lindsay, 15 North Methven Street, Perth
Bronze Award	Scott Brothers, Strathmartine Road, Dundee
Bronze Award	Grossetts of Tayside, 146 Arbroath Road, Dundee

World Scotch Pie Club supremo, Alan Stuart said that the Awards Presentation
Lunch that saw 120 bakers and butchers come together was “to celebrate, the
skills, the enthusiasm and the passion still flourishing in our two
crafts.”