The Otley Butchers
Business Geo. Middlemiss & Son has received the accolade of
Supreme Pie Champions 2017 at the Butchers and Bakers National pie
competition held at the Yorkshire Event Centre Harrogate and
the National Supreme Championship for not one but two of its
products at the NEC
Geo. Middlemiss & Sons traditional pork pie and a specialty hot eating pie were judged best at the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham. The event was organized by the National Federation of Meat and Food Traders and the national Association of master Bakers in conjunction with the British Pig Executive (BPEX).
The firm already holds the Harvey Nichols Best Yorkshire pie evaluation award for 2007 plus the BPEX North West Champion Pie award for 2008 and again in 2010 at the Birmingham National Exhibition Centre National Hot Eating Pie Champions
They are also past Yorkshire supreme pork pie champion and attribute their success to the use of locally sourced ingredients. Peter Middlemiss said: “this means that we not only make the best pies in Yorkshire and Lancashire having won the top Yorkshire and Lancashire awards, but have now been judged the best nationally".