NATIONAL treasurer, the Bay City Rollers’ Les McKeown, popped in to pick up some pies from the reigning World Scotch Pie champion, JB Christie in Airdrie, this week to mark the start of the 15th World Scotch Pie Championships.
McKeown, the ‘voice of the 70’s’ group – who are currently on tour across Scotland and the UK, singing hits such as Bye Bye Baby, Shang A Lang and Give A Little Love – said: “We love a great pie and always stock up when we are on home ground.
“Touring non-stop around the world means we need to keep our strength up so its been great today to stock up on the best pie in the land and it really lives up to its reputation as a champ.”
The competition is supported by Scottish Bakers and the Scottish Federation of Meat Traders. Both trade associations actively support and promote bakers and butchers in Scotland by encouraging and sharing best practise.
Alan Clarke, chief executive of Scottish Bakers, is delighted with the support that the Bay City Rollers are giving to the competition.
He said: “They are an iconic Scottish Band and the Scotch Pie is an iconic Scottish product, we are delighted to announce that the band will join our group of professional judges this year to select the best pies in the land.”
In addition to crowning the World Scotch Pie Champion, the judges will sample a full range of savoury products including bridies, sausage rolls and a wide range of pies. For the first time, since the inception of the competition, there is sweet treat in store for the judges with the addition of a new category: the best apple pie.
In addition to Scotch pies, bakers and butchers are invited to enter their best sausage rolls, bridies, speciality savouries, Scottish football pie or savoury and apple pie. Entry forms are due in by 1st November and products should be delivered to Carnegie Conference Centre, Halbeath Road, Dunfermline, KY11 8DY between 9.00am and 11.30am on Wednesday 13th November 2012.
Butchers and bakers across Scotland will have the opportunity to become recognised as producing the highest quality products around the globe with awards given to those producing the best products in each category. The winner of the Scotch Pie category will be declared as the WORLD CHAMPION.
The competition, which has run for 15 years, aims to highlight that bakers and butchers create high quality artisan pastry products. Recognising the ‘great and the good’ in this way rewards excellence and raises the bar in the industry.
The competition is supported by Scottish Bakers and the Scottish Federation of Meat Traders. Both trade associations actively support and promote bakers and butchers in Scotland by encouraging and sharing best practise.
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