Boghall Butchers co-owners Christine and Paul Boyle celebrate their Kebab Pie being named Supreme Champion at the British Pie Awards 2025 - Martin Elliot

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Boghall Butchers co-owners Christine and Paul Boyle celebrate their Kebab Pie being named Supreme Champion at the British Pie Awards 2025

A Scottish-born fusion between a shortcrust pastry pie and a spicy doner kebab has been named Supreme Champion at the British Pie Awards 2025.

The Kebab Pie, produced by Bathgate-based Boghall Butchers, was judged best ahead of more than 900 other entries at the 17th edition of the competition held at St Mary’s Church in Melton Mowbray on 5 March. It also triumphed in the Fusion Pie class, which was introduced last year.

It features a mix of chicken, beef, and lamb doner meat marinaded in chilli for two days, with added layers of white and red onions, grated Cheddar, and sweet chilli sauce. The Scottish firm said it had chosen to use shortcrust pastry for the casing to suit pie-eating preferences in England, along with a puff pastry lid.

Judges praised the pie for its originality, good looks, and great pastry with good flavour. “The Kebab Pie just had the taste that gave it the wow factor to become the supreme champion,” commented head judge Mike Holling of Bakewell Bakery, who was assuming the role after 12 years as a class leader.

Kebab Pie by Boghall Butchers - Martin Elliot

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Kebab Pie by Boghall Butchers of Bathgate

Boghall Butchers co-owner Paul Boyle told British Baker he was “absolutely flabbergasted” to finally win the top award after several years of trying – it previously won the Dessert Pie class for its Traditional Bramley Apple Pie in 2023.

“We’ve been working at this every year since 2009 and never thought the day would come,” he remarked, noting that the winning recipe had been developed last June after a few months of customer requests for a pie with kebab meat. “The team at the shop are absolutely delighted too,” Boyle added, revealing that sales had jumped up over the weekend since the news of the award win broke. The company is also celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.

The Kebab Pie succeeds last year’s supreme champion, the Minted Wensleydale Lamb & Potato Pie by Middleton in Teesdale Fish & Chip Shop.

Head judge Mike Holling (left) holds a pie up to Dr Matthew O'Callaghan OBE, chairman of the British Pie Awards and the Melton Pork Pie Association - Martin Elliot

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Head judge Mike Holling (left) holds a pie up to Dr Matthew O’Callaghan OBE, chairman of the British Pie Awards and the Melton Pork Pie Association

British Pie Awards chairman Dr Matthew O’Callaghan OBE said the standard of entries in the annual event was consistently rising. “We are one of the few competitions that send back the judging sheets which not only give comments on how the pie performed but tips as to how to improve,” he said.

There was a total of 26 classes this year, with O’Callaghan noting that a few new classes had been added to tidy up the beef and chicken categories. The number of judges increased from around 140 last year to 168, including representatives once again from as far afield as Japan and the US.

Savoury pastry manufacturer Samworth Brothers had a particularly good year with its Ye Olde Pork Pie Shoppe and Dickinson & Morris brands scooping up a quartet of class wins. Arbroath-based WeeCook and The Farmhouse Kitchen Co in Southport both came away with double class honours.

Meanwhile, Tom de Terre from Manchester claimed the Small Producer Award, Mariage Frères in London won the Newcomer Award, and WeeCook’s Cairn Robbie picked up the Young Piemaker trophy.

Here’s the complete list of class winners from the British Pie Awards 2025:

Class Product nameCompanyLocation

Melton Mowbray Pork Pie

Dickinson & Morris Hand Crafted Melton Mowbray Pork Pie

Ye Olde Pork Pie Shoppe

Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire

Pork Pie

Ye Olde Pork Pie Shoppe Pork Pie

Ye Olde Pork Pie Shoppe

Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire

Savoury Pie

Dickinson & Morris The Festive Cracker by Calum Franklin

Samworth Brothers Savoury Pastry

Leicester, Leicestershire

Large Speciality Pie

Ye Olde Pork Pie Shoppe Christmas Dinner Pork Pie

Ye Olde Pork Pie Shoppe

Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire

Pasty

The Phat Pasty Co Keralan Cauliflower & Onion Bhaji Pasty. Vegan.

Phat Pasty Co

Shipston-On-Stour, Warwickshire

Dessert Pie

Dunston Hall Mince Pie with Clementine Pastry

Dunston Hall Food Hall

Chesterfield, Derbyshire

Steak & Kidney Pie

Shin of beef and ox kidney pie

York House Foods

Potton, Bedfordshire

Beef & Gravy Pie

Owen Taylors Steak Pie

Owen Taylor & Sons

Alfreton, Derbyshire

Steak & Ale Pie

Steak & Ale Pie by Fuud Ltd

Fuud Ltd

Leigh on Sea, Essex

Steak & Wine Pie

Steak & Malbec Pie with Barbers Cheddar Pastry

Little & Cull Ltd

Newton Abbot, Devon

Beef & Cheese Pie

Kevin’s Steak & Stilton

Kevin’s Pies

Rotherham, South Yorkshire

Beef & Vegetable Pie

M&S Gastropub Dry Aged Beef Pie by Tom

Cranswick Yorkshire Baker

Malton, North Yorkshire

Meat & Potato Pie

Tom de Terre Corned Beef Pie

Tom de Terre

Manchester

Lamb Pie

Minted Lamb Pie

Anton’s Butchers

Colyton, Devon

Chicken or Chicken & Vegetable/Herb Pie

Chicken & Thatchers Pie

Billington Foods

Wellingborough, Northamptonshire

Chicken & Ham Pie

WeeCook Chicken & Bacon Pie

WeeCook

Arbroath, Angus

Game Pie

Duck & Wild Mushroom Pie

Little & Cull Ltd

Newton Abbot, Devon

Hot-Eating Savoury Pie

WeeCook MacChook Pie

WeeCook

Arbroath, Angus

Fish Pie

Mrs Farmhouse’s “Fish Pie”

The Farmhouse Kitchen Co

Southport

Vegetarian Pie

The Bell’s Red Lentil, Chick Pea and Spinach Curry Pie

The Bell Hotel & Pie Shop

Winslow, Bucks

Vegan Pie

Vegan Masala

Pieminister

Bristol

Pub Pie

Woodmans Arms Boozy Beef Bourguignon Pie

DWC Enterprises

Whickham, Tyne and Wear

Sports Club Pie

Chicken Chip Shop Curry Pie

Pullman Jacks Ltd

Liverpool

Fish & Chip Shop Pie

Big John’s Highland Flinger

The Farmhouse Kitchen Co

Southport

Gluten Free Pie

Mad K’S Beefin’ Brisket Good Pie

Mad K Ltd

Portsmouth

Fusion Pie

Kebab pie

Boghall Butchers

Bathgate, West Lothian