Ripon-based Yorkshire Handmade Pies has won five highly coveted accolades at the Great Taste Awards 2022.

The pie experts received an elusive 3-star rating for their Steak and Kidney Pie and 2-star awards for their Steak and Black Pudding and Yorkshire Samosa Pies.

Their Mushroom and Ale and Steak and Ale Pies also received 1-star awards.

A number of Yorkshire Handmade Pies products were recognised at the Great Taste Awards.

More than 14,000 products were put through the competition’s blind judging process, with only 241 products from around the world being awarded the Great Taste 3-star accolade, which is awarded for “extraordinarily tasty food and drink.”

The Great Taste 2-star is given to those products considered “above and beyond delicious” by the judges, with the Great Taste 1-star going to “food and drink that delivers fantastic flavour.”

Yorkshire Handmade Pies Founder James Sturdy said:

“We are over the moon. So fantastic for the team to be recognised for all their hard work. Five awards is a seriously impressive haul – it’s hard to get any awards so five is really good, especially the 3-star one.

“We’re so proud of our local area and of representing Yorkshire’s finest produce on an international stage. Great Taste is the most recognised accolade in the food and drink world.

“For independent producers like Yorkshire Handmade Pies it really means a huge amount to be recognised.”

Yorkshire Handmade Pies are available from the website delivered frozen in boxes of six, ready to cook and serve at home.

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