DRUG-addled rocker PETE DOHERTY turned up sober for a gig with Cockney duo CHAS ‘N DAVE – then revealed he’s now addicted to MINCE PIES.
You can read all about it here at The Sun’s Web site …. so it must be true!
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Primary school bans home-made mince pies
From the Telegraph
Mince pies have been banned from a primary school’s Christmas fete over fears they could be a health and safety hazard.
The headteacher has said the seasonal treats cannot be sold in case a child has an allergic reaction to the ingredients.
Parents have branded the decision an over-reaction
Neil Davies, headteacher at Mynydd Cynffig Junior School in Kenfig Hill, near Porthcawl, said: “I have got to guarantee the health and safety of the pupils. I’m not doing it to upset anybody.”
Mince Pie Awards 2007 Results
Today the Mince Pie Awards for 2007 were decided.
Best Mince Pie – Starbucks
Best Value Mince Pie – ASDA 6 Classic Mince Pies
Best Newcomer – Starbucks £1.50 each
Most Improved Pie – Salisbury’s 6 Deep Mince Pies
Least Improved Pie – Waitrose Shortcrust mince pies
Worst Pie – M&S Classic Recipe Puff Pastry Mince Pies
Pie of the Year – M&S connoisseur range
Mince Pie Awards 2007 Anounced
We are pleased to announce the Mince Pie Awards for 2007 will happen on Thursday 20th December.
The year there will be Awards for the following categories:
Best Mince Pie – The Pie that did best in our testing
Best Value Mince Pie – The Pie that represents the best value for money.
Best Newcomer – The best pie to be tested for the first time
Most Improved Pie – Comparing this year and last year’s scores to see which pie has improved the most
Least Improved Pie – Comparing this year and last year’s to see which pie has improved the least
Worst Pie – The pie to avoid this year!
Mince Pie Club Pie of the Year – Voted for by the Mince Pie Club tasters. Our recommended Mine Pie this year. The Ultimate award!
The Independent: The Ten Best Mince pies
Unboxing Bettys By Post
Like all good review web sites we wanted to give you the complete picture of what it’s like to try the Bettys By Post Mince Pie. So we thought you would like an ‘Unboxing’ article just to show what happens when you order from Bettys. It is important to know that the Pies you ordered turn up in a state ready to eat.
F off the menu?
We hate to disappoint you, but despite our accolades and encouragement to bring them back again, the Gordon Ramsey Luxury Deep Filled Mince Pies won’t be returning to our tables this Christmas. Our helpful source at Gordon Ramsey Holdings Ltd stated that:
“Unfortunately we won’t be stocking these this year as the BHS range is no longer available”.
They did offer apologies for all you F-Pie fans out there and when queried further whether we might see them next year, they were “unable to tell at this point” but promised to keep us updated.
So not all hope lost then?
First Mince Pie of the 2007 Season
Today, I am happy to report that we managed to purchase and consume the first Mince Pies of the season!
Yes it’s only 18th September 2007, but Sainsbury’s Ellesmere Port is selling Mince Pies and there are only 97 shopping days till Christmas.
We throughly enjoyed the pies, after all it’s been a few months since the last one.
Well done Sainsbury’s.
Radio Interview Request
The Mince Pie Club have been contacted about the possibility of doing a Radio Interview on New Zealand Breakfast Radio!
We recently received an enquiry from Ben,a producer, at http://www.radiolive.co.nz/ regarding the possibility of an interview about Pies.
Apparently there’s a National New Zealand Pie competition and Ben needed someone to talk about the history of the pie.
Now we are always keen to talk about Mince Pies, and so we had to point out that our area of “expertise” was limited to the UK Mince Pie.
Ben was still keen to talk about Mince Pies has he though that it might be “fascinating and funny”.
However with the time difference it was not possible to make all the arrangement in time for the morning (NZ) show ;-(
Mince Pie Eating Competition, Wookey Hole.
Britain’s first mince pie eating competition has taken place in Somerset.
One of America’s eating champions was among those hoping to munch their way to victory.
One of America’s eating champions was among those hoping to munch their way to victory.
Click here to view the report from the BBC Web site.
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The Wookey Hole Big Eat Mince Pie Eating Contest, was held at 12 noon on 29th November 2006.
This is the first official competitive eating contest to be held in the UK under the jurisdiction and strict regulations of the United States of America’s governing body of professional Stuffing Your Face, IFOCE (The International Federation of Competitive Eating).
The winner was Sonya Thomas who ate 46 Mince Pies in just 10 Minutes!
She received a first prize of £1,000. Not bad for 10 minutes work.
Second place went to local Shane Bridle, he only managed 15 Mince pies!
You can read more about the competition here