Pie perfection

摘要

Patrick Lam took out the supreme award for his Bacon and Egg pie at the recent Bakels NZ Supreme Pie Awards, as well as three other awards: Gold, Bacon and Egg; Silver, Steak and Cheese and Highly Commended, Gourmet Fruit. The win makes Gold Star Pies the highest award winner in the country with a staggering 56 awards since first entering the Bakels competition in 2003. "It's been worth the wait to receive another Supreme Pie Award," says Patrick. "Business has been booming. We normally bake around 300 to 400 pies a day and since winning the Supreme Pie Award business has increased by 300 percent! We are selling over 1,000 pies a day and working 16-hour shifts to cope with the demand. Customers are travelling from all over to try our pies. Many of them come from Auckland and ask if I can open up a bakery there too," he says.