News & Updates July 07

Take a look at images from the North West Fine Food Fair at Crooklands last month, Amanda went along with our trusty team. Did you see us?

Handmade fruit pies from Pie Mill, coming soon!

We are delighted to announce our forthcoming range of fruit pies, these have been sold locally during 2006 and have proven extremely popular.
 
Our range of handmade fruit pies includes:
 
Sweet but tangy Apple Pie
Cherry Pie
Apple & Blackberry Pie
Rhubard Pie
 
These should be on sale via the Pie Mill website from January 2007. We'll let you know in good time.
 
If you'd like first chance to try them, do sign up for our newsletter and do let us know what you think of them. Your feedback is always welcome.
 
Thanks
Jim, Margaret and Amanda

Another article about Amanda, our own award winning pie maker, click to read

To read more about this years competition, follow this link Steak Pie Champion or go to the EBLEX website

Amanda Hodge from The Pie Mill and The Mill Inn, Penrith has been crowned National Steak Pie Champion 2005 in the English Beef and Lamb Executive's (EBLEX) national competition. During a nerve-wracking final cook-off round, Amanda, 28, fought off five other finalists to claim the honour of serving one of the best steak pies in England.
 
Amanda said: "This is definitely one of the proudest moments in my career. I've been a chef here at my parents' pub for the past six years and this is the first competition I've ever entered. I can't tell you how happy I am to be awarded the title of 'EBLEX National Steak Pie Champion 2005'."

March 2005
Jim, Margaret and Amanda's were invited to meet HRH Prince Charles at the opening of Mungrisdale's new village hall. We displayed our pies and Prince Charles was most interested in Amanda's secret of her pastry!
 
January 2005
Jim & Margaret are committed to the development & training of their staff team and are delighted to announce that Amanda has passed ( with flying colours) her Diploma stage 4 in Leadership Management.
 
Amanda did her assignment on the setting-up of the Pie Mill and this has shown her enthusiasm & dedication to PIES!
 

December 2004
Acquired new premises for the Pie Mill.
Building work on is on-going here and will be operational from May.  
 
November 2004
                        
Our third Pie Fest was hailed a great success!  Over the weekend we did nearly 600 covers and raised £3,514 for a local charity 'Hospice at Home'.
 
This is a weekend of fun & pies! We put-up a Marquee in the car park which seats 80 people and a band plays in the evenings - this is most popular even though it's in November!

We raised the charity funds through a silent auction, a daily raffle for pies to take home, and most importantly a ‘penny for the guy' impersonation of Jim -  and the youngsters made great hilarity making this.  
 
Dates for Pie Fest 2005 are 4th, 5th and 6th November
 

October 2004
Business Link's Pride of Cumbria ‘Business of the Year' award presented by Jenny Pitman at Carlisle Race Course. Photograph shows our Assistant Manager, Adam Robertshaw and our daughters Amanda & Lynn.
 
We were also finalists of the Most Innovative Business of the Year.
Jim, Margaret and the team were delighted and very proud to receive this award which complimented their hard work.