Pieminister Blog
A whole week devoted to pies. What’s not to love? British Pie Week is the excuse you’ve been looking for to devour a pie or two and we’ve got no less than 15 pastried delights to sink your teeth into. As well as five Vegetarian Society Approved pies, including the yet undisclosed winner of our meat free recipe read more …
You could be mistaken for thinking that our life of pie began in Bristol and it’s true; this is where, in 2003, we made our first pies and opened our first pie shop. But rewind back to October ’92 and you could say that the Pieminister story really started then, when Jon Simon started a Furniture & Product Design degree at Nottingham Trent University and met read more …
This genius leftovers pies will neatly clear you out of all your turkey and roasted veg by Boxing Day. Leftovers pie – Serves 6 500g leftover cooked turkey 300g leftover cooked ham about 300g leftover cooked vegetables about 300g leftover stuffing 500g puff pastry 1 free-range egg, lightly beaten to glaze Veloute sauce read more …
We’re giving away pies this Friday 27 November in return for donations to Shelter, the housing and homeless charity. So set your alarm and leg-it down to our free pie pop-up shop on Stokes Croft from 8am to get the best pick of the pies. read more …
If squirrels ate pies, they’d eat this one. Riffing on the classic American pumpkin pie, we’ve used butternut squash instead. It works brilliantly and, frankly, is a lot less hassle to deal with. The maple nut topping is a triumph. Don’t forget to make it the Pieminister way by using free range eggs and visit read more …
Thanks to you, our Buy One Get One Tree forest for Temwa is going to be even bigger than we thought. All those cider pies you enjoyed over the summer have raised enough to plant 57,176 trees (7,176 more than predicted). This means that our forest will cover the same area as 30 full-sized football pitches. That’s a lot read more …
If you’re planning your big day, we can provide you with the perfect pie and mash wedding. From festival style weddings, more formal wedding breakfasts, to urban affairs – our Pieminister wedding team can help you with all your catering needs. So if you are looking for something a bit special and different for your read more …
For the 10th consecutive year, the excellent quality and taste of Pieminister’s pies has been recognised in this year’s Great Taste Awards. Receiving more awards this year, than in any other. Pieminister gained a total of 14 stars, across 10 different pies. Seen as the fine food ‘Oscars’, this is the largest blind food awards and read more …
We love to reward our loyal fans with regular treats so why not join them? Simply sign up to our VIPie club today (for a great, big tasty slice of the pie) As a VIPie, you’ll have first-dibs on some great prizes, be the first to hear about new pies and you’ll receive special offers and discounts, exclusive read more …
Music and sunshine are the perfect summer accompaniments for pies. So when we heard that some guys around the corner from us in Bristol made audio systems designed for outdoor partying, we had to get our hands on one. A bit like our pies, Minirigs were borne out of love and lots of experimentation; the engineers at PASCE started creating their read more …