Despite New Zealanders’ fondness for meat pies, bakers are coming up with tasty pastry-filled pies for vegetarians.
The annual Bakels Supreme Pie Awards include a keenly-contested section for vegetarian pies and winning a Gold Medal is one of the best ways to let vegetarians know where to find a top pie.
Here are the best vegetarian pies in New Zealand for 2016 and recent award-winners.
Best vegetarian pie in New Zealand
Gold (broccoli, pumpkin and carrot)
The Bakery
17 Frederick St, Wanaka, Otago
Silver (potato, pumpkin and kumara)
Better Quality Pies Ltd
2 Tawera Rd, Rotorua
Bronze (spinach, pumpkin and kumara)
Baker Bob’s Bakery & Cafe
135 Chadwick Rd, Greerton, Tauranga
Highly commended (carrot, peas and corn)
Rushgreen Bakery and Cafe
2/10 Rushgreen Ave, Papakura, Auckland
Other finalists
Target Bakehouse & Cafe
2/241 Manukau Rd, Pukekohe
My Bakery Kelston
4055 Great North Rd, Kelston, Auckland
One Tree Bakery
204 Maunganui Rd, Mt Maunganui
The Clareville Bakery
3340 SH2, Clareville, Carterton
Viands Bakery
80 Lyon Street, Kihikihi, near Te Awamutu
Patrick’s Pie Group
19 Bethlehem Town Centre, Tauranga
Past winners
2015
Gold (bok choy, carrot, parsnip and kumara)
Angkor Wat Bakery and Café
16 Main Road, Katikati, Bay of Plenty
2014
Gold (broccoli, carrot, peppers and white sauce)
Angkor Wat Bakery & Coffee Shop
65 Ruataniwha Street, Waipukurau
2013
Gold (stir fry vegetables, roast pumpkin, potato, kumara in spinach cream sauce)
Patrick’s Pie Group Gold Star Bakery
19 Bethlehem Town Centre. Tauranga, Bay of Plenty
2012
Gold (broccoli, pumpkin, carrot, spinach and mushroom)
Greenland Bakery and Cafe
3 Market Square, Botany Town Centre, Botany, Auckland
2011
Gold (pumpkin, carrot, broccoli, silver beet and cauliflower)
Dairy Flat Bakery
1443 Dairy Flat Highway, RD4, Auckland
2010
Gold (potato, carrots, onions, red and green peppers, spinach, mushroom, broccoli, courgette)
Greenland Café
Suite 5 28 Subway Road, Pukekohe
Source: Bakels Pie Awards
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