You’ll need to head to Tauranga to treat yourself to the best pie in New Zealand this year and, no, it’s not mince and cheese.
For the second time, Patrick Lam of Goldstar Patrick’s Pies has taken the Supreme Award for a bacon and egg beauty at the Bakels NZ Supreme Pie Awards. Patrick first won the top prize for this Kiwi picnic classic back in 2010. Even more impressively, this is the fifth time the former Cambodian refugee has now taken the Supreme Award for one of his pies.
More than 5000 entries were received for the 2016 competition, now in its 20th year. See below for the full list of winners, announced in Auckland on July 26.
Supreme Award
| Bacon and Egg | Patrick Lam | Patrick’s Pie Group Goldstar Bakery Tauranga |
Mince and gravy
| Gold | Mab Chheur | Angkor Wat Kiwi Bakery & Café, Napier |
| Silver | Roger Cathro | Pak n Save Petone |
| Bronze | Vichheka Lieng | Blagdon Bakery New Plymouth |
| Highly commended | Cheth Bun | Eurobake & Cafe Kumeu, Auckland |
Steak (diced) and gravy
| Gold | Michael Kuoy | Counties Bakery Pukekohe, Auckland |
| Silver | Srieng Choeu | Fresh Bun Café Tuakau |
| Bronze | Eav Huy Ing | Bakehouse Café Ngaruawahia |
| Highly commended | Keang Heang Ea | Food for Thought Thames |
Chicken and vegetable
| Gold | Savanchamroeun Ly Sawanjamrune | Savans Bakery Warkworth |
| Silver | David Liem | Greenland Bakery & Café Botany, Auckland |
| Bronze | Tongmin Li | Hillpark Bakery Manurewa |
| Highly Commended | Srieng Choeu | Fresh Bun Café Tuakau |
Gourmet fruit
| Gold | Blueberry, Spiced Apple & Apricot | Bunnarith Sao | Dairy Flat Bakery Albany |
| Silver | Caramelised Walnut, Black Doris Plum | Dan Shaw | Havelock North New World Hastings |
| Bronze | Apple | Try Kong | Bakers Oven Stanmore Bay, Auckland |
| Highly Commended | Cointreau Pear, Apple, Cherry Cheesecake | Patrick Lam | Patrick’s Pie Group Goldstar Bakery Tauranga |
Gourmet meat
| Gold | Steak & Mushroom | Roger Cathro | Pak n Save Petone |
| Silver | Mushroom, Bacon & Cheese | Try Kong | Bakers Oven Stanmore Bay, Auckland |
| Bronze | Venison, Mushroom, Bacon & Cheese | Geemun Chao | Baker Bobs Bakery & Café Greerton, Tauranga |
| Highly Commended | Steak, Mushroom & Cheese | Sarith Ruon | Beaut Bakery, Taupo |
Vegetarian
| Gold | Broccoli, Pumpkin & Carrot, | Jason Danielson | The Bakery Wholesale Wanaka |
| Silver | Potato, Pumpkin & Kumara | Raymond Khau | Better Quality Pies Ltd Rotorua |
| Bronze | Spinach, Pumpkin & Kumera | Geemun Chao | Baker Bobs Bakery & Café Greerton, Tauranga |
| Highly Commended | Carrot, Peas & Corn | Meng Hong Ly | Rushgreen Bakery & Café Papakura Auckland |
Bacon and egg
| Gold – and Supreme Winner | Patrick Lam | Patrick’s Pie Group Goldstar Bakery Tauranga |
| Silver | David Liem | Greenland Bakery & Café Botany, Auckland |
| Bronze | Eav Huy Ing | Bakehouse Café Ngaruawahia |
| Highly Commended | Tongmin Li | Hillpark Bakery Manurewa Auckland |
Mince and cheese
| Gold | Buntheng Wong | Panmure Bakehouse Panmure, Auckland |
| Silver | Sreymoh Vong | Julia’s Bakery Ellerslie, Auckland |
| Bronze | Neville Jackson | Jackson’s Bakery Havelock, Hastings |
| Highly Commended | Ming Zheng | Nana’s Bakery Kingsland, Auckland |
Steak and cheese
| Gold | Geemun Chao | Baker Bobs Bakery & Café Greerton, Tauranga |
| Silver | Patrick Lam | Patrick’s Pie Group Goldstar Bakery Tauranga |
| Bronze | Lee Ing | Fast & Fresh Bakery Taupo |
| Highly Commended | Vong Hean | Mairangi Bay Bakery Mairangi Bay Auckland |
Potato top
| Gold | Roger Cathro | Pak n Save Petone |
| Silver | Oudorm Lai | Corner Bakery Hillsborough, Auckland |
| Bronze | Geemun Chao | Baker Bobs Bakery & Café Greerton, Tauranga |
| Highly Commended | Try Kong | Bakers Oven Stanmore Bay, Auckland |
Commercial/wholesale
| Gold, ; Award ; Award, ; , , | Terry McMahon | Couplands Bakeries Hornby, Christchurch |
| Silver | Eddie Grooten | Dad’s Pies Silverdale, Auckland |
| Bronze | Murray Swetman | Ponsonby Pies Tauranga |
| Highly Commended | Paul Barber | Goodtime Foods Napier |
Café Boutique
| Gold | Smoked Warehou & Tarakihi | Brad Dalton | Ginger Dynamite Motueka |
| Silver | Cream of Chicken, Leek, Carrot, Celery, Ham & Cheese | Fiona Townsend | Replenish Café Timaru |
| Bronze | Pork, Kumara & Apple | Melissa Kelsey | Warkworth New World Warkworth |
| Highly Commended | Venison, Mushroom, Ales, Red Wine & Juniper Berries | Donna Putnam | Bosco Café Te Kuiti |