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They were entered in 11 categories– mince and gravy; chicken and vegetables; gourmet meat; bacon and egg; gourmet fruit; steak, vegetable and gravy; steak and cheese; vegetarian; mince and cheese; seafood and commercial wholesale pies. The pies were judged on presentation, the pastry on the top and
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Zealand an annual pie competition has been held since 1997. The Bakels New Zealand Supreme Pie Awards to recognises quality pie manufacturers in New Zealand, assisting them in producing award-winning pies and continuing to help foster and encourage developments within this category of baking.
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Zealand were worth NZ$ 120 million. The average cost of a meat pie was about NZ$ 2 this puts the sale of meat pies in New Zealand to be 60 million. As New Zealand has a population of 4 million this puts the average
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vegetarian pies. As well as the main prize, certificates of excellence are awarded for entries that reach set quality standards. The main award is coveted due to the increased sales it generates, with many people travelling interstate to sample the winning pie.
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1221:Dowling, Joshua (18 October 2017).
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587:"Bye-bye American pie"
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820:"The Canberra Times"
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539:"Aussie meat pies"
394:The Last Continent
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1301:Categories
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696:"History"
462:Tourtiere
427:Steak pie
404:Discworld
177:Australia
105:Australia
71:Diced or
58:Australia
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301:created
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243:Victoria
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199:Victoria
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146:Premier
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129:takeaway
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