England's Best Steak Pie competition category winners announced

The winners are Mellors Farm Butchers from Nottinghamshire with their steak pie (Independent retail butcher or caterer category), and Dunkleys from Northamptonshire with their British beef and Abbot ale pie (Manufacturer). But both companies will have to wait until the Meat Management Awards in London on 8th June to find out if they have been crowned the overall winner. Hugh Judd, EBLEX foodservice project manager, said: "Judging all the pies at the final was a really big challenge but the pies from Mellors Farm Butchers and Dunkleys were delicious; they definitely deserved to win their retrospective categories. "They now have to wait patiently until the Meat Management Awards on 8th June to find out whose pie will be crowned 'England's Best'. We wish the both of them the very best of luck!" The other finalists were: Independent Retail Butcher or Caterer Category • Richardson's of Woodthorpe, York, North Yorkshire • Mellors Farm Butchers, Newark, Nottinghamshire • Cranstons Ltd, Penrith, Cumbria • Dee's Pies, London • C Lidgate Butchers, London • Frinton Road Butchers, Hollan-on-Sea, Essex • Kingfisher Hotel & Country Club, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire • J.W. Mettrick & Son Ltd, Glossop, Derbyshire • Hallmark Hotel, Bournemouth, Dorset • Manydown Farm Shop, Basingstoke, Hampshire Manufacturer Category • Devilish Desserts, Littlehampton, West Sussex • Owen Taylor & Sons Ltd, Alfreton, Derbyshire • Dunkleys, Wellingborough, Derbyshire • Pieminister, Bristol • Pyes Farm, Dunmow, Essex • Pork Farms, Market Drayton, Shropshire