The awards keep on coming for Rolling Pin Pies & Cakes.
The beloved Ocean Grove shop, which has also branched out to the industrial estate, Leopold, Queenscliff and South Geelong, won two awards at Australia’s Best Pie and Pastie Competition run by the Baking Association of Australia.
The jumbo chunky beef won the best plain chunky beef pie and the chicken, leek and tarragon took out the best poultry pie.
Rolling Pin has now won 24 national titles in all national competitions.
Hailing from all over Australia, 380 bakeries entered over 1500 pies to be judged over the three days of the competition.
General manager Nathan Williams said the popularity of the jumbo chunky beef pie had stood the test of time.
“It would be our most awarded pie ever, it’s won 15 gold medals,” he said.
“It’s one of our most popular pies and it would be considering how well it’s been judged over the last 10 years.”
The chicken, leek and tarragon pie was a “darkhorse”.
“Tarragon wasn’t a herb that I was overly familiar with,” Mr Williams said.
“I had one in New Zealand a few years ago. I just felt like having another crack at a creamy one. I first sent this pie to the competition last year and it scored really well and made a few tweaks. My wife thought it was a darkhorse.”
Mr Williams said winning medals never gets tiring.
“We were just ecstatic – it (winning) never gets old,” he said.
“It seems to have gotten more stressful with the expectations. I’m really proud that we’re still winning. The competition feels like it’s getting harder. So many bakeries are involved and there’s a lot of creativity out there now.”
