Anyone who knows me, knows I love food. In fact, I adore food; everything about it; all the flavours, the look, the variety; just everything. Working away from home for the last few years has given me plenty of chances to get my food fix by eating out and trying different dishes as well as some old favourites – don’t get me on pies or fish and chips – that’s for another day!! What I have seen in my quest to satisfy my appetite, is the huge range of food we now have on offer i

I can honestly say that one of the best pleasures in my life is eating a great pie! I literally love pies. I don’t know why. It could be from my childhood; my mum was a real big pie maker with my dad taking a full meat pie for his “bait” as he worked in the shipyards in Wallsend, Newcastle. Or just my northern roots where pies were a significant part of my diet, from steak and kidney to egg and bacon. That upbringing has probably made me a little bit fussy too about the pi