Scotland’s love affair with pies and savouries reached fever pitch on Wednesday 29 January as football legend Kris Boyd kicked off the countdown to the 25th annual World Championship Pie Awards at Scotland’s national stadium, Hampden Park. Celebrating a quarter of a century of pie-making excellence, Scottish Bakers, the organisers of this iconic competition, staged a friendly showdown with butchers and bakers going head-to-head in the home of Scottish football.
This year’s competition welcomes the launch of Scottish Bakers’ new campaign, 'Pieoneers’, celebrating the passion, skill, and dedication of bakers, butchers, and pie makers across the UK and beyond. Designed to shine a spotlight on the pie and savoury industry trailblazers, the silver anniversary awards will showcase these pieoneers’ craftsmanship, innovation, and commitment to keeping Scotland’s culinary heritage alive.
Since its inception in 1999, the World Championship Scotch Pie Awards has set the standard for Scotland’s pie industry, with thousands of pies and savouries assessed by expert judges across multiple categories.
Competitors can enter across the following categories with the Scotch Pie award, the ultimate prize for the World Champion title, which is currently held by Blairgowrie-based James Pirie & Sons.
- Football Pies & Savouries
- Macaroni Pie
- Steak Pie
- Sausage Roll
- Hot Savoury – proudly sponsored by Andrew Ingredients
- Vegetarian Savoury
- Haggis Savoury
- Bridie
- Apple Pies
Key Dates for the 2025 Competition:
- 29 January: Entries open
- 3 March: Entry deadline
- 26 March: Product Judging and shortlist at Carnegie Conference Centre, Dunfermline
- 10 May: Awards Event at Hilton, Glasgow
For more information or to enter, visit https://scotchpieawards.com
