FANCY a pulled pork pie with spiced rum gravy? How about lamb and sweet potato with garlic and rosemary gravy?
There’s also sweet chilli chicken pies or ones filled with creamy feta, spinach and toasted pine nuts.
Every single pie at Ka Pie sounds mouth-wateringly delicious and they’re officially the best in Mid Cheshire.
Each week, we will be searching for the best Mid Cheshire has to offer in different categories.
Last week, Oliver Gibney Hairdressing took the first Best of 2023 title – Best for Hair in Mid Cheshire.
READ MORE: Northwich hairdresser wins first Best of 2023 title - Mid Cheshire's Best for Hair
We started with Best for Hair and then moved onto Best for Pies and Best for Nails.
Voting for Mid Cheshire’s Best for Nails is currently taking place and we’re also looking for nominations in our latest search - Best for Roast Dinner.
Ten tasty pies in Mid Cheshire made the shortlist for Best for Pies with Ka Pie in Holmes Chapel taking the coveted title.
Hayden Parsons is the owner of the business, which has been open for less than 12 months.
Ka Pie owner Hayden Parsons
The New Zealander from Upper Hutt launched Ka Pie in July last year from his home in Holmes Chapel.
The name Ka Pie comes from the Maori term ‘ka pie’ meaning good job or well done and Hayden specialises in original pie flavours as well as British classics.
He posts on his Facebook page each Sunday morning at 8am with the week’s special pies and customers can place orders for collection the following Saturday.
Some of Ka Pie's popular pies
Hayden said: “I got homesick for a classic New Zealand mince and cheese pie.
“I put a photo on Facebook and friends and family kept saying that I should sell them.
“So, six weeks later, I did!”
Hayden has spent 20 years working in kitchens at international airports, Chinese restaurants, pubs and pizza places, starting out as a pot washer and graduating to sous chef and then head chef.
He currently sells stoves and pie-making is a hobby.
New Zealand cheese and mince pies
Hayden said: “I have a passion for bringing a little taste of home to my local community.
“In New Zealand, anything belongs in a pie and I wanted to bring these weird and wonderful flavours to England.
“Even the British classics are made with a New Zealand twist.”
But what do the pastry-filled offerings at Ka Pie taste like?
Three-and-a-half-year-old Lennon, who welcomes customers waiting to pick up dad's pies
One happy customer said Ka Pie makes “the best pies I’ve ever tasted” and another said they were looking forward to tasting the special coronation chicken pies which will be on the menu in honour of King Charles III’s coronation.
Hayden said: “Looking at the amazing line up of pies that made the shortlist, I was honoured just to be mentioned.
“I feel like I’ve succeeded in keeping a small part of my New Zealand heritage to my community.
“A huge thank you to everyone who has supported me by voting and recommending my business as well as all those people who have bought a pie from Ka Pie.”
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Pies filled with creamy feta, spinach and toasted pine nuts
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