Gluten-free vegetarian pie takes top prize in Melton Mowbray contest

Pieminister's Mooless Pie was voted supreme champion of the 2022 British Pie Awards. Photograph: Pieminister/PA

A vegetarian, gluten-free pie has claimed top prize at this year’s British Pie Awards in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire.

Made from jackfruit “steak”, gluten-free craft ale and black pepper, Pieminister’s Mooless Pie beat 976 entries to the supreme champion crown in Melton Mowbray, whose pork pies have traditional status.