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Stamford Mercury
Stamford Mercury
By maddy.baillie@iliffepublishing.co.uk (Maddy Baillie) A town butcher has the recipe for success as his pork pie was crowned favourite at an awards. Oakham-based Leeson’s Butchers has triumphed at this year’s British Pie Awards, taking home the prize for best pork pie. No stranger to the taste of victory the butchers has won a number of awards for its pies including at the PieFest and the Melton Mowbray Fatstock Show. It has previously won prizes at the British Pie Awards for its recipe, which is decades in the making according to owner Steve Leeson. Leeson’s Butchers’ pork pie fought off 62 …