Toppings Tops in Doncaster by Jonathan Green

Doncaster pie maker Topping Pies win a clutch of medals in the 2006 Great Taste Awards, Olympia, London.

Topping Pies are a family run business specialising in pork pies, hot pies to take away, and high quality pies for prestige customers. The business, originally a retail butchers, began specialising in pie making in 1991. Since then they have taken over 21 gold awards, both at home and internationally. At this years Great Taste Awards Roger Toppings famous pies added a further 2 golds to the haul.

An excellent game pie and their highly original guinea foul, duck, mandarin and cointreau pie, created for the top-of-the-line Harrods Chairman's Hamper, put Toppings on top once again. All their products are made to original recipes by Maggie Topping.

Doncaster has a rich and varied food scene. For a town of its size there is a wide range of restaurants available offering cuisines from around the world. What many forget however is the quality and variety of local produce and prepared foods. The town has a number of nationally recognised speciality producers creating variations on traditional Yorkshire themes. Toppings is leading the way for these local producers and winning national and international recognition in the process.

The company has been a stalwart of the Taste of Yorkshire Shows held in Doncaster. The shows are a must for all foodies and especially those interested in Yorkshire fare, drawing crowds from across the UK. If you can't wait until the next show you could always visit the Toppings at their retail outlet in the Corn Market, Doncaster. Another more exotic way to taste their wares would be to book acruise with Fred Olson Cruise Lines , Fred Olson have been a customers of the Toppings for some time!

For more information on Yorkshire's best food offerings visit DeliciouslyYorkshire http://www.deliciouslyorkshire.co.uk/ Toppings can be contacted via their website at http://www.toppingspies.co.uk/

About The Author

Jonathan Green maintains a number of websites. In particular he writes for http://www.JXG123.co.uk the site for all things Doncastrian.