Waikato pies featured highly at the awards with six local bakeries receiving bronze and silver awards for their creations.
In total, the awards received5000 entries from 545 bakers across 11 categories this year.
All judging is blind - pies are identified by a number and ingredients are listed, but judges have no way of knowing who made the pie or where it came from.
“Thank you everyone for the great support,” Shane said on social media.
“Really appreciate it. We’re going for gold next year. Stay tuned.”
The Baker announced the win on social media sharing a graphic of the award captioned “So stoked for this! Thanks @supremepieawards such a fabulous night.”
Shane, together with his wife Kathy, won Supreme Pie Awards in 2011 and 2012 as well as in 2017 when they were running Viands Bakery in Kihikihi.
Meanwhile, Avina Tran of Taupō's Paetiki Bakery won a bronze award in the vegetarian category for their pumpkin, broccoli, potato and mushroom pie.
Avina Trend and Lam Ho of Paetiki Bakery in Taupō won the steak and cheese category in the 2023 Bakels NZ Supreme Pie Awards. This year, they won a bronze award for their vegetarian pumpkin, broccoli, potato and mushroom pie. Photo / Taupo District Council
Paetiki Bakery is also a Pie Awards veteran, having won gold awards in 2012, 2014 and 2023 and silver awards in 2014 and 2015.
The final bronze award was taken out by Seila Ly, of Hamilton’s Hillcrest Bakery and Cafe, for the bacon and egg pie.
Waikato’s silver awards were taken out by Soem Topof Hamilton’s Dinsdale Bakery for his mince and gravy pie and Songheng Sor, of Hamilton’s High Bakery & Cafe in the category vegetarian for his spinach, mushroom and onion pie.
The first Bakels Pie Awards were held in 1996 to help the baking industry keep on improving and innovating.
NZ Pie Award winners 2024
The below list just features categories that include winners from Waikato. In total, there were 11 categories this year.
