Pie maker Patrick Lam
Bay of Plenty baker Pat Lam has underlined his reputation
as a champion pie maker by taking out the Bakel Supreme Pie
Award for the fourth time in the competition's 14-year history.
His bacon-and-egg special was last night named the best of
the record 4336 entries this year.
Lam, of Gold Star Patrick's Pies in Rotorua, won the supreme
award in 2003 with a mince and cheese pie, and in 2004 and
again last year with a gourmet meat pie.
Chief judge Dennis Kirkpatrick described Lam's feat as
"testimony to an outstanding baker."
"To take out this coveted award four times is quite
exceptional," he said.
"A completely different configuration of judges from other
years and he does it again."
The fact that the number of the entries, which came from 386
bakeries, was the highest ever added weight to the
achievement.
The entries were initially judged according to 11 categories,
and Lam also won silver in gourmet fruit and bronze in
gourmet meat.
Other family members also got among the accolades.
One brother, Lam Ho, won two golds; his other brother, Mark
Lam, got a bronze; while sister-in-law Fiona Duong ended up
with a gold and a bronze.
In all, Asian bakeries, which contributed 70 percent of the
entries, won 80 percent of the awards.
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