Leeds butchers supreme at Great Yorks competition

Leeds butchers reigned supreme at the 2011 Great Yorkshire Pork Pie, Sausage & Products Competition held on Sunday 20 November.  Steve Martin, of Bentleys Butchers, Robin Lane, Pudsey, retained the pork pie supreme championship, while Paul Flintoft Butchers, of High Street, Kippax, was supreme sausage champion.

Bentleys, which also clinched supreme sausage championship honours in 2010, retained the pork pie title at this year's renewal with its first prize traditional pork pie, receiving the Ted Jones Supreme Pork Pie Trophy, presented by the competition stalwart, a retired butcher from Wadsley, Sheffield, the Interbake Trophy and product donation by William Jones Packaging.

Ilkley butcher David Lishman, president of the Confederation of Yorkshire Butchers Councils, said: "The competition again proved a resounding success.  Butchers are the artisans of the meat trade - they lead the way.  The supermarkets know we are the craftsmen of the meat industry and they follow our lead."

Full details of all the prizewinners can be found on the 2011 Honours page.