50:-born chef Franz Lieber. As of 2020, at peak the bakery produces around 2500 pies a day, and uses 6 tonnes (13,000 lb) of pork a month. Pies are sold from the premises, and are also sold wholesale to supermarkets around the
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The bakery has never won an award at the Bakel's New
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