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Pie Making Experience

Learn how to bake your own traditional Leicester’s Melton Mowbray Pork Pie and carry it home with this weekday workshop

eligible with a VisitBritain Gift Card

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Hands-on experience

Learn a new skill or improve your culinary talent with this experience.

Highlights

  • Learn how to bake a Melton Mowbray Pork Pie from scratch in this two-hour-long workshop.
  • Sign up for a hands-on learning experience on hot water pastry and gelatine-making.
  • Carry back home your very own Melton Mowbray Pork Pie to bake or freeze for a special day, and a baked pork pie ready to eat.

What's included

  • Two-hours expert tuition
  • Recipe’s ingredients
  • Refreshments

Prepare for the experience

Children information

  • This experience is recommended for young people over 16 years old.
  • The minimum age to participate is 10 years old.
  • Young people under 16 must be accompanied by a paying adult.

Accessibility information

  • Please contact our team should you require further accessibility information.

Ticket restrictions

  • The experience’s tickets are non-refundable.
  • Pets are not allowed.
  • Smoking is prohibited within the venue.
  • Observers are not allowed due to space.

Additional information

  • Please, wear comfortable shoes and bring an apron, if available, and a cool bag.
  • The bakery can be cold in Winter so wear clothes according to the weather.

Sustainability information

  • By promoting local cookery traditions and locally sourced food, the Melton Mowbray Ultimate Pie Making Workshop supports a sustainability culture within the travel industry.

The weekdays Melton Mowbray Pie Making Experience live date and timeslot availability can be seen upon booking.

Duration: 1.5 to 2 hours.

Regular operating times are:

  • Tuesday and Wednesday: 6:30 pm.

Closed over the Christmas period.

How to get there

  • Attraction Address: Brockleby Pies, Melton Rd, Asfordby Hill, Melton Mowbray LE14 3QU.
  • Nearest train: Melton Mowbray.
  • Buses (from Melton) stopping nearby: 5,5A.

Supplier information

This product is sold by VisitBritain Shop and supplied by Brockleby’s Bakery..

Once you have completed your booking, you will receive an instant order confirmation via email from VisitBritain and a second email with the e-ticket including a QR. This can be downloaded and used through your mobile phone or printed out and shown when attending the experience. This product is non-refundable.