The Fairlie Bakehouse is a bakery in Fairlie, New Zealand. The bakery is most famous for producing gourmet meat pies. Popular varieties include pork belly with apple sauce, salmon and bacon, venison and cranberry, and steak.
The bakery was opened in 2010 by Austrian-born chef Franz Lieber.[1] As of 2020[update], at peak the bakery produces around 2500 pies a day, and uses 6 tonnes (13,000 lb) of pork a month.[2] Pies are sold from the premises, and are also sold wholesale to supermarkets around the South Island. The bakery has become a popular stopping place for travellers on the road between Lake Tekapo and Timaru.[3]
In 2014 the bakery produced a "ram pie" (made with lamb) to celebrate the Mackenzie Rugby Club making it to the semifinals of the Hamersley trophy competition.[4]
The business won the People's Choice Award from the South Canterbury Chamber of Commerce in 2012, 2013, 2015 and 2018, and a regional hospitality industry award in 2013.[5][1]
The bakery employs 65 staff in Fairlie,[2] which has a population of under 1000.[6]
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