A popular restaurant and pub in Manchester is serving up a selection of delicious pies for a bargain as part of its annual pie festival.
The Black Friar in Salford is celebrating the favourite British dish for as little as £10 until the end of February this year.
The restored English pub serves gourmet mains, cocktails, and desserts in a historic setting, and this year marks its third annual pie festival.
The pies on offer in January and February include creamy chicken and pancetta, minced aged beef and root vegetable, classic fish pie and a cheese option for vegetarians.
There is also a host of daily specials handcrafted by head chef Ben Chaplin.
We were lucky enough to head down to the Black Friar to try the delicious pies out for ourselves.
The Black Friar in Salford is celebrating the favourite British dish for as little as £10 until the end of February this year.
The restored English pub serves gourmet mains, cocktails, and desserts in a historic setting, and this year marks its third annual pie festival.
The pies on offer in January and February include creamy chicken and pancetta, minced aged beef and root vegetable, classic fish pie and a cheese option for vegetarians.
There is also a host of daily specials handcrafted by head chef Ben Chaplin.
We were lucky enough to head down to the Black Friar to try the delicious pies out for ourselves.
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00:00 "January is typically tough for restaurants and hospitality and we wanted to do something,
00:05 one to give back but also to keep the business viable and to get people through the door
00:10 and it worked for us. We tried it, it worked really well and we just thought we need to
00:13 carry this on. So it's our thing for January and February."
00:17 A popular restaurant and pub in Manchester is serving up a selection of delicious pies for
00:22 a bargain as part of its annual pie festival. The Blackfriar in Salford is celebrating the
00:28 favourite British dish for as little as £10 until the end of February this year.
00:33 The restored English pub serves gourmet mains, cocktails and desserts in a historic setting
00:38 and this year marks its third annual pie festival. The pies on offer in January and February include
00:44 creamy chicken and pancetta, minced aged beef and root vegetable, classic fish pie and a cheese
00:50 option for vegetarians. There is also a host of daily specials handcrafted by head chef Ben
00:56 Chaplin. We were lucky enough to head down to the Blackfriar to try the delicious pies out for
01:01 ourselves. "This is our third year doing the pie festival so we're doing it again because we did
01:06 such great success last year, people love it, we're really really busy and it gives them the
01:13 chance to be able to come and have one of our pies that are on our ala carte menu for a massively
01:18 reduced price. We have our staple pies, we've got a chicken pie, a minced beef pie and a cheese pie
01:22 which are on all the time and a fish pie so they're always available for £10 and then we do
01:28 specials as well so we've got lamb hot pot, we've got a hunter's chicken, there's a chicken cordon
01:34 bleu, there's a lobster pie as well which we're going to do which is a bit bougie so that's coming
01:39 soon. Some of us are stuck in at home and it's great to get out and go and meet friends and
01:43 talk about stuff and if you could do that over a relatively cheap lunch which is still high quality
01:50 then all the better. So this January we've got a chicken, bacon and confit garlic pie
01:56 in a white wine cream sauce, there's a fish pie with a mash topping. Traditionally you get fish
02:02 pie which is in a dish with mash on top as is in a shortcrust pastry. Then we've got a minced beef
02:08 pie so minced beef and root vegetable through a nice rich gravy and then there's a cheese and
02:13 potato pie so we've got one for veggies as well so we've got a veggie, fish and then some meat
02:18 options. Out of all the pies I sampled my favourites were the chicken and fish pies and each dish had
02:23 mash, greens or chips to accompany it. For an affordable price you can try delicious gourmet
02:29 pies in a central location in Manchester all the way up until the end of February. The chicken is
02:34 definitely my favourite. Would you say that was the best seller? Yes 100% of the best seller. I made 125
02:40 yesterday and I've got to make another 60 today.