The steak pies of Perth butchers DG Lindsay & Son have been judged among the best in Scotland.
The business has won the East of Scotland regional championship for their traditional steak pie at the Scottish Craft Butchers Steak Pie Evaluation in Perth.
Beaton Lindsay received the award on behalf of DG Lindsay & Son at the Inchture Hotel. A total of 169 pies were tested for appearance, flavour, filling and appeal.
The judges included experts, cooks and consumers and the event was organised by the Scottish Federation of Meat Traders in conjunction with the Scotch Butchers Club and William Sword of Cumbernauld.
David Mooney, direct sales manager of William Sword, said: “These awards are extremely important in the Scottish meat industry calendar, celebrating excellence across the board.
“To receive an award is a fantastic achievement as these winners represent the upper crust of the Scottish meat industry.”
Laurent Vernet, head of marketing with Quality Meat Scotland, which runs the Scotch Butchers Club, congratulated the butchers on the quality of their entries.
“Scotch Beef, with its acclaimed European PGI status, is renowned throughout the world for its flavour.
“This year we are celebrating the 20th anniversary of the quality assurance schemes which underpin the Scotch Beef label, as well as Scotch Lamb and Specially Selected Pork, and guarantee the quality and welfare behind its production.
“It is wonderful that our butchers can combine both innovative and traditional skills to produce products such as these mouth-watering, top quality steak pies which make the most of our wonderful Scotch Beef.”
Other awards were: Andrew Kirk, Kinghorn, traditional steak pie silver award; Ann Davidson, Scone, traditional steak pie gold award and steak & sausage pie silver award; Cheynes Fine Foods, Newburgh, traditional steak pie gold award; HW Irvine, Blairgowrie, traditional steak pie silver award; Macdonald Brothers, Pitlochry, chicken and sweet potato compote silver award; McCallums of Auchterarder, traditional steak pie silver award; DH Robertson, Arbroath, traditional steak pie gold award; David Bennett & Son, Dunblane, chilli beef & tomato pie silver award, steak & black pepper pie silver award and traditional steak pie silver award; John Hill, Dunblane, steak pie with hot tomato gold award and traditional steak pie silver award; Grossetts of Tayside traditional steak pie silver award and steak pie with Angus ale gold award; Scott Brothers, Dundee, traditional steak pie silver award and game pie silver award; Tom Courts Quality Foods Ltd, Cowdenbeath, steak mince & suet dumpling pie silver award, chicken & ham pie silver award and traditional steak pie gold award, and WF Stark, Leven, steak & black pudding pie silver award and traditional steak pie gold award.