An artisan pie maker is planning a new, bigger home to meet growing demand for its products.
Brockleby’s Pies is moving to a former college building in Melton Mowbray after gaining planning permission to convert it.
The King Street building will give the pie-maker room to start operating seven days a week and extend its pie making workshops and butchery, sausage, bread, pastry and sauce making classes.
The north Leicestershire town is recognised as a national centre for food production, partly due to the traditional Melton Mowbray pork pie, which Brockleby's also make.
The family-owned usiness is currently based just outside the market town, in Asfordby Hill, and hopes to relocate later this year.
It makes a wide range of pies including spicy bison and bean, beef and potatoes, casseroled venison and Moroccan-inspired mutton with dried apricots, which are available for its current home, online, at markets and in delicatessens and other shops.
They are known for quirky names including The Beaver, The Moo and Blue, and The Penguin Pie.
Managing director Ian Jalland said: “We really couldn’t be happier to have the opportunity to regenerate this iconic building in the heart of the Rural Capital of Food which will be home to Brockleby’s handmade pie operation for many years to come.
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“Knowing that high streets face challenges nationally, as an ethical business, our choice of location is influenced by our desire to make a positive contribution to the future of Melton’s town centre.
“Pies are a universal passion and we look forward to welcoming everyone to our new home later in the year.”
The Jalland family has been farming in and around Melton Mowbray for more than 500 years, and Ian Jalland, a cattle farmer, founded Brockleby’s in 2003. Meat from its family farmed cattle is still used in its products.
The business makes up to 10,000 pies every week, which – Covid-19 permitting – are sold at around 2,500 events a year.
The Old College is owned by The Melton Town Estate, an ancient organisation founded in 1549 for the benefit of the town.
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