A PHAT PASTY CHRISTMAS UNVEILED

The award-winning Phat Pasty Company, one of the leading UK foodservice suppliers of pies, pasties and savoury treats, has revealed its festive range for 2024.

Bringing truly authentic flavours to menus, the Phat Pasty festive range offers something for all operators from grab & go hot pasties, centre plate pies and savoury bake snacks.

With the UK free-from market size anticipated to grow at 12.2% between 2023-2033[1], brand new for this year is the introduction of the Wild Boar, Apple and Cider Gluten-Free Pie. Made with wild boar and apple, in a creamy cider and mustard sauce, topped with a golden gluten-free pastry, the pie was overall runner up and Silver Award Winner in the Free From category at the British Pie Awards 2024.

Available in two size formats, 300g centre plate or 90g mini pie, these pies are perfect on winter menus as either a hearty main, a starter or on sharing boards and platters.

The new pie joins a line-up of three hot-to-go yuletide treats including, for meat lovers, the Phat Christmas Dinner Pasty, filled with turkey, bacon, sausage and cranberries, seasoned with sage and onion and encased in a hand-crimped pasty, and the Phat Festive Chunky Sausage Roll, with pork, turkey, ham & cranberries, wrapped in a puff pastry roll.

With nearly seven out of 10 (67%) of consumers ‘extremely sustainability conscious’[2] and a third reducing their overall meat intake[3], the range also offers a meat-free option; the Phat Festive Vegan Bake. This puff pastry slice is filled with mushrooms, cranberries and pea protein chunks in a creamy coconut milk sauce, seasoned with sage & thyme.

All three are perfect for operators to offer as hot grab & go options or as part of a light lunch Christmas menu.

Paul Clark, Phat Controller at Phat Pasty, commented: “We’re a truly British brand and so we wanted to focus our festive range around classic Christmas flavours, that consumers know and love, combined with our unrelenting commitment to using the very best, premium ingredients.

“We’re proud to use British meat and natural ingredients in our ranges and our products are made in local areas synonymous with their heritage, with our traditional Cornish pasties handmade in Cornwall.

“This year, we’re excited to add a gluten-free pie to the Phat festive line-up, made in a gluten-free bakery, so we can offer pubs and restaurants a main or starter option, whilst our other Christmas products allow catering operators across leisure, out-of-home, education, healthcare and B&I, to uplevel their food-to-go or lunch menus this season.”

Phat Pasty’s festive range is available to order from September via Bidfood, Brakes and other national and regional wholesalers.

To find out more please contact the Phat Controller via phatcontroller@phatpasty.com