Any discussion of what British food is — or at least was — must have at its heart the pie and mash shop (or “eel and pie house” as they were originally known). It’s an opinion shared ...

Mr Holden has two pie and mash shops in his part of the Basildon new town, which sits to the east of London in Essex ... Carmarthen ham, Cornish pasties and watercress. Keen fans of the classic ...

I've been to these pie and ... central and east London, down the Thames Gateway and out into the world. “We’re wanting to celebrate it and I’ve got a couple of pie and mash shops in my ...

The recipe involves a minced beef pie ... and east London, down the Thames Gateway and out into the world. “We’re wanting to celebrate it and I’ve got a couple of pie and mash shops in ...

Holden, who represents the Basildon and Billericay constituency east ... pie and mash is still often served alongside stewed or jellied eels. Traditional pie shops were once commonplace in London ...

Debate rages about the longest-serving pie and mash shop. While the Henry Blanchard shop in east London was first founded in 1844, the longest continual serving shop was either Arments of Walworth ...

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Campaigners hope to secure protected status for traditional pie and mash to celebrate the “original fast food” and its London origins. Conservative former minister Richard Holden and producers ...