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Medals for Ron's pies

 

Ron Bruns, from Bremen Patisserie in Umina, has won two gold medals, five silver medals and three bronze medals at the annual Great Aussie Meat Pie Competition on September 10.

Held as part of the Melbourne Fine Food Show, Mr Bruns won gold medals for his Italian bolognese pie in the red meat section and his seafood mornay pie in the seafood section.

He won silver medals for his beef and burgundy, vegetable, chicken and vegetable, butler chicken and korma chicken pies.

Bronze medals were awarded for his plain, lamb and curry and tandoori chicken pies.

Mr Bruns said that this year's result was his best since he first entered the national competition in 1996.

"Sixty points in the competition wins you a bronze certificate, over 60 a silver award and the highest points scorer overall wins gold," he said.

Mr Bruns said that his award winning seafood mornay pie was particularly important to him.

"I make seafood mornay like my mum used to make for us at home and I put that in a pie," he said.

Originally from Bremen in Germany, Mr Bruns became an apprentice chef at age 15, working in the best houses and a department store until 1968 when he migrated to Australia.

"Bremen is an old city near Denmark.

"It has lots of tradition," he said.

Alison Branley, September 20