3.14159265359…. Do The Math, Pie Week’s Coming…
Love Island might be a lifetime away, but the pie-ing is starting early. Not as another couple break up (RIP Adam and Zara), but rather the sort that you’ll want to pour gravy over. Welcome to actual pies and national pie week, running next week from Monday 4th March to Sunday 10th. It’s like Christmas for fatties (except that Christmas still, really, is Christmas for fatties). Britain’s cuisine may be unfairly besmirched internationally, but if there’s one area where we really lead the world then it’s got to be pies. Let’s get pie-ing.

The Windmill
When it comes to pies, Mayfair pub The Windmill knows what it’s doing. They have won the British Pie Awards three times and each year serve up around 115 tonnes of pie and 5,500 litres of gravy – that’s the equivalent of 70 baths’ worth. Ew! They’ll be serving up classics likes of venison and wild mushroom, steak and kidney and chicken.
Where: 6-8 Mill Street, Mayfair, W1S 2AZ
Website: www.windmillmayfair.co.uk

Smith & Wollensky
Where: The Adelphi, 1-11 John Adam Street, Covent Garden Riverside, London WC2N 6HT, United Kingdom
Website: www.smithandwollensky.co.uk

The Bedford
What if I told you that you could get two pies, for the price of one pie? The pies on offer include steak and Timothy Taylor’s Landlord ale pie (even better when it’s washed down with a pint of the same (er, the ale, not a pint of pie, obvs). If you fancy something veggie, then pulled jackfruit and oyster mushroom is the pie for you, and naturally there’s a pie that’s also a pudding in the form of a vegan frangipane and plum with vanilla ice cream.

The Oystermen Seafood Bar & Kitchen
Oyster pie anyone? Yes, totally a thing thanks to The Oystermen Seafood Bar & Kitchen who are coming up with their own seafoody special for pie week. Served inside the actual shell, the beef and oyster ‘pie’ is certainly unique, topped with panic breadcrumbs the mini pie apparently goes down particularly well with a bottle of craft brew or, conversely, Champagne.
Where: 32 Henrietta Street, Soho, WC2E 8NA
Website: www.oystermen.co.uk
The Hind's Head
Let’s get out of London! The Hind’s Head, Heston Blumenthal’s posh pub in Bray, is embracing pie week with a 16th century pie from the famous chef. The restaurant always has a pie on the menu, which changes seasonally, but the real star is the Chewitt, on the bar snack menu. It’s a 16th Century pie, made from historic-sounding ingredients including duck, guinea fowl and pistachio, made in a hand raised pastry and served with walnut ketchup.
Where: High Street, Bray, SL6 2AB
Website: www.hindsheadbray.com