Archive Article: 2001/10/19

19 October 2001

Apple of their eye…judges put pastry and filling to the test at the National Bramley Apple Pie championship. The event, organised by Nottinghamshire Federation of Womens Institutes and Newark and Sherwood District Council, took place at Southwell – home of the original Bramley apple tree. "With new-season Bramleys now in the shops and dark, chilly autumn days drawing in, the competition provided the perfect opportunity to create tangy, melt-in-the-mouth, appetising Bramley apple pies for all the family," said a spokesperson for the organisers.