Savoury pastry remains a great British favourite, with over £1.2bn worth sold each year. Cranswick's unique approach, partnering with Gill Ridgard, the original Yorkshire Baker, means we can take the artisan skills of a local producer to taste buds across the nation.
Fresh and local are our guiding principles and our position as a leading meat producer, along with longstanding partnerships with local farmers, means our food is always of the highest quality.
Time is our secret ingredient and we’re proud of this - we never rush or cut corners.
Our state-of-the-art facility is designed to reflect the hands-on process of a domestic kitchen. We aim to deliver extraordinary taste through flavoursome fillings and ingredients that we prepare ourselves on site.
Farmer’s daughter, Gill began working on her parents’ farm as a child and later became a qualified butcher, going on to open her own shop in the area. A move to Yorkshire saw her go it alone again, specialising in savoury pastry and producing her first handcrafted sausage rolls. Savoury pastry is still Gill’s specialty – she knows that the simplest baked foods are the hardest to make, with so few ingredients there’s nowhere to hide – every technique and process must be perfect. But the most important ingredient is time. Great pastry needs to be rested – it adds that extra something. Which is why at Cranswick Gourmet Pastry, all our pastry is hand-rolled. You can’t rush perfection.