Some dishes stay with you.
Not because they’re complicated — but because they’re right.

For me, pies and sausage rolls have always been one of those things.

Watch the short video where Gavin and Colin talk through how this pie collaboration came about.

Where It All Started – Merivale Kitchens

Years ago, while cooking at Merivale, I entered an internal company-wide chef competition. Every chef across the group was invited to submit a dish for consideration on the menu.

I entered a pie and sausage roll.

Not reinvented. Not overworked. Just done properly — good meat, honest seasoning, proper pastry, and the kind of flavour you remember.

They won.
And they were put on the menu.

Years later, those pies and sausage rolls are still being served at all Merivale venues, pubs and events — which tells you everything you need to know. When something works, it doesn’t need changing.

Old Mates, Same Obsession

Fast forward a few years, and a conversation with Colin Fassnidge brought it all full circle.

Colin and I go way back — old chef mates from back in the day, forged in busy kitchens where flavour mattered more than fuss. Like most good food ideas, the conversation was simple:

“We should do something together.”

No long pitch. No brand strategy meeting.
Just two chefs talking about food — and naturally, the conversation landed on pies.

The Pie Collab

Pies are democratic food. Everyone has an opinion, and everyone remembers the good ones.

The idea wasn’t to make them fancy — it was to make them proper.
The kind of pies you’d happily eat standing at the bench, straight from the oven, with pastry flakes everywhere.

That’s how the Westbourne Lane pies came about:

• Slow-cooked fillings

• Rich, savoury gravies

• Proper shortcrust and puff pastry

• No shortcuts

• No filler

The same thinking that won that Merivale chef award — just done again, carefully, and with experience behind it.

From Restaurant Kitchens to Your Freezer

At Westbourne Lane, we make our pies the same way we would for service — just designed to be baked at home when it suits you.

They’re part of our broader range of chef-prepared ready made meals, created for people who want proper food without cooking from scratch every night.

They sit alongside our:

• Family-style meals

• Comfort classics

• Freezer-friendly dishes

• Easy oven-ready options

All made locally, frozen for convenience, and delivered across Sydney.

Watch the Story

If you want the full story — straight from the kitchen — you can watch the pie video here, where Colin and I talk through how it all came about and why pies will always have a place on the menu.

Sometimes the best dishes don’t need reinvention.
They just need to be made well — again and again.

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