Willy's Pies
Food producer · Haggerston ·
Premium pies with seasonal fillings, treacle tarts, and subscriptions
Premium pies with seasonal fillings, treacle tarts, and subscriptions
"What they’ve got:A pie subscription, we kid you not. What do you get for the person that has everything? A pie subscription, that’s what. Willy’s Pies is a one-person pie mission that was born during lockdown and you can now gift someone a pie a week with their £50 subscription. Your lucky recipient can expect fillings like onglet, oxtail, and roast celeriac, and all they’ll need to do is pick the pie they fancy for delivery to their home each week." - heidi lauth beasley, jake missing
"A pie subscription, we kid you not. What do you get for the person that has everything? A pie subscription, that’s what. Willy’s Pies is a one-person pie mission that was born during lockdown and you can now gift someone a pie a week with their £50 subscription. Your lucky recipient can expect fillings like onglet, oxtail, and roast celeriac, and all they’ll need to do is pick the pie they fancy for delivery to their home each week. We haven’t been here yet, but want you to know this spot exists." - Team Infatuation
"Under an arch on Helmsley Place, Wednesday to Sunday, lockdown chef star Will Lewis, a piemaster, is offering truly peerless pastry cases filled with the likes of steak and ale; chicken, bacon, and leek; or rabbit, bacon, and cider and offering a cap of buttery mash and a drenching of gravy for £12. Better pies — a better sub £15 lunch — is hard to find anywhere in the city." - Adam Coghlan
"They’ve been a fixture of online delivery for a good while, but Will Lewis’s pies now have their own arch (and weekly appearances in some of east London’s better butchers and food stores.) There’s pie and mash here — sometimes kale, Ogleshield cheese, and shallot; sometimes chicken and leek — but also a range of Greggs-besting slices; sausa" - Laura Goodman
"A Hackney-born, lockdown-era shortcrust savoury pie company founded by chefs Will Lewis and Josh Hill, it grew from bike-delivered pies from Lewis’s home in 2020 into a wholesale operation and—following an investment by Ian Wright—its first proper food stall inside Netil Market. The menu centers on classic shortcrust pies such as steak and ale; chicken, ham, leek, and cider; mince and cheddar; and asparagus, ricotta, and broad bean, with the new stall offering them served with mash, gravy, and peas. Brash and confident in its branding (notably all-caps Instagram captions), the mono-product business reflects Lewis’s aim of doing one thing well; the founders have links to established restaurants (Lewis worked at St John and Brat). The brand has also secured football-related partnerships, including with Leyton Orient and as the official pie sponsor for Watford F.C., and Wright’s public involvement and investment are expected to boost both growth and national profile." - Adam Coghlan