Pieminister

[JoeyT]

Sad faces all round for this...

They've just tweeted to say

"Sadly we haven't been accepted this year at Glasto. Shame as we are local, ethical & 100% free range #Voteroundpiesforglasto"

Real big shame this.

[GlastoSimon]

They could have revealed this before the balance payment period at least...

[Franky]

Gutted

[Gwladboy]

Ah well, as nice as they were (especially the Moo) perhaps they got a bit big. After all you can buy them in Waitrose, restaurants springing up and all that.

Hopefully it'll give someone smaller a chance.

[JamesBrew]

No Glastonbury Matador

[blackred]

They could have revealed this before the balance payment period at least...

At least it's before the refund deadline......

[Matt - Ed Banger Records]

There goes our Thursday plans to recreate my mates wedding then :-(

[Northernsoul45]

I remember reading a lot about this stall prior to going in 2013....I made the effort to go round and queue....yeah the pie was alright, but for the price & with the hype etc..

very underwhelmed.

[tom22]

Plenty of decent alternatives.

[Space Shanty]

Think they're kinda overrated anyway.

Decent enough but given the queues, not worth it.

Apologies if this is blasphemy!

[Mouseboy11]

I've never been, I'll have to go to the one up in St Nics market at some point.

[Hugh Jass]

There'll still be plenty of pie stalls, although as a proud Midlander I'm yet to find anywhere that does Balti pies.

Canning the Growler stall would be a refund-worthy offence.

[Memory Man]

shame as they are by far the best pies on site but when they moved to the main thoroughfare between pyramid and other it was never as good as when they were right next to the brothers bar as i dont find myself between pyramid and other too often.

it was so easy to just get a brothers and a pie and mash and have a nice sit down... those days are over!!

[pentura]

As long as there's still pasties and oggie's I'm happy

[sinhala]

Other pies are available.

[ravermum]

Square Pie Company is delicious and they were all over last year, well, I saw them in two places, and ate one most days

[The Nal]

Unfortunately I think theres a bigger picture here. Starting to get a slight whiff of BS from the food stall biz at Glasto. Was shocked at how expensive some of the new stalls were. £12 some of them for a plate.

[The Placid Casual]

That explains why my friend dropped out...

[JayBalls]

Square Pie Company is delicious and they were all over last year, well, I saw them in two places, and ate one most days

Square pie is luverley

[FuzzyDunlop]

The best pie place was on the way to west holts. It had "PIES" above the stall. Opposite the Kasbah (I think)

Not sure its name, unless it was just called PIES.

[jeffie]

There was me putting a bet on them being the third headliner!

[Memory Man]

you do wonder just how much the fee is for a decent pitch.... on the one hand the festival has to pay its bills for all the wonderful acts they put on for us, but if that comes as a detriment to the punter in silly prices then where do you strike a balance?

to be honest the research probably shows that most punters will pay whatever the costs (for nice food) as many treat it as a holiday. Therefore I imagine the pitch price goes up relatively significantly every year.

you just need to shop around a bit for a good deal. Its sad though when an ever popular name is either denied their space or, more likely, thinks it isnt worth their time.

[The Nal]

you do wonder just how much the fee is for a decent pitch.... on the one hand the festival has to pay its bills for all the wonderful acts they put on for us, but if that comes as a detriment to the punter in silly prices then where do you strike a balance?

to be honest the research probably shows that most punters will pay whatever the costs (for nice food) as many treat it as a holiday. Therefore I imagine the pitch price goes up relatively significantly every year.

you just need to shop around a bit for a good deal. Its sad though when an ever popular name is either denied their space or, more likely, thinks it isnt worth their time.

Thats the issue. The more the festival charge, the higher the stalls have to charge for food. Some of the new stalls look great - one or two behind the Pyramid on the way to the Peel Tent - but they were scandalously expensive.

[fatyeti24]

There'll still be plenty of pie stalls, although as a proud Midlander I'm yet to find anywhere that does Balti pies.

Canning the Growler stall would be a refund-worthy offence.

Balti pies and Growlers?

midlands cuisine must be worse than i thought!

[SanchoPanza]

I have a small catering stall at Glastonbury. I think you would be amazed at how much the pitch fees are there. Apparently, before my time, it was a licence to print money....believe me, those days are gone. Despite this it does compare favourably with some festivals, at which it almost impossible to make a profit if you make good quality food and not the awful cheap and nasty stuff some flog.