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Some like pies with mince and cheese, others bacon and egg, and some even butter chicken, but Travis Henry, from Henry’s Family Pies likes them family-sized and ready for you to pop in the oven.
The pie maker and his wife Jasmine Henry bought McCauley’s Store & Cafe on Higginson St in Ōtāne in Central Hawke’s Bay and opened Henry’s Family Pies on February 9.
The long-time pie maker Travis Henry with a fresh batch of pies. Photo / Paul Taylor
“It was a no-brainer to dive at it. I needed the kitchen because I just made them out of BJ’s Bakery at night in Hastings.”
The Henry's Family Pies team, Brodie Mathieson (left), Lisa Barber, Rhien Neilson, Travis Henry, Jasmine Henry, Layla Henry and Cushla Crosby. Photo / Paul Taylor
The couple took over the building five months ago and had been hard at work with renovations.
“I did have a sign saying coming soon and it was the longest ‘coming soon’ ever,” he said.
The store also sells regular-sized pies, a selection of bakery goods and cabinet foods.
“It’s gone from zero to 100 with just frozen family pies to an actual full-blown bakery, cafe and a store.”
The frozen family pies come in 14 flavours with homemade French-style pastry and instructions on how to cook them at home.
“The most popular? There would be two of them - steak and caramelised onion, and a steak and creamy mushroom.”
Henry said his pies have a high meat ratio. The product is sourced from Hawke’s Bay growers, which was important to the family.
“Every time I have gone to bakeries you see the price climbing but the quality dropping.”
His offerings include all the favourites, plus a curry sausage potato top and a buffalo chicken-flavoured option.
The bakery and cafe are open from 6am to 4pm Tuesday to Friday, and 8am to 4pm Saturday and Sunday.
Michaela Gower joined Hawke’s Bay Today in 2023 and is based out of the Hastings newsroom. She covers Dannevirke and Hawke’s Bay news and has a love for sharing stories about farming and rural communities.
