Any discussion of what British food is — or at least was — must have at its heart the pie and mash shop (or “eel and pie house” as they were originally known). This sentiment is no truer than during National Pie and Mash Week.
And it’s an opinion shared by the MP for Basildon and Billericay Richard Holden who at the end of 2023 led a charge in Parliament to obtain Traditional Speciality Guaranteed (TSG) status for pie and mash, akin to Welsh lamb or Stilton.
