What a SHOCKER! A Sad Pie Review

New. Lidl supermarket review. Chicken Leek & Bacon Pie review. For more reviews click this link • Pies

[@gwheregwhizz]

My daughter married a Lidl shop manager yesterday. When I walked her down the aisle I got a screwdriver set, frying pan and a bicycle pump.

[@audreyfforbes-hamilton]

🤣

[@fookoff9220]

Get ya coat.

[@heifetz14]

I hope you did not serve these shitty rip-off pies at the reception.

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

Haha 👍 😄

[@martinoconnor4314]

Its got to the stage now that I don't bother buying pies anymore as I'm sick of nothing but gristle and gravy inside them.

[@garyclark2506]

Butchers mate

[@stevegray5709]

Me too. My plan is to only have pies I've made myself in future. Means I need to 'cook' again which cannot be bad.

[@MrCliveado]

I agree, it seems most manufacturers use pies to hide inferior quality meat

[@user-cd4mo7rw5b]

It's all cows arse and jelly.......

[@martinoconnor4314]

@@garyclark2506 There is only one small independent Butchers near me and it doesn't do pies. I'm surrounded by plenty of supermarkets and I guess they've driven the small traders out of business.

[@Vic-pz5oh]

No chickens were harmed in the making of this pietopsy😝

[@amandahugenkisch1486]

Or the making of this pie

[@Mandy-nw6dv]

😂

[@user-nx8ii4ef7f]

Though someone has been feathering their own nest making these!!

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

Haha 👍

[@chris.hinsley]

That’s only because there wasn’t any chickens in it !

[@philipmckeon8944]

They shouldn’t be allowed to get away with the picture on the box being so far from the truth Gaz. Sure that’s criminal. Thanks for the review. 👍

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

You're welcome and you're right

[@midnightmosesuk]

It's a bit like fast food restaurants. You go in and see a picture of a nice juicy burger then, when you get it to your table and unwrap it, you have something that looks like a bit like flattened hedgehog and nothing like the picture at all. It ought to be covered by the trade descriptions act.

[@neilgodwin6531]

Think there's a case for a complaint of misrepresentation under the Trades Description Act. Local Trading Standards officer can advise (local council)

[@Pythonaria]

Yes. It's false advertising.

[@XPLOSIVization]

The company that did that picture for the pie packaging, should be reported for fake advertisement, that is unbelievably bad and dishonest of them

[@martinoconnor4314]

lol, must be the same company that did the pictures for McDonalds burgers, have you ever had one that looks like the pictures? In reality you get something that looks like it has been sat on by the fattest employee in the store.

[@Mounhas]

Check out Tesco chicken & gray pie & the buyer’s reviews going back several years.

[@danmyers7827]

They claim it's 'Deluxe'. What's the 'everyday essentials' version like?🤔

[@Mounhas]

@@danmyers7827 😄😄

[@stevenc5227]

You wouldn't buy it if you saw the true picture , everything looks good in pictures, they only fool you once with each product, that's why they keep changing the packaging.

[@eadweard.]

In the words of Percy Sugden, "What's in those pies? Full o' scrag end and gristle n'doubt".

[@cabottaxi]

Lidl will be renaming it a CHICKEN FLAVOURED pie next. Looks like the chicken ran around the yard before they caught it.

[@jeffcook3747]

There is no way that that tiny bit of chicken was 18% of the volume of ingredients! I'm from the US so maybe I'm missing something but if you told me that the chicken was 18% if the total amount of stuff in that pie, I'd call you a liar

[@onevastanus]

UK 18% = US 28%

[@danmyers7827]

I wonder if there's a legal loophole. The 18% could mean solid morsels and chicken stock.

[@lyndonwatkins1]

Should be called chicken soup pie with bacon fat and cheese served with to small lumps of chicken inside

[@honestjohn7513]

Wow you get more chicken in a pouch of cat food 😂

[@Graham-1888]

You're actually right, my cats get a pouch of chicken fillet in gravy and the amount of chicken in them puts that pie to shame. It's proper chicken as well and quite nice gravy...yes I tried it 😂😂

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

Haha 👍

[@sharongrace1582]

🤣

[@stevegray5709]

Mmmm. I'll give a pouch a try. Any recommendations?

[@Graham-1888]

@stevegray5709 sheba and encore, add some salt and have it with some mash 😋 👌 😂😂 It does have to be fit for human consumption so you can eat it without worrying your going to be spewing or squirting the brown stuff out the other end 🫣😂😂

[@janbertenshaw8597]

Well done Gareth for keeping the palm oil warning going

[@PeterChelmsford]

Cheers Gareth, after the lack of filling I won't bother buying this. 👍

[@michaelclark4855]

I've found that the majority of the Lidl Deluxe pie range are just budget pies tarted up a bit too give the impression that they're somehow special. Thanks for the run video! 👍

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

Cheers mate

[@standup4urrights438]

Spot On review as always Gareth. I have said before on your pie reviews,local farm shops ect,pack out their pies with the meat content (AND MAKE A PROFIT!!),so why cant the supermarkets???? Rip Off Britain !!!!

[@ferrumignis]

To be fair you do tend to pay significantly more in farm shops, but you are generally getting a far superior product. Supermarkets screw their suppliers down to the last penny to maximise their own profits and this kind of thing is often the result.

[@Curryking32000]

It's a German store chain.

[@standup4urrights438]

@@Curryking32000 they all do it !!

[@Koldobika8A]

Lost for words 😂 , you get more chicken in the chicken pasty from poundbakery for £1.60

[@standup4urrights438]

More chicken in a vegetarian chicken burger

[@julianash4663]

Love your plants brilliant stuff ilove growing things as well

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

Thank you kindly

[@LordbomberD]

The way they fill the pie with chicken. They pull a piece of chicken on a string and anything that falls off is for the pie. Anything left is for the rest of the batch.

[@judithmatthews8460]

My dad’s favourite story of the war. They put a cherry on a string and pulled it through 24 buns and then called them cherry buns. Better than a raspberry bun they just used bits of sawdust to pretend they were raspberry seeds.

[@davefoster543]

At our local butcher we can still get a decent pie with plenty of meat in it for a fiver - and that serves two. I won't be changing any time soon!

[@johnlindsay3820]

That’s a shocker Gareth. There’s nothing worse than looking forward to a pie only to find there’s no filling inside.

[@Nite-owl]

It's amazing what can be done with a bit of macro photography ................... where's the damn chunks? 🤪

[@sparsh415]

They`re trying to replace the ingredients and keep flavour with loads of fat(78.8 g fat in this pie/112% of your daily allowance). Another thing some supermarkets do is to replace fruit with sugar which keeps the price down and tricks our taste buds. The most appealing thing about this item is the box. lol

[@mwgary]

I was going to buy one of these pies because they do look nice. So thanks to your review, I won’t buy that now. What a disappointment! Please continue trying these things out so we don’t have to.

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

You are so welcome!

[@davidjacovelli5986]

Lidl is my usual haunt, being just down the road from me, so this is particularly useful. I'm of an age myself where I really miss those massive, full pies that Morrisons used to do, back when they had fresh food available rather than all packaged, and don't mind paying for what I like, so if the price were high, I'd still be there because I'm getting then what I actually want to eat. With these cheap pies, I always feel you can taste what's missing, if you get me. They dissatisfy, all the time, and merely being cheap is not an actual pleasure, I feel.

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

Cheers David

[@dieselbushcraft1299]

I reckon the packaging was a tad optimistic 😂🤣😂

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

Just abit lol

[@timcrook2231]

👌👍

[@wildthing6668813]

They are reducing the percentages of the main ingredients and with some other ingredients they are using cheaper ingredients like palm oil. There will only be so far they can go with reducing the main ingredients like beef, chicken and pork before the pie isn't a pie. If the pie is 450g and they claim 18% then it's 81g of chicken per pie. One thing about any product is that they can put the letter E on the packaging meaning that there could be a lot less of the main ingredients in the pie or product. The pie could have as little as 3% chicken and bacon, just a few small pieces and more leeks than anything and they call it a chicken pie. Always look for the letter E on any product this is what the producers do so they can put less of the product in the item and still call it by the main ingredients name i.e. a chicken, bacon and leek pie.

[@user-gg8iu8ic5k]

Two words: Trading Standards.

[@dingnextstop]

Just more flavoured Pastry Gareth… they should rename these as Pie Rip Offs, they get away with because it actually contains what the packaging states, people “really should” learn to cook their own..👍🏻

[@robertlockwood3540]

I buy pies from a local butcher. Costs about £3.50 and you get 3 decent portions crammed full with meat. Can't ever recall buying any pie in a supermarket I was happy with. Pies are a rip off.

[@paulrichards6894]

M+S are quite nice but you have to pay ......i think the few I have had from butchers or farm shops were lovely

[@stevebriggs2645]

Best thing about that purchase was the foil tray, could be useful as a little seed nursery 😂.The best thing about Lidl in my humble opinion is the freshly baked bread and pastries etc😋. Keep up the good work Gareth 👍.

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

Yes that lovely mate

[@stevenhibbitt6380]

Must come out of the same factory as Fray Bentos pies!

[@danmyers7827]

That would make sense...but it's actually made by Shire Foods, who made a decent quality pie/pasty reviewed here some time ago. They would probably like to make this pie much more satisfying, but Lidl are in control here.

[@Mandy-nw6dv]

It's an air-pie 😂 I'm yet to find a really full pie. Thanks for sharing 😊

[@timpearce3314]

Ever tried a "pukka" pie? a bit pricey but full of good stuff, Iv,e not been let down by them yet,, ...

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

You’re welcome 😊

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

Have you seen my latest videos on pukka Pies mate?

[@Mandy-nw6dv]

@@BaldFoodieGuy they are yuk lol 😆

[@smudger671]

@@timpearce3314 Pukka pies are complete garbage.

[@EVILUTION9]

Chicken flavoured pie then? pastry looks good but Jesus! Thanks for taking one for the team mate!

[@jackgreene5663]

Excellent warning service.

[@thomascheyne7131]

Thanks was gonna get one the other day,glad I watched this,👍

[@user-cx1cv2fu8n]

On the box it looks absolutely delicious what a massive let down some people would buy that as treat it’s disgraceful

[@timmy2916]

nice to see a heavyweight vlogger who doesn't constantly fawn over Lidl and Aldi. Well done champ for introducing your twins to horticulture.

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@waynewhitebeam1144]

Thanks for review Gareth, a really tasty sauce hiding the fact there's hardly any meat in there..Spot on review.👍

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

My pleasure!

[@johnhooton8299]

When you were reading out the percentages, the chicken content was shallow for a pie titled chicken, the amount you would expect in two-for-a-pound deals but the good bit you have saved me even more money by not getting one.👍👍

[@wanderer7755]

Sheeeiiittte….You get ripped off so we don’t have to! Thanks mate 👍🏻

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

No problem 👍

[@wanderer7755]

@@BaldFoodieGuy 🤣

[@SuperLittleTyke]

I just compared this to an M&S Gastropub Creamy Chicken, Leek & Smoked Bacon Pie. The M&S product is 500g and contains 31% chicken and 10% bacon lardons. However, the price is £8! Now the Lidl pie looks quite affordable, doesn't it?

[@dontdoitdave6585]

Hello nice to see inside pies

[@lindaeastment4542]

Hi Gareth, Sorry but I thought your X chicken looked 🤮 but we know where the chicken has gone the company are keeping them for Christmas 😂 thanks for sharing all the best Lin ✨

[@bejaymac6669]

These have been around for several years now, they normally only show up before xmas and are gone by march, and the image on the box hasn't changed any, but this year they are still around, used to be a well filled pie, but there is more filler than meat in them now.

[@sarahillingworth2718]

Hope you and good lady enjoyed 😊

[@johniksushibar165]

sitting at home mit a broken arm i am reduced to eating ready made things like that pie, i had one and thought it was quite nice, mine had plenty chicken bits inside, maybe you were unlucky ? ps, try the "deluxe pork pies"

[@deepressland7779]

Glad to see that you now have a local Lidl to compare with other supermarkets. I personally never buy this particular pie, I always prefer the 2 pie packs, Lidl beef and ale/chicken leek are generally much better in my experience,

[@ED-209UHD]

Can’t go wrong with the fish pies from Lidl! It’s full of seafood and really nice mash!

[@ferrumignis]

They are very good tbh, well worth a go if you like fish. I wonder if these videos get watched by any supermarket execs? Would be nice to think it could lead to improving these products (probably a pipe dream).

[@ED-209UHD]

@@ferrumignis 100% pipe dream my friend they take no notice only profits 😆🤦 Or should I say piedream!

[@noggin73]

I hope you like cucumbers Gaz! 7 cucumber plants will produce loads!

[@susannah1184]

Good luck with your plants. Pie was very sparse. Thanks again for a great review xx

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

You’re welcome 😊

[@AlanTremethick]

The only decent supermarket pies I've had are Morrisons in store baked, nice short crust pastry and reasonable amount of filling, usually £2:20 for two.

[@traciebushnell1425]

Well done for calling this out i only buy the ginsters cornish pasty as i love the peppery taste , you could make a better pie even with a tin of creamy chicken pie filling from M &S

[@ericparkin1197]

You said it yourself, prices increasing, contents reducing. For anyone on a tight budget it would pr9bably do. I bet a pie in a Morrisons of similar weight would cost £4 + and for that price I know I would get more content. Horses for courses, buy cheaper and less quality or pay more for better quality.

[@davescorpion]

They never look like they do on the box do they.........lol, Just have to take the McD's adverts for how different they actually look.....

[@nicolavallely8076]

Hi Gareth just love your pie autopsies,nice to know what you are paying for,by the way you need a micro scope to see the filling xx

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

Haha yes not allot in it was there. Xx hope you're well x

[@bennyhill4228]

6:40 "Taking my top off"..... last time i took my top off they enterend me for the knobbly knee competion upside down 😂🍻, i won a pair of melons 🤣😆

[@holgerandersengrn3457]

You are quite entertaining and give some great reviews. As I am a Dane living in Denmark, I cannot buy the reviewed food. Still watching your videos, good entertainment.

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

Cheers

[@robh3851]

Great video again. I find if you pop the pie out of the foil and then re-sit it back in the foil before cooking it comes out easier. Tried loads of steak pies from all places and can never find a decent one at all. Gonna have to learn to make my own I suppose, as the amount of meat you get and the quality of the meat seems to just be shameful whichever brand you purchase. Enjoyed seeing the indoor vegetable plot, will be nice to see how they get on over your next lot of videos.

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

Cheers Rob

[@jjcustard6378]

It was exactly the same the last time I had one

[@andreamacgillivray3653]

Oh dear! Real bad, no filling as stated. Thanks for the review.

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

No worries!

[@RobertaSmart-go7ob]

Thank goodness it is a 'luxury' pie! 😋

[@nickk6518]

I've had one of those from Lidl, but the chilled rather than frozen variety. Also, I only ever buy them if they are reduced and it's likely that I only paid between 79p and 99p. Lunchtime today I had a Lidl creamy chicken and bacon pasta bake. I bought it 60% off and it cost me £1!!

[@roymillsjnr5172]

Looks good on the box ,they always do thou , it's how your lured in £2.69 there's not a lot in .mostly crust , I think if they not a £1 might be ok .

[@donaldharrison3289]

my late wife used to make our pies . i have bought pies from the stores but not found any i like

[@neilsharpe7086]

We had one of these a couple of weeks back. "Adequate" would be our best description.

[@ljm9379]

Great vlog, truthful,as ever. We buy our home baked pies etc from our butchers delicious you get two good helping lots of steak turkey ham or meat and pots selections to choose from. for £4. ❤

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

Cheers mate 👍

[@weebizzom1495]

That is disappointing. Not only are the amounts of filling coming down, but the thickness of the base pastry is going up, but of course you can’t see that until after you have bought it. Not just with Lidl’s pies, but a lot of others too. I don’t want a thick slab of pastry, a dollop of sauce, some tiny bits of meat and a thin top crust, even if it does come with a free seed tray! Time to get out the rolling pin, I think.

[@G-LFC-85]

Mate u inspired me to get the air fryer all day breakfast, u did it few videos ago, gonna try It tomorrow when I'm hungover! 👍

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

Hope you enjoy

[@G-LFC-85]

@@BaldFoodieGuy thanks mate! 👍

[@anthonybroom]

Don't got Aldi near me but most pies are like that now. Make your own. I'd like to see that. 😅👍👍👍

[@neilwilliams4684]

Thanks. I was thinking of buying one of these on the strength of the photo on the box. I won't bother now.

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

Glad I could help

[@mickj3503]

Gaz, have you tried any of the Pieminister range of pies? They are a bit expensive but absolutely beautiful 😋 They all have mad names. Their chicken, ham, and leek one is called "The Free Ranger" and steak and stilton is "The Moo & Blue". Theres others too, but I've only tried those 2. The free ranger is my favourite 😋 im literally having one for tea later 😁

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

Will have to Mick cheers

[@john9508]

Great review Gareth and really disappointing filling so thanks for taking one for the team

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@pjb1986]

Pietopsy was great! I had one of these a while ago, Deluxe my arse. Grim. The unidentifiable plant is some form of Bean plant.

[@richardmillican7733]

Gaz, another unbiased review! Cheers bro! Feeble pie filling seems to be the norm these days!

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

Cheers Richard

[@tig215pr]

ohhh i love undercooking these type of pies so pastry is still semi raw and gooey inside. it usually gives me a stomachache but whatever

[@ResonantSun17]

The chicken must of flown over the pie Gareth? Ha ha. Love Debra xxx

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

Cheers Debra 👍

[@jb01]

Thx, just subscribed, again.

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

Thank you, cheers for letting me know

[@menopausalbarbie7467]

I think I'll give that a miss to be honest but thanks for another honest review 💜💜💜

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

Cheers Barbie 👍

[@davidparkins1808]

Nothing on the box said the 18% chicken had to be in discrete chicken pieces. a lot could be in the "sauce" being bits and scrapings of chicken left over in the factory after processing - little flakes that could not be sold any other way other than in soup and pie fillings.

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

True but I don't want scrapings lol

[@Steve3851]

No worries about not being subscribed I have your channel bookmarked on my pc so I've got your channel on speed dial Gaz And I always check that I'm subscribed.. Butcher best way to go for meat and also veg. Great review and keep them coming.

[@edwardbennett2072]

I finally got my pie maker after all the disappointing pies I’ve brought from supermarkets over the years and after making a pie in the pie maker I vow I will never buy another pie from a supermarket again !

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

Spot on Edward

[@ts-nk2rx]

Think the chicken leaked out of that pie. Got to be honest I make my own. So glad you do these reviews think that’s one that viewers won’t be buying. Thank you for sharing

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

You're welcome 😊

[@garysimpson3900]

Gareth, the way disect food to reveal it's contents we can tell you have been watching Emilia Fox in "Silent Witness" 🤣😂🤣😂

[@samphillips9109]

I had the smaller version of this pie, and I have to say I was very disappointed! I thought it was extremely dry even though I cooked it as long as they instructed! Virtually no bacon either!

[@Resellerlegend]

We had the salt pepper air fryer meal you reviewed tonight. We went to chippy afterwards is all i can say.

[@AllanNeaves-qn3zr]

Hiya Gareth, said before nothing beats a good pie. And this was nothing like a good pie😩😫 On a plate with heaps of chips or pile of buttered mashed potatoes. Some vegetables. Smashing. On its own, a blooming disgusting disgrace 🫢😵‍💫Value for money it ain't. When you start on your own post-mortem of pies, makes me think of Dr Quincy ME. Exposing the grim looking kack inside. You save us mate every time. Gawd bless you Sir. And thank you for your help in saving as cash. Allan&Family

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

Cheers Allan all the best mate

[@loslobos4053]

tonight i mostly had beef cheese and onion burgers from aldi i cooked them in my air fryer well tasty

[@alejandrayalanbowman367]

Hi Gareth from Spain. Tha's been done again. It is half full of hot air.

[@neiltonks4627]

I bought some pies from Lidl a few years back when I first started shopping there and they were all garbage: sauce and pastry with a few bits of meat thrown in, so I stopped buying them. Seems like they haven’t changed!

[@geoffsbakingblog]

The total for chicken, leek, bacon and cheese is 33% so about 66% pastry.

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

Cheers Geoff, hope you're well mate 👍lots of sauce too.

[@geoffsbakingblog]

@@BaldFoodieGuy Yes thanks, very well.

[@jameskeddle638]

Best going to your local butchers and get the there as they are freshly made every day😊

[@paulballinger1218]

I think prices are slowly stabilising, its the quality & quantity that seems to be reducing 🤦‍♂️

[@DavidSilk1956]

A very sad looking excuse for a pie that mate. Thanks for checking it out for us. I, for one, will be passing on it. Regards, Dave

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

Cheers Dave

[@nigelh4617]

Let's play "Spot the chicken". To the tune of "Stop the pigeon". 🐔

[@darrenbyrne4657]

Alright blue,not surprised with the filling in that pie. Prices go up quality of food goes down. Happy, happy, joy. Bye for now dude.😃🤗✌️✋👍

[@mrlodwick]

Hmmm the one I had was full? Quality control issues?

[@blackvulcan100]

If that is the delux pie hate the think what the standard pie would be like. Thanks for info so as I know now what not to buy from Aldi.

[@timpearce3314]

Also available in Lidl....🤮....

[@ED-209UHD]

Best pies I ever had were from P’s Pies in my hometown but it shut down in the late 90s! I got offered work there when I was a nipper but I was already working but my mates did and the pies were top class no skimping on filling at all and the pastry was very buttery and it was always a good way to start a weekend before a few beers!

[@tazzie2shoos]

There is definitely a pie shaped gap in the market right now, there is nothing good pie wise out there.

[@jonhunt2572]

Pooles pies in good old Wigan they where top notch

[@ED-209UHD]

@@jonhunt2572 I use to buy hollands pies from Morrisons when I was up in Widnes don’t know what the standard of them are now!

[@jonhunt2572]

@@ED-209UHD they are still good especially the cheese and onion and also there meat pies although I'm not so keen on there meat and potato as the potato can sometime be to firm to the bite. They have been taken over by some big Japanese food conglomerate.

[@jonhunt2572]

@@ED-209UHD sorry pal I was wrong about the owner of Holland's pies it's not the Japanese it's the 2 sisters company . Huge there are.

[@jamesbaker429]

Chicken soup pie,good flavour but 1250 calories and half your recommended intake of salt!

[@flightsim68]

shocking filling in that mind. keep up the great work.

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

Thanks, will do!

[@marchingontogether2571]

i bought one of these pies the other week and i had a lot more chicken than that in mine