Stephen Hallam co-founded the British Pie Awards and ran Melton Mowbray's oldest bakery.
He said it reflected the quality of people he had worked with.He helped restore Dickinson and Morris' shop after it was gutted by fire, and it became a major tourist attraction in the area"I take a lot of pride in Melton and I see this as a 'thank you' to all of the people who have helped me down the years."
"He said 'You should do what I never had the chance to do and get the qualifications'. He sent me on a two-year national diploma course in London," he said.He was chief patissier on the QE2 when it was requisitioned in 1982 for service as a troop carrier in the Falklands War.The existing crew had the option to leave or to continue serving on board a ship that would inevitably be a target for hostile forces.
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