A campaign to grant London’s traditional pie and mash special protected status has won the support of members of parliament. Proponents argue the cockney classic deserves an official stamp of recognition, similar to that enjoyed by Parmesan cheese or Champagne.
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00:00I want more, yeah, I just want more, yeah, that's it really, just more and more.
00:16I mean I've had it, what, three times this week, but that's all in different places.
00:21So I go, where I, because where I work, I work all over the place, around London, everywhere
00:26there's a pie and mash shop, I'll go in there.
00:38Anything else?
00:39No, just that please.
00:40Cash or card?
00:41A card.
00:42I want to see it preserved, I want to see it celebrated more than anything else, because
01:05I think it's an important part of the culture that once these places go they don't return.
01:10So let's celebrate them, let's give them the protected status they deserve, it's an
01:15important part of our culinary heritage.
01:35As pie and mash is becoming more well known, we're worried about large firms essentially
01:43producing ready meals and just shipping it out, and actually it's not the same product
01:49and it's undermining this big, this great heritage that we've got with these shops.