An award-winning east Suffolk bakery has sold out of its £25 pack of mince pies in the run up to Christmas.

Pump Street Bakery, based in Pump Street, Orford has faced a grilling in the national media over the charges for some traditional seasonal fayre.

One national has compared the prices charged by the Suffolk bakery unfavourably to High Street supermarkets, with Waitrose and Marks and Spencer asking for £4 for their premium boxes of the baked goods.

The £25 charge would buy a pack of six. 

The bakery uses pastel de nata moulds to keep pastry thin and makes its own mincemeat.

The mince pies also include Vostizza currants which are also found in the bakery's Eccles cakes, as well as raisins, sultanas and lemon and orange peel mixed with spice and brandy.

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One online commenter said: "Orford and the surrounding area is full of people that will pay that.

"Most artisan bakeries charge around £4-£5 for cakes, sausage rolls and scones, it’s just that there’s a price for a box of six makes it look expensive.

"They are handmade, not factory produced, unlike the over sweet supermarket mince pies. I make my own mincemeat and pastry and that’s not cheap to do."

The price does not appear to have put off the bakery's customers as when this newspaper attempted to order a six pack of Pump Street's mince pies online, they had sold out for 2024.

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The upmarket baker is also selling six Eccles cakes for £21.50 - or roughly £3.58 per cake - while supermarket chain Waitrose is selling a four pack of Eccles cakes for £2.75 - or 68p per cake.

The bakery, founded in 2010 by father and daughter duo Chris and Joanna Brennan, has won two awards - National Bakery of the Year and Best Bakery in the East of England.

The National Bakery Awards are run by Bakery Business magazine.

A spokesperson for the bakery declined to comment.