The Original Handheld
The pasty — a crimped, hand-held pastry parcel with a savoury filling baked right inside — made the way it should be, in our Ontario bakery.
If you didn’t grow up with one, here’s the short version: a pasty (say it “pass-tee”) is a self-contained meal you can hold in one hand. Shortcrust pastry, folded over a savoury filling, sealed along one edge with that distinctive rope-twist crimp, and baked until deep golden. No plate, no fork — just a warm, sturdy parcel that Cornish miners once carried down the pit and ate with grubby hands, holding the thick crimped edge and leaving the rest.
We bake ours fresh, the proper way — a good ratio of filling to pastry, a crimp you can actually hold, and a shortcrust that holds its shape without turning to dust. Whether it’s a Cornish for the ride home or a curry pasty at lunch, this is the taste of home a lot of our customers grew up with, and one plenty of Canadians are meeting for the first time.
“Hold it by the crimp, take a bite — a whole meal in one hand, made the way it should be.”
From our counter
Available in store across our nine Ontario shops, and to trade in frozen or bake-off cases.
The original portable lunch, crimped by hand.
Seasoned minced beef with peas and carrots sealed inside a hand-crimped pastry case and baked golden. The classic crimped edge was made to be a handle, the whole thing built to travel and eat on the move. Hearty, honest and a proper meal in one hand.
A proper vindaloo kick in flaky pastry.
Diced chicken in a hot vindaloo-style curry with diced vegetables, folded into golden puff pastry and baked crisp. A warming, spiced handheld with real heat for those who want it. The pasty tradition given a fragrant, fiery twist.
A full meal’s worth of beef and root veg.
The full-size traditional pasty: seasoned minced beef with turnip, potato and onion in a hand-crimped case, baked until deep golden. Bigger and heartier than the Cornish, with the classic root-vegetable filling that makes it a meal in itself. Proper Sunday-sized comfort in pastry.
Salty, savoury corned beef in flaky pastry.
Rich, salty corned beef with chunks of onion and seasoning, folded into golden puff pastry and baked until crisp. A nostalgic favourite that leans on the deep, savoury flavour of proper corned beef. Filling, familiar and made to be eaten in the hand.
Melted cheese, soft onion, flaky pastry.
A creamy blend of cheese, onion and potato folded into golden puff pastry and baked until crisp and molten inside. A proper vegetarian option that never feels like an afterthought, with the comforting savoury pull of melted cheese. Warm, filling and hard to put down.
The original and, to many, the only. Beef, potato, swede (a golden root vegetable, sometimes called rutabaga here) and onion, seasoned simply and baked raw inside the pastry so everything cooks together in its own steam. That slow mingling is the whole trick — it’s why a proper Cornish tastes like more than the sum of its parts.
Hearty, honest and deeply satisfying. This is the benchmark every other pasty is measured against, and the one we’d point a newcomer to first.
Corned beef, potato and onion in a peppery gravy, all sealed into golden shortcrust. Rich, warming and unapologetically old-fashioned — the sort of pasty that fed a shift and sent you back out the door.
If you know the tinned corned beef of a British childhood, you’ll know exactly where this lands. Comfort food with a proper backbone.
Mature cheese melted through soft, sweet onion — no meat, and none missed. The filling turns gloriously molten in the oven, so it’s best given a moment to settle before that first bite.
The go-to for anyone skipping meat, and a firm favourite with children and grown-ups who never quite grew out of it.
A gently spiced chicken curry filling — warming rather than fiery — wrapped in the same reliable shortcrust. It’s the newer arrival on the pasty counter and it’s earned its place, marrying the British chip-shop love of a mild curry with the handheld convenience of a pasty.
Familiar, comforting and a little bit moreish. A good one to convert a curious first-timer.
Our pasties are baked and sold across our nine Ontario stores — grab a warm one for lunch, or take a few home to reheat for a proper tea when there’s no time to cook. They freeze well, so many customers keep a stash in for busy weeks.
Availability and flavours can vary a little by store and by day. Pop in, or call ahead if you’re after a particular one, and we’ll tell you what’s on the counter.
Running a café, pub kitchen, deli or catering business? Our pasties travel well and hold beautifully on a warmer, which makes them an easy, high-margin addition to a grab-and-go cabinet or a British-themed menu.
We supply in bulk trays and case formats, with the core range — Cornish, corned beef, cheese & onion and chicken curry — available for regular orders. For volumes, formats and lead times, contact for wholesale pricing and we’ll build an order around your service.
Wholesale & trade
Drop into any of our nine Ontario stores for a fresh pasty off the counter, or ask about the full range in person. Catering or stocking a cabinet? Get in touch about wholesale trays and we’ll sort formats and pricing to suit your kitchen — contact for wholesale pricing.
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