MAWSON'S Bakery Café has again taken out several awards this year at Australia's Best Pie & Pastie competition, including a coveted gold for its honey bourbon pulled pork pie.

The bakery won a total of 12 awards for its pies and pastries last week, with one gold, nine silvers and two bronzes.

Owners Gayle and David Mawson drove eight hours from Euroa to Sydney to attend this year's competition.

Ms Mawson spoke to The Euroa Gazette from the competition venue in Sydney, where she was still buzzing from the wins.

"It's good to win and especially a gold, you always aim for gold," she said.

"It's very hard to get a gold because there's over 500 entries Australia–wide.

"We are very proud of our amazing bakery team."

The bourbon honey pulled pork pie was one of seven pies to win gold in the "gourmet pie" category, while 38 pies won silver and bronze awards in the category.

Ms Mawson said she had been hoping the bourbon honey pulled pork pie would win gold because "it's an amazing pie".

The creative pie was dreamed up by head baker Phil Kennedy, who has been with Mawson's Bakery Café for three years and in the baking industry for 16 years.

"It mainly started when the boss came to me and was like, we need a pork pie – get on it, do your magic," Mr Kennedy said.

He then used a couple of other recipes he found "lying around" and added different ingredients until he got a result he was happy with.

"[I added] garlic, ginger, some bourbon, apple juice, a bit of brown sugar and paprika, and just sort of played around with it, changed the quantities to get the taste just right," he said.

But he said while the bourbon honey pulled pork is "pretty up there" and "a very nice pie", he personally prefers the chicken satay.

Regarding the bakery's win of 12 awards, Mr Kennedy said it was nice to know hard work pays off.

"Go Mawson's Bakery," he added.

Bakery manager Brandon Mawson said the bakery encourages their bakers to be their best and "do their own thing".

"They're all bakers – they love creativity, they love innovation," he said.

"[The awards] show that the passion, teamwork and the positivity we all have makes the best product, which we want to do, and look after each other and be part of the community."