Pork pie producers are hanging up their aprons

Sarah Pettegree has been running Bray's Cottage Pork Pies for 18 years

The team behind a pork pie business are hanging up their aprons after almost two decades.

Sarah Pettegree and Derek Chapman are retiring from Bray's Cottage Pork Pies, which has been trading in Norfolk and online for 18 years.

Ms Pettegree said that when the business – which is based in Bayfield, near Holt – started, there were few small artisan operations in the county, but that had changed.

"We were really early on, and I've loved watching other producers come up around me, and everybody is very supportive of each other," she said.

"About 15 years ago, I decided to spend a month just eating Norfolk food and drink... the things that I couldn't get then, you could get now."

The orders the business has received over the years have included tiered pork pies for weddings and pies acting as marriage proposals.

Some marriage proposals are edible

Ms Pettegree said: "I've had the best job in the world and worked with the nicest people, selling fine pork pies and sausage rolls to the most delightful and appreciative customers.

"It'll be so hard to stop in one way, but I'm hugely looking forward to spending more time staring at the sea, gardening, painting and being with friends."