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Behind the scenes from a Yorkshire kitchen in Kansas City. New pieces dropping regularly.

Chris Thomas at the England press conference podium in Kansas City, holding a Brit Boy sausage roll

Latest · August 14, 2026

England in Kansas City: Looking Back on World Cup 2026

England based their World Cup camp here for a summer. Here's what it was like from the inside, and what a small pie business ended up doing about it.

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A tray of Brit Boy British pies History

March 31, 2026

A Short History of the British Pie

From coffins you weren't meant to eat, to the pasty that fed the tin mines, to whatever's in your oven tonight.

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Traditional Brit Boy sausage rolls, golden and flaky How we make it

March 17, 2026

What Makes a Proper Sausage Roll

Pastry, pork, and the small decisions that separate the real thing from a sausage in a blanket.

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A Brit Boy steak, ale and mushroom pie fresh from the oven How to

March 3, 2026

How to Cook a Brit Boy Pie Properly

Straight from frozen, no thawing, and the one mistake that ruins a crust every single time.

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The Brit Boy Street Food stall at a Kansas City market Guides

February 25, 2026

Authentic British Street Food in Kansas City: Your Complete Guide

British pies, sausage rolls and pasties, made in Kansas City. Where to collect them, how to cook them, and why they arrive frozen.

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Chris Thomas in an England shirt at the base camp Press

February 10, 2026

Brit Boy Street Food Featured on KSHB 41: England's Kansas City Base Camp Excites Local Fans

There are more English people in the Kansas City metro than you'd think, and for a few weeks in 2026 all of them had somewhere to be.

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The England press conference set in Kansas City Press

February 10, 2026

FOX4 Kansas City Features Brit Boy Street Food in England Base Camp Announcement

England officially named Kansas City as their World Cup base. FOX4 covered it, and we were in the piece.

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Chris Thomas at the England training ground in Kansas City Press

February 10, 2026

Yorkshire to Kansas City: Brit Boy Street Food Featured on KCTV5

KCTV5 wanted to know what England picking Kansas City meant to an actual Englishman running a food business here.

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The Union Jack Sampler — four pies and two sausage rolls Press

January 19, 2026

IN Kansas City Magazine Spotlights Brit Boy Street Food

A city food magazine noticing a British pie business is a different kind of validation to a football story.

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Brit Boy shepherd's pie with a golden cheesy mash top How we make it

January 14, 2026

Shepherd's Pie, Reimagined: Why Ours Has a 2-to-1 Lamb to Beef Ratio

Traditional shepherd's pie is all lamb. Ours isn't, and there's a reason for it that has nothing to do with cost.

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A spread of Brit Boy mash-topped pies and sausage rolls History

January 7, 2026

Not All Pies Wear Crust: The British Tradition of Mash-Topped Pies

Why a British pie doesn't need pastry, where the mash-topped tradition came from, and why ours have cheese in the potato.

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Chris and Lizzie Thomas with their son Press

October 20, 2025

VoyageKC Features Brit Boy Street Food Founder Chris Thomas

How a lost business, two redundancies in the same afternoon and an 18-month-old son turned into a British pie company in Kansas City.

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