Christopher is an active firefighter as a member of the Chatham Fire Department which includes participating in their recruitment.
Proudly baking in Chatham, NY located in the Hudson Valley home to much of the product that goes into my pies.
Christopher Knable, founder and master pie maker
Before Becoming a Pie Maker
I traveled many miles before I started baking your pie-from my hometown pie making state of Texas to New York to Mexico to China to South America and then the United Arab Emirates and back again.
I worked in the hotel industry for all of my career pre-pie and at many of New York's grandest hotels including the Pierre, Plaza, Peninsula, Regency and Regent Hotels. . . and boy did I eat well in all of them.
After working in and building hotels for a number of years, my final port of call took me to the Middle East to manage the hotel portfolios for a Saudi Prince and the Emir of Qatar.
All throughout I was baking. Pies I baked for my colleagues in Beijing to introduce them to American Thanksgiving, quiche in Riyadh or Jamaican meat pies in Punta del Este — I have literally baked my way around the world.
Now, after some incredible experiences and delectable baked goods in the world's greatest hotels and restaurants, I am baking my heart out for you here just off the Taconic Parkway in the beautiful Hudson Valley — what I hope will be an iconic pie! Hence, PieconicNY.
About PieconicNY founder, Christopher Knable
I have loved to bake for as long as I can remember. Cookies, bread, cake and of course, pie!
My pies are each wrought from scratch, no mixes or shortcuts. My pies have a thick sturdy crust so that you can eat pie right from the tin; proper pie! For me, making a pie starts with a trip to one of Hudson Valley's farms to select the best of the crop. Every PieconicNY handwrought pie starts with fixings from one of our area's family owned farms. Then to the bakery and soon the alchemy of goodness that comes from combining mother nature, my passion for baking, and some good old fashioned TLC creates the magic of a handwrought pie.
