22-year-old dad Noel Radford shares pie recipes that fund family’s ‘millionaire life’ and takes a look at the ‘secret sauce’

THEY are Britain’s biggest family and fund their lavish lifestyle with their pie business.

But now the Radfords – led by mum Sue, 49, and dad Noel, 53 – have revealed exactly how they make their award-winning pies and what’s in them.

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In a video on your Youtube channelNoel said: “Good morning everyone.

“Well, another day back to work, Monday morning, so I thought we could show you the process of making one of our award-winning chicken pot pies.”

The 22-year-old dad took a look inside the kitchen at Radford’s Pie Company, which is close to his 10-bedroom home in Morecambe, Lancashire.

The family business creates a range of different pie flavors, from spicy steak to creamy mushroom, and costs customers around £3.95 for individual pies and up to £18.50 for a family size.

Noel walked fans through the process of creating a chicken pot pie and showed how they cooked all the meat in a large machine.

He shared, “Once the chicken is cooked, we take it out and remove the chicken by hand.

“We dismantled everything by hand, which we are going to show you.

“Then we turn the chicken broth from the pan into the sauce.”

Noel laughed as he declined to share the sauce’s ingredients and said, “We’re not going to show you exactly how we make it because obviously it’s our trade secret, but that’s what happens.”

After the sauce was ready, Noel and his 28-year-old daughter Chloe I added the cream and broth to the shredded chicken.

The busy dad added: “Chloe will mix everything together and then we’ll start filling the pies.

“Chloe is busy filling the pies and I’m going to start cutting off the pie tops.

“The chicken pies are stuffed and covered.

“Chloe now just needs to wash them with egg and then they’ll go in the oven.”

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Once the tasty pie was ready, Chloe opened it to reveal the inside.

Noel praised their creation, saying: “Look at that perfect pie and the inside, how delicious.

“We are very proud of our chicken pot pies.

“These have a proper chicken flavor, and the chicken and ham pie is to die for.

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“It’s probably one of the most popular.

“So there you go, that’s how we make our chicken pot pies.”

He added that the chicken pies are his brood’s “favourites”, along with the award-winning chicken and ham pie, which won a bronze award in 2016.

Fabulous did a pie taste test with high street favorites to see if they really are ‘lies’.

Sue and Noel are parents to Chris, 35, Sophie, 30, Chloe, 28, Jack, 27, Daniel, 25, Luke, 23, Millie, 22, Katie, 21, James, 20, Ellie, 19, Aimee, 18, Josh, 16, Max, 15, Tillie, 14, Oscar12, Casper, 11, Hallie, nine, Phoebe, seven, Archie, six, Bonnie, five and Heidie, four.

Unfortunately, the couple’s 17th child, Alfie, was born on July 6, 2014.

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Their pie business means they don’t have to rely on benefits and can support his lavish family life.

The Radfords enjoy taking their children on countless adventures and have been on at least 18 vacations in the last 12 months alone.

Although they regularly pack their children into their £40,000 luxury motorhome for jaunts around the UK, the Radfords also love jetting around the world.

Sue also defended her extravagant trips in recent years to Disneyland, Lapland, New York, Legoland, Center Parcs and the Maldives.

Sue had previously launched an extraordinary tirade against a troll in Instagram after she was accused of using “taxpayer money” to fund frequent family vacations.

And she previously added: “We work hard, but we are not millionaires!

“The evil is disturbing. We just want to be able to give our children the best life possible.”

I tried one of Noel Radford’s pies and it was disgusting

Fabulous senior writer Abigail Wilson shares her thoughts on Radford’s famous pies.

After Noel revealed on his family’s famous show 22 Kids & Counting that he had made a whopping £2.5 million from his pie business, I thought I’d give it a try.
As a huge pie lover, I was overjoyed when I placed my order online.
I bought the ‘thick’ chicken pie from Radford’s Pie Company, but unfortunately, I wouldn’t call it a lie.
I was so excited to try this iconic pie – especially after waiting over two weeks for it to arrive (yes, you heard that right).
It was a good size for an individual pie and made their bog standard Pukka pie look tiny.
However, the inside of this pie was less than appetizing – although the Radfords described it as ‘thick chicken’, I have to say it was more like sticky chicken in my books.
Plus, to make matters worse, the gross, gelatinous appearance wasn’t like me at all.
Although I frequently watch Noel’s cooking videos online and am quite impressed with some of his quick dishes, I think I’ll pass on his famous pies.