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WORLD PASTY CHAMPIONSHIPS
Registration is open for the
eagerly-anticipated World Pasty Championships 2012 to be held at the
Eden Project.
Entries for the March 3 contest to celebrate Cornwall’s most famous
dish will be strictly limited so early registration is advised.
Competitors can either enter online by clicking here
where full entry details are published, or by ringing the Eden Box
Office on 01726 811972.
The inaugural World Pasty Championships are a chance for professional
and amateur pasty makers in Cornwall, the rest of the UK and across the
world to parade their wares.
Competitors can enter categories for the traditional Cornish pasty or
open sections for other varieties.
The Championships are backed by the Cornish Pasty Association after it
won European Union Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) status for
the Cornish pasty last year. It means only pasty makers based in
Cornwall who make pasties in a traditional manner and follow a
traditional recipe are able to label their products as Cornish pasties.
It will cost £10 to enter each category of the competition. This
gives the competitor plus one other person free entry to Eden on
Saturday, March 3.
As well as the contest a full programme of entertainment is being
devised for the day.
Tony Trenerry, Senior Sous Chef at the Eden Project, said: “Since we
announced the World Pasty Championships we’ve been getting some really
exciting interest, not only from pasty-makers in this country but from
as far afield as America and Australia. It just shows how the pasty has
gone from this little corner of Great Britain to many far distant
places across the globe.
“The World Pasty Championships are a way of bringing some of that
fantastic tradition back in one place where the pasty originated. It’s
an opportunity for both makers of the classic Cornish pasty but also
the creators of more unusual pasties to come and parade their wares on
this great stage.”
Cornwall and Devon residents who have already bought their Locals’
Annual Passes to get into Eden for a year can see the World Pasty
Championships at no extra cost. Those who haven’t yet, have until
February 10 to get their passes either by visiting the project or going
to www.edenproject.com.
For more information on Cornish pasties, go to www.cornishpastyassociation.co.uk
Ends
For more information, please contact:
David Rowe
Head of Media Relations
drowe@edenproject.com
01726 811901
07813 041923
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