03 January 2012, 12:04 PM
  • A new Cornish pasty competition has been announced by the Eden Project

The World Pasty Championships will take place at the Eden Bakery on 3rd March to celebrate the traditional recipe and set the table for amateur and professional bakers to display their skills.

Details on how to enter will be released in the coming weeks on www.edenproject.com. There will be categories based on the PGI guidelines and open contests for pasties from elsewhere in the country.

Gaynor Coley, managing director of the Eden Project, said, “The World Pasty Championships at the Eden Project will be a joyous celebration of the tradition and the vibrant industry of today. We’ll be inviting people to come from far and wide – and to bring their pasties with them!”

Mark Muncey, chairman of the Cornish Pasty Association, added, “The championships at Eden will be a great celebration of the pasty and a chance for bakers in Cornwall and beyond to show off their talents.

“The event will also help us mark the hard-won PGI status and explain more about what that means to a proud heritage and a thriving industry, which plays such a big part in the Cornwall economy.”