Pasty champions crowned - and they may surprise you

The winners of the first Global Pasty Championships have been crowned - and they may come as a surprise.

The contest saw nearly 100 bakers and pasty companies bring their lovingly crafted pasties to The Lost Gardens of Heligan near St Austell.

But although pasties are synonymous with Cornwall, bakers from Bristol dominated the event, with bakers from the West Country city winning both individual titles and one of the two junior categories.

Vanessa Farr from Bristol, who took home the title in the Cornish pasty individual category, said: "I'm pleased to win this because I was up against professional bakers as well as amateurs, so this is a big one."

Fellow winners from the city included Max Baker, who won the alternative pasty individual category with a chicken in barbecue sauce pasty, and Finley, who triumphed in the alternative pasty junior category with a chicken fajita pasty.

And some participants for other events during Cornish Pasty Week travelled from a lot further than Bristol to take part.

Yuriko Shigyo made the trip from Tokyo in Japan to take part for the second time.

"I really enjoyed returning to the crimping competition. The gardens here are so beautiful.

"I'm looking forward to coming again next year to enter the pasty contest," she said.

The competition was organised in partnership with the Cornish Pasty Association.

Jason Jobling, chairman of the organisation, said: "The Global Pasty Championships has been a fantastic celebration of our national dish and a great way to bring a most memorable Cornish Pasty Week to a close."

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