As the Eden Project is based in Cornwall, our World Pasty Championships celebrate the traditional Cornish pasty recipe, as well as some more unusual varieties. From the Americas to Australia, pasties derived from recipes passed down by Cornish emigrants over centuries are eaten and enjoyed by many millions of people.

The Championships are also a fantastic opportunity for a good old Cornish knees-up, with pasties galore and entertainment from local bands.

2020 World Pasty Champions

Cornish Pasty Company

First – The Phat Pasty Co.

Second – Cornish Premier Pasties (hand-layered gourmet)

Third – Cornish Premier Pasties (mixed gourmet)

Open Savoury Company

First – Rowe’s Cornish Bakery with a chicken, leek, potato and onion pasty

Second – The Pure Pasty Co. with a lamb jalfrezi pasty

Third – The Pure Pasty Co. with a cheese and onion pasty Cornish Pasty Professional

First – David Timmins from St Columb Road, Cornwall

Second – David Collings from Fowey, Cornwall

Third – Phil Price from Bodmin, Cornwall Open Savoury Professional

First – Nick Brown from Liskeard, Cornwall with a ham hock, cheddar and apple chutney pasty

Second – Jack Edensor from Bodmin, Cornwall with a garlic chicken and wild mushroom pasty

Third – Jill Martin from Deal, Kent with a lentil, tomato, ginger, celery and mushroom pasty Cornish Pasty Amateur

First – Vanessa Farr from Bristol

Second – Terry O’Connor from County Longford, Ireland

Third – Emma Pugsley from London Open Savoury Amateur

First – Jan Micallef from Sheffield with a goat’s cheese, pear, shallot and walnut pasty

Second – Lois Wild from Truro with a black olive, cheese and sweet red pepper pasty

Third – Steve Foreman from Bristol with a venison, port and wild mushroom pasty Cornish Pasty Junior

First – Daisy Lovejoy, aged eight, from Plymouth

Second – Arran Kerr, eight, from Callington, Cornwall

Third – Izaac Rogers, 10, from Newquay, Cornwall Open Savoury Junior

First – Jodie Heath, 14, from Bodmin, Cornwall with a sweet and sour chicken pasty

Second – Amy Meredith, 10, from Porthleven, Cornwall with a chilli sausage ragu pasty

Third – Daisy Lovejoy, eight, from Plymouth with a lasagne pasty

About the competition

We invite entries from around the world to our championships – which are supported by the Cornish Pasty Association – as we set the table for both amateur and professional bakers to parade their wares.

This is an open event and every pasty entered will be judged, so there is a limit on numbers.

Read the full rules, and terms and conditions, of registration here

Competition categories

There are eight categories in the Championships with the opportunity to enter a traditional Cornish pasty or an alternative savoury pasty.

In 2011, the Cornish Pasty Association won a long campaign to gain European Union PGI status for the Cornish pasty which means that only pasty makers based in Cornwall who make pasties to the approved recipe are able to label their products as Cornish pasties.