Suffolk's Porridge World Champ loses her crown
Lisa Williams failed to win this year's virtual event with her 'Porridge of Hope' recipe
Suffolk's very own 'World Porridge Making' champion has failed to defend her crown.
Current World Porridge Making Champion, Lisa Williams from Trimley St Mary in Suffolk, competed in the 'Virtual Spurtle', an online version of the World Porridge Making Championships.
The World Porridge Making Championships is one of the most popular events in Scotland’s culinary events calendar but this year the event was moved online due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The competition attracted an international audience, with entries received from porridge fans from Lithuania, Catalonia, Scotland, England, Canada and Germany. The 10 winners included four from Scotland, four from England and two from Canada.
The judging panel marked the videos on five criteria including virtual taste (whether they wanted to taste the dish), appearance, execution, originality and flair.
The overall winner was Chris Young from Crieff in Perthshire who created Crunch sa Bheul (Gaelic for crunch in the mouth) a Scottish take on croquembouche, made with oatflour, sugar and butter, piped with cream and dipped in caramel.
Lisa made her ‘Porridge of Hope’ featuring ‘pinoat’ butter, honey bananas and chocolate, served with a rainbow fruit kebab and came second.