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Mr and Mrs Pasty Hanging Around for Cornish Pasty Week
Mr and Mrs Pasty have been warming up for their Grand Tour of Cornwall by whizzing at 60 miles an hour down SkyWire, England’s longest and fastest zipline run by Hangloose Adventure at the Eden Project near St Austell. Their adventures will continue throughout Cornish Pasty Week (February 24 to March 2) when they will be […]
Get Ready for Cornish Pasty Week
Following its phenomenal inaugural success last year, Cornish Pasty Week will be returning with another week-long celebration dedicated to Cornwall’s hero food next month. With plenty of opportunities for lovers of Cornish pasties everywhere to get involved, Cornish Pasty Week will run from Sunday 24th February, culminating on Saturday 2nd March at the acclaimed World […]
Following the closure of Crantock Bakery, in the past couple of days we have collated the following job vacancies available with other Cornish pastymakers. Please note that the Cornish Pasty Association is not directly involved with recruiting for these vacancies. Please email [email protected] if you are interested in any of these vacancies and would like […]
Crantock Bakery
The Association was very sad to hear that one of our members, Crantock Bakery, has ceased trading and been placed in administration. Crantock Bakery had been a longstanding member of the Association and contributed to the successful application for PGI status for the Cornish pasty. It will be a big shock to the bakery industry […]
New Opportunity for Cornish Pasty Sellers
We’re delighted to announce that we’ve created a new scheme for all those who sell Cornwall’s hero food product but don’t necessarily make their own. The Recognised Retailer scheme is intended to help people spot a genuine Cornish pasty when they are buying one. A new online directory will become the go-to place for people […]
Cornwall’s hero foods take their case to government
Cornwall’s two most iconic foods – Cornish pasties and Cornish clotted cream –- made their mark at a major gathering in Westminster attended by hundreds of MPs and government officials. The event, a showcase for the 80 or so protected food names from the UK, included products from the length and breadth of the kingdom, […]
The first ever Cornish Pasty Week – success beyond measure!
Thanks go out to everyone who got behind the first ever Cornish Pasty Week, which took place from 25th Feb to 3rd March. We knew it would be popular here in Cornwall; we were pretty sure it would be popular throughout Britain, but little did we know it would reach pastylovers across the globe. From […]
What a week that was
Last week we celebrated the first ever Cornish Pasty week. We took Mr & Mrs Pasty on the GWR sleeper train to London and gave them the guided tour – handing out Cornish Pasties on the way. Even Chris Evans on Radio 2 got his share. We didn’t want our Cornish MP’s to miss out, […]
Cornish Pasty Week ends in style
Pasty makers from across the globe defied a week of extreme weather to descend on Cornwall’s Eden Project for the seventh annual World Pasty Championships yesterday, Saturday March 3rd. More than 200 pasties were entered into the competition, the highest number in the history of this grand celebration of Cornwall’s culinary gift to the world. […]
Mr and Mrs Pasty get a warm welcome in London as first-ever Cornish Pasty Week kicks off
Hot pasty mania is gripping snowy London today as the food Cornwall gave to the world takes over the capital. Giant couple, Mr and Mrs Pasty, led a team from the far south west at the start of the first-ever Cornish Pasty Week – a grand celebration of an industry worth £300 million a […]
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