Who Ate All The Pies For The Pie Eating Competiton?

 
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The 15th annual World Pie Eating Championship was thrown into chaos when a pet pooch ate all the pies.

Charlie in disgrace over stolen dinnerFormer champion Dave Williams had been entrusted with the pies, specially made for the contest in Wigan.

But as he was taking delivery of them, he was distracted by a pigeon stuck up the chimney and left the fridge door ajar.

When he returned, he found his dog Charlie had pounced - and scoffed the lot.

The eight-year-old bichon frise is now not Wigan's favourite animalBar owner Tony Callaghan, 46, who hosts the competition, said: "Former champions are invited to march the pies into Harry's Bar on the day of the competition.

"When he (Mr Williams) came back that dog had had the pies. We couldn't believe - this year's pies were 100% from Wigan and the whole stage had been set for a great contest."

Painter and decorator Mr Williams, 57, from Preston, Lancashire said: "Charlie likes pies, being a Wigan dog, so he probably thought they were for him anyway.


Dave had pies for safe-keeping"I'll probably be barred. Charlie will be grounded and put on a strict pet food diet in future."

The pies are specially prepared to strict contest regulations and left with a former champion for safe-keeping and to ensure there is no cheating.

But fortunately for Charlie, piemaster Rob Stewart, of Wigan Pies, "worked through the night" to replace the tasty treats.

"This unfortunate incident cannot jeopardise the Championships," he said.

In the end, the event went off without a hitch, a single father claiming the title in a sudden-death "pie-off".

Adrian Frost, 42, of Beachill Lane, Wigan, scoffed his pie in a world record 35.86 seconds, seeing off the challenge from last year's winner Brendan Brockbank.