World Pasty Championships – in pictures

This woman loves pasties, so it looks as if she has come to the right place
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Meet the judges: these people really know their pasties
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Billy Deakin displays his trophy – it's the second year in a row he has won the big prize: Cornish pasty amateur of the year. 'I made the same pasty I always make at home and the judges obviously liked it as much as I do,' he said. 'We’ve put the dog in a kennels and we’re out celebrating tonight so it could be a late one!' Photograph: Emily Whitfield-Wicks/Apex

Henry Cornish, 14, son of last year’s Cornish pasty and open savoury professional winner Graham Cornish, won the open savoury junior category, with an unusual recipe: 'I did a pizza pasty because I absolutely love pizza so I thought: "Why don’t I try and make it into a pasty?"' Photograph: Emily Whitfield-Wicks/Apex

Gareth Lee has been compared to double Brit award-winner Ben Howard. But has Ben Howard ever played a pasty tournament?
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There's nothing weird about loving Cornish pasties, whatever rap duo Hedluv + Passman would have you believe
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Punters learn how to make their own pasties at one of the weekend's workshops
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Who better than the Cornish Wurzells to soundtrack an afternoon of pasty-sampling?
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Local comedian Kernow King's standup routine raises chuckles at the Eden Project
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We suspect Kernow King may have waived his usual appearance fee for a payment in pastry-cased kind
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