World Pie Eating Championship

The annual World Pie Eating Championship is usually held at Harry's Bar on Wallgate, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England.

[2] Dave Smyth, a painter from Hindley, won the inaugural contest in 1992, when he ate four pies in three minutes.

Scott Ormrod of Aspull, Wigan, Greater Manchester, eleven pies in thirty minutes.

Anthony "The Anaconda" Danson, a weight trainer from Lancashire, managed to eat seven pies in three minutes, setting a new record.

[10] Ian Coulton of Wigan took the title, albeit with the slowest winning time ever of 1 minute and 6.61 seconds.

[11] 2012 champ Martin Appleton Clare regains his title after missing 2013 and the "wrong size pie" incident of 2014.

[15] At this year's contest - which was held on December 12 2024 with 22 contestants - Michael Chant, 43, from nearby Bury, broke the world record for eating a pie the fastest, completing it in 17 seconds - beating the previous record holder Martin Appleton-Clare, who ate his pie in 23 seconds.

The name is said to date from the 1926 General Strike, when Wigan miners were starved back to work, before their counterparts in surrounding towns and were forced to eat "humble pie".