Overview
- Tom O’Neil, 24, a care home worker from Blackpool, won by eating a meat-and-potato pie in just over a minute at Harry’s Bar in Wigan.
- Officials increased entry checks after a report that a competitor planned to hide a B&Q funnel under a coat to divert pie spillage.
- Venue owner Tony Callaghan said staff looked for concealed funnels, and no foul play was reported during the event.
- Competitors faced regulation pies measuring 12 cm in diameter and 3.5 cm in depth under the contest’s standard rules.
- The championship has run in Wigan since 1992, and 2024 winner Michael Chant recorded a sub-20-second time.