The Scotch Egg Challenge 2012 Finalists

I am pleased to announce the finalists for the 2012 Scotch Egg Challenge. This year all entered eggs are ones available at retail and are therefore easy to pick up should you fall in love with a particular entry, or indeed all of them. Soooo, here are the final 24:

Finalists:

The Bladebone Inn, Berkshire

The Bull and Last, Highgate

The Chelsea Ram

Cinnamon, Soho

The Coach and Horses, Clerkenwell

Cock Tavern, Fulham

The Drapers Arms, Islington

Duck & Waffle, Bishopsgate

The Egg Boss (Sean Lawson)

The George Inn, Chideock

The Harwood Arms, Fulham

The Hinds Head, Bray

The Jugged Hare, Chiswell Street

The Modern Pantry, Clerkenwell

The New Inn, Baschurch

Opera Tavern, Covent Garden

Peyton and Byrne

The Phoenix, Chelsea

Platform Bar and Restaurant

The Sands End, Fulham

The Ship, Wandsworth (hosts)

Thatched House, Hammersmith

Tsuru

The Waterside, Fulham

Judges:

Tom Parker Bowles

Gizzi Erskine

Shaun Hill

Eric Lanlard

David J Constable

Please come and join us at The Ship, Wandsworth on Tuesday 25th September at 7pm for the competition. They’ll be plenty of Scotch eggs to go around, plus a barbecue, music and a demonstration of the first Scotch egg from 1738 by event sponsors Fortnum & Mason.

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