Fat-carvers fight for title
A Scottish student has been crowned the UKs top lard carver ... yes you read that correctly.Entrants in the annual competition use pastry lard to model intricate sculptures around a wire frame.
The more unusual works this year included one of Ozzy Osbourne singing into a microphone, two horses with a rider on one and the winner, an 18 inch Mickey Mouse.
The competition was held at Hotelympia, a trade fair for the hospitality industry, in London.
Winning student, 19-year-old, Leanne Sword from Kirkcaldy in Scotland spent three months creating her fat Mickey Mouse.
"I'd say the belt was the most difficult and possibly the ears, just to get them right and the same size," she said.
Lard carvings were traditionally placed on buffet tables in high class hotels and displayed in butchers shop's windows.
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Winning student, 19-year-old, Leanne Sword from Kirkcaldy in Scotland spent three months creating her fat Mickey Mouse.
"I'd say the belt was the most difficult and possibly the ears, just to get them right and the same size," she said.
Lard carvings were traditionally placed on buffet tables in high class hotels and displayed in butchers shop's windows.
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Hotelympia
TELL A FRIEND
