Less tense for others!
Mytholmroyd Community Centre, Calderdale, Yorkshire.
photo: AL - 18th April 2010
Tense times for some!
Mytholmroyd Community Centre, Calderdale, Yorkshire.
photo: AL - 18th April 2010
The moment of truth!
A contestant hands over his dock pudding for judging.
Mytholmroyd Community Centre, Calderdale, Yorkshire.
photo: AL - 18th April 2010
The Hebden Bridge Junior Band provides excellent music throughout the competition.
Mytholmroyd Community Centre, Calderdale, Yorkshire.
photo: AL - 18th April 2010
< Its a family affair.
Members of the same family compete against one another.
Mytholmroyd Community Centre, Calderdale, Yorkshire.
photo: AL - 17th April 2011
< Spanning the generations, the tradition is passed on.
14 year old Megan Masters with her granny, Nancy Smith (of Sowerby Bridge).
Above: Megan receives her winners trophy.
Mytholmroyd Community Centre, Calderdale, Yorkshire.
photo: AL - 17th April 2011
dock pudding - archive pages
Started in 1971 in an attempt to halt the decline of this local dish. The competition, which is held in Mytholmroyd each April (in Calderdale, West Yorkshire) is still going strong. Contestants cook a full breakfast, including dock pudding, on a stage, and the results are passed through to judges in another room. The dishes are identified to the judges only by a number. The cooking and deliberations are accompanied by brass band music from the Hebden Bridge Junior Band.

The winner in 2011 was Megan Masters, age 14, from Wheatley.
World Dock Pudding Competition
2000
   Trevor and Joan Whitworth 2nd -
3rd -
2001
   Trevor and Joan Whitworth 2nd -
3rd -
2002
   Trevor and Joan Whitworth 2nd -
3rd -
2003
   Owen Colville 2nd -
3rd -
2004
   Jette Howard 2nd - J & T Whitworth
2005
   Clare and Kate Morrison (13 yr old twins) 2nd - J & T Whitworth
3rd - Dorid Hirst
2006
   Doris Hirst (of Cragg Vale) 2nd -
3rd -
2007
   Darren Kaye 2nd - Robbie Coltrane
3rd - Jane Kennedy
2008
   Doris Hirst (of Cragg Vale) 2nd -
3rd -
2009
   Maureen Marsden 2nd -
3rd -
2010   Jenny Whitehouse (of Mytholmroyd) 2nd -
3rd - Megan Masters
2011   Megan Masters (14 yrs old, of Wheatley) 2nd - Jenny Whitehouse
3rd -
Previous world champions since 2000

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< Jenny Whitehouse - World Champion 2010!
Jenny had been entering for 4 years and was the runner up in 2011.
Mytholmroyd Community Centre, Calderdale, Yorkshire
photo: AL - 18th April 2010

Next years competiton, in 2012, will be on the 15th April at the Mytholmroyd Community Centre,
Mytholmroyd,
West Yorkshire,
England.
HX7 5DY
(tel: 01422 - 883023

And if you miss the competition why not get a dock pudding breakfast in St. John's church, Cragg Vale, on the third Sunday in May each year.

The World Dock Pudding Competition was kindly sponsored, in 2011, by local lad Lyn Gledhill of Beer Gas Express

Mytholmroyd is situated in the Calder Valley approx 5 miles west of Halifax on the A646.

Mytholmroyd Community & Leisure Centre
Mytholmroyd,
West Yorkshire
England
HX7 5DY

Phone: +44 (0) 1422 883 023

Jenny Whitehouse and Nathan Newsome battle it out!
Nathan used a recipe passed down from his girlfriend's, grandad's aunty (from Wainstalls).
Mytholmroyd Community Centre, Calderdale, Yorkshire.
photo: AL - 18th April 2010
Doris Wheelwright of Hollin Hey Farm provides a dock pudding taster for visitors to the competition.
Both her mother and grandmother made dock pudding. Many people brought their bacon butty through from the cafe and combined the two.
Mytholmroyd Community Centre, Calderdale, Yorkshire.
photo: AL - 18th April 2010
Megan Masters - World Champion 2011!
(Megan is 14 years old, a pupil of Ryburn Valley High School, and has been entering for 3 years)
Mytholmroyd Community Centre, Calderdale, Yorkshire
photo: AL - 17th April 2011
No pressure!
Cooking in front of an audience, to music from the local brass band, and under the watchful eye of Andrew Marsden.
Mytholmroyd Community Centre, Calderdale, Yorkshire.
photo: AL - 18th April 2010