"In 2020, I was on a camping trip with my Swedish friend, driving through Carrbridge a village in the Scottish Highlands about two hours from where I live in Aberdeenshire when we passed a sign saying Welcome to the Home of the World Porridge Championship. It triggered a vague memory of seeing the competition on the news as a child."
"There are two parts to the contest. The first involves making traditional porridge, in which you're only allowed three ingredients: water, oats and salt. Then, there's a speciality competition where you can make anything you like as long as it contains oats. You have to make them simultaneously on a camping stove, and with only half an hour on the clock. There are five heats of six people, and a grand final at the end of the day with the best six people."
A camping trip through Carrbridge led to noticing the village's World Porridge Championship and a friend's remark about Swedish winners. Two years later a self-taught cook and app developer entered after years of home cooking and a YouTube channel for campsite recipes. A severe food poisoning episode 20 years earlier influenced reliance on personal cooking. The competition began in 1996 to promote Carrbridge and porridge and attracts global applicants selected by ballot for 30 slots. Volunteers run the event. Contestants cook both traditional porridge using only water, oats and salt, and a free-form specialty, on a camping stove within 30 minutes.
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