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This week it was chef Antony Worrall Thompson celebrating 50 years of the Chorleywood Bread Process by serving builders bacon sandwiches. The process is a method that makes bread production possible on a large scale.
Thanks to all who entered. The prize of a small amount of kudos to the following:
6. Pendragon
Britain unveils its Olympic Synchronised Sarnie Team
5. MuteJoe
Health & Safety's robust response to the dangers of sandwich eating.
4. Edmund Crispin
Hi-viz? I thought you said Hovis!
3. Gray Gable
And then the Union demanded that Nigella Lawson did the pudding and Beyonce did the sing-along. A spokesman said "Well, do you want the Olympic site finished in time or not?"
2. Nick Fowler
After the photo opportunity, the lads went back to their usual cucumber sandwiches, neatly cut into quarters.
1. Rob Falconer
Poor Ethel had to endure an Identity Parade after she was attacked by a man with a sandwich.
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Comment number 1.
At 7th Jul 2011, Pendragon wrote:We need the hard hats for the crusts, mate
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At 7th Jul 2011, Candace9839 wrote:Bosom butties
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At 7th Jul 2011, Nick Fowler wrote:If you're Jewish, just mime
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At 7th Jul 2011, Candace9839 wrote:Elevenses by the numbers
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At 7th Jul 2011, Nick Fowler wrote:It's a BLT - Builders Love Tony
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At 7th Jul 2011, Candace9839 wrote:Who's sarnie now?
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At 7th Jul 2011, Pendragon wrote:It's not often you can descrbe British builders as streaky
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At 7th Jul 2011, Pendragon wrote:It's not often you can describe British builders as streaky
correction #7
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Comment number 9.
At 7th Jul 2011, Candace9839 wrote:Give a man a buttie and he eats for a day, but teach him to build a bakery...
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Comment number 10.
At 7th Jul 2011, Pendragon wrote:Britain unveils its Olympic Synchronised Sarnie Team
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Comment number 11.
At 7th Jul 2011, rogueslr wrote:The only one without a high viz vest was, unfortunately, already too high viz in his own right.
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At 7th Jul 2011, Nick Fowler wrote:Antony Worrall Thompson does his best to undermine Jamie Oliver's healthy-eating campaign
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At 7th Jul 2011, Candace9839 wrote:Loaves and to heck with the fishes...
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At 7th Jul 2011, cortez wrote:Doughing the line
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At 7th Jul 2011, Nick Fowler wrote:That's a bit rasher him, isn't it?
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At 7th Jul 2011, Candace9839 wrote:Rises of any sort are welcome
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Comment number 17.
At 7th Jul 2011, Nick Fowler wrote:After the photo opportunity, the lads went back to their usual cucumber sandwiches, neatly cut into quarters
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At 7th Jul 2011, rogueslr wrote:Err, excuse me, but I've got a ginger hair in mine.
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Comment number 19.
At 7th Jul 2011, cortez wrote:Anthony gives them food for thought on ways to make a crust.
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Comment number 20.
At 7th Jul 2011, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:Is this a (land)jaeger which I see before me?
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At 7th Jul 2011, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:In God we crust
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At 7th Jul 2011, Nick Fowler wrote:We wanted rolls - we're building a subway
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At 7th Jul 2011, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:High oft the hog
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Comment number 24.
At 7th Jul 2011, Pendragon wrote:Wow, these bacon sarnies are the best thing since sliced, er ...
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At 7th Jul 2011, rogueslr wrote:AWT meets JCB, result E coli.
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At 7th Jul 2011, Pendragon wrote:We're the baconstruction team
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Comment number 27.
At 7th Jul 2011, K Morrison wrote:Rather than being two short of a bacon sarnie; they are two short of meeting the requirements for this week's "10 Things"
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Comment number 28.
At 7th Jul 2011, cortez wrote:The buzzcocks line up for who was in The Village People
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Comment number 29.
At 7th Jul 2011, Kudosless wrote:Meal Piggy, Meal
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Comment number 30.
At 7th Jul 2011, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:Just what we kneaded
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Comment number 31.
At 7th Jul 2011, Pendragon wrote:And, to go with your builder's bum, I suggest rump steak
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Comment number 32.
At 7th Jul 2011, cortez wrote:50 years no wonder it's gone stale.
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At 7th Jul 2011, MuteJoe wrote:The third little piggy wasn't so smug after all.
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At 7th Jul 2011, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:Bread and circumspect
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At 7th Jul 2011, rogueslr wrote:The bacon sarnies were very welcome but the Polish lads were all stumped as to who the chef was.
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At 7th Jul 2011, Rob Falconer wrote:Well actually, Antony, we builders usually have Ryvitas for lunch
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At 7th Jul 2011, Valerie Ganne wrote:These builders are all from Eton, and are well-bread
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At 7th Jul 2011, Rob Falconer wrote:Poor Ethel had to endure an Identity Parade after he was attacked by a man with a sandwich
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Comment number 39.
At 7th Jul 2011, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:As the ale v lager debate raged on, the great bread making debate was on the rise.
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Comment number 40.
At 7th Jul 2011, Bampot Bob wrote:By the numbers -
1. Make bacon sarnie.
2. Put sarnie in left hand.
3. Bend left hand at elbow.
4. Put sarnie into mouth.
5. Bite.
6. Chew until finished.
7. Repeat 4 to 6 until sarnie finished.
8. Make statement - 8 men ate sarnies and don't 'ate it.
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Comment number 41.
At 7th Jul 2011, Kudosless wrote:Tea AWT?
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At 7th Jul 2011, Valerie Ganne wrote:There's only one sandwich each - we're rasher-ning them
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At 7th Jul 2011, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:As far as salutes go, this one takes the cake.
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At 7th Jul 2011, Gray Gable wrote:It was all part of Germaine Greer鈥檚 cunning plan: 鈥淩ight, see if you can wolf whistle now!鈥
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At 7th Jul 2011, jellyba wrote:Danish workers get preferential treatment
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At 7th Jul 2011, BaldoBingham wrote:With all this free food being handed out the local Greggs nearly went bankrupt.
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At 7th Jul 2011, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:And we're all called Bob
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At 7th Jul 2011, jellyba wrote:TUC in
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At 7th Jul 2011, cortez wrote:They must be making large batches if they have to use a JCB and a heavy lifting crew coupled with a large scale
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At 7th Jul 2011, jellyba wrote:Body building
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At 7th Jul 2011, jellyba wrote:Well I came to work on an egg
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At 7th Jul 2011, Kudosless wrote:Mouth. And fill.
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Comment number 53.
At 7th Jul 2011, jellyba wrote:Sarnie guys have all the tuck
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At 7th Jul 2011, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:And now a toast...
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At 7th Jul 2011, MuteJoe wrote:Health & Safety's robust response to the dangers of sandwich eating.
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At 7th Jul 2011, cortez wrote:They were issued with hard hats because rock buns were next on the menu
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At 7th Jul 2011, Gray Gable wrote:And then the Union demanded that Nigella Lawson did the pudding and Beyonce did the sing-along. A spokesman said 鈥淲ell, do you want the Olympic site finished in time or not?鈥
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At 7th Jul 2011, jellyba wrote:Greggs after Health and Safety
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At 7th Jul 2011, BaldoBingham wrote:Antony Worrall Thompson was pleased to announce the opening of his latest restaurant venture, The AWT Burger Van soon to be found in a layby near you.
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At 7th Jul 2011, cortez wrote:they were kitted out in safety hats and vests because of an earlier incident with drop scones.
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At 7th Jul 2011, Rob Falconer wrote:The lads are working hard, getting London ready for the Olympiccalilli
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At 7th Jul 2011, Kudosless wrote:Barratt Hams
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At 7th Jul 2011, BaldoBingham wrote:The lads worked on site three days a week and in college the other two, well it was a sandwich course.
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At 7th Jul 2011, Valerie Ganne wrote:The lads are all very conscious of healthy eating as they put the finishing touches to the new Olympic Chipfat 'R' Us Fastfood Restaurant
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At 7th Jul 2011, sarahtrieste wrote:Antony Worrall Thompson shows how to become a ham actor.
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At 7th Jul 2011, Valerie Ganne wrote:They never do any work, these loafers
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At 7th Jul 2011, Valerie Ganne wrote:Antony was going to make chicken sandwiches, but all he could find were cranes
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At 7th Jul 2011, Kudosless wrote:And next week, the British Open Sandwich
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At 7th Jul 2011, Valerie Ganne wrote:Balfour Eatty
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At 7th Jul 2011, MuteJoe wrote:It turned out not to be mushrooms, fried onion rings nor the chips that they had hoped for.
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Comment number 71.
At 7th Jul 2011, Rob Falconer wrote:Hey, we're Bovis - shouldn't these be beef?
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At 7th Jul 2011, Rob Falconer wrote:Bovis ... and Hovis
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At 7th Jul 2011, Kudosless wrote:chomplean about this cement
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At 7th Jul 2011, Rob Falconer wrote:Bacon sandwiches courtesy of Antony Worrall Thompson's kitchen.
Hard hats courtesy of Nigella Lawson's old bras.
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At 7th Jul 2011, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:Hi-viz? I thought you said Hovis!
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At 7th Jul 2011, PurpleGladys wrote:you have to say the following in a newcastle accent ' Bacon bread made easy'
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At 7th Jul 2011, Ade wrote:Concern grows over infected meat as diners spawn multi-headed carnivorous offspring.
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At 7th Jul 2011, PurpleGladys wrote:The real meaning of elbow grease
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Comment number 79.
At 7th Jul 2011, JessLaussedat wrote:The British bacon buttie team are looking on good form for 2012. The only worry to the team is Robert (pictured far right) who is still having difficulties locating the point of entry.
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At 7th Jul 2011, Kudosless wrote:Giving them food stops builders arguing. Proof that celebrity chefs take the ruction out of construction.
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At 7th Jul 2011, CJC wrote:To save money the 大象传媒 autumn schedule includes a cookery and home improvement programme inwhich Anthony Worrall Thompson does the cooking inbetween a bunch local tradesman showing you how to make improvements to your home.
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At 7th Jul 2011, Vicky S wrote:"It's an amusing little rasher and I think you'll be amused by its presumption."
Apologies to James Thurber.
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At 7th Jul 2011, Vicky S wrote:Anthony was a good chef, but unfortunately he didn't understand the difference between unsalted butter and mortar.
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At 7th Jul 2011, Kudosless wrote:Investigation underway about whether bread has been hacked
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At 7th Jul 2011, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:AWT takes on a new roll in the construction industry
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At 7th Jul 2011, Kudosless wrote:I don't think we'll ever get the hang of playing the hamonica?
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At 7th Jul 2011, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:OK, who didn't clean out the cement mixer before I made the bread?
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At 7th Jul 2011, Fi wrote:As the music started up, spectators were hoping that Anthony would leave an awful lot more than his hat on...
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At 7th Jul 2011, PurpleGladys wrote:But the last little piggie (Ham O'rourke) was much cleverer and so built his houses of brick. So when the Scandinavian property developer (Worrel-BIG Badwolf) came to view he was so delighted that he exclaimed 'I will create an exclusive working mans Pop-up restaurant, only serving bacon sandwiches'... and so it was ...and they all lived happily ever after.
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At 7th Jul 2011, VirtuousFang wrote:Fred 5th in line moved out of shot so his slimming world colleagues didnt see him break his sysns for the day.
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Comment number 91.
At 7th Jul 2011, Vicky S wrote:"No, honestly Anthony, as bacon sarnies go they're fine, it's just that me and some of the lads think you've been a tad heavy handed with the balsamic in the vine tomato pur茅e reduction. And young Daz here prefers pea crush and a couple of slice of black pudding on sour dough."
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At 7th Jul 2011, VirtuousFang wrote:The Ready Steady Cook team ran out of ideas for what to put in the 拢5 meal allowance
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At 7th Jul 2011, VirtuousFang wrote:And now a change to our Schudules: The 'Hairy Bikers' will be replaced by 'Hungry Builders'
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At 7th Jul 2011, Kudosless wrote:Can we fix it? ... Yes bacon
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At 7th Jul 2011, VirtuousFang wrote:Correction
And Now a change to Our Schedules: The 'Hairy Bikers' will be replaced by the 'Hungry Builders'
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At 7th Jul 2011, VirtuousFang wrote:No matter what you say Lads the Bacon doesn't make sliced white bread taste any different to cardboard, and that has more fibre in it.
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At 7th Jul 2011, LaurenceLane wrote:From one tired old ham to another.
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At 7th Jul 2011, Raven Clare wrote:The Chorleywood Bread Process? Perhaps this is why sandwiches can never be thought of as romantic.
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At 7th Jul 2011, Raven Clare wrote:Afterwards, Antony Worrall Thompson did a little song-and-dance act - in fact, a sort of sandwich turn
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At 7th Jul 2011, Raven Clare wrote:Chorley Wood? Hey, that's me Dad!
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