Judges will be looking for the best Cornish pasty made to the traditional recipe
Cooks from around the world will head to Cornwall in March for the first World Pasty Championships.
The event will be held at the Eden Project, St Austell, to celebrate the popular local delicacy, which was given protected status under EU law earlier in 2011.
The Cornish Pasty Association, which is backing the event, hopes people locally and across the world will take part.
It will be held on 3 March, the Saturday before St Piran's Day.
The Cornish pasty has been associated with tin miners in the county, and was a part of many people's diets during the 18th Century.
The Oxford English Dictionary suggests the pasty was first identified around 1300.
'Original fast food'
Families in Cornwall have passed down the recipe for a Cornish pasty through the generations.
Phil Ugalde of the Cornish Pasty Association said: "If you know anything about Cornwall, you know that pasty-making is a very emotive subject.
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