World Porridge Making Championship

The World Porridge Making Championship has been running since 1994, giving a main prize of the "Golden Spurtle" trophy and the title "World Porridge Making Champion" for the best traditional porridge made with only oatmeal, water and salt.^[1] A prize is also awarded for the best "Speciality" porridge, which is also made with oatmeal and but to which contenders can add their own ingredients. The competition takes place at the village hall^[2] in Carrbridge, in the Cairngorms National Park, Scotland.^[3] and is run by volunteers on behalf of the Carrbridge Community Council. It has taken place alongside World Porridge Day since 2009.^[3]

World Porridge Making Championship
The Golden Spurtle in 2016
Website	http://www.goldenspurtle.com/

The 2023 contest had entrants from twenty countries. The winner, Adam Kiani, represented Pakistan.^[1]

In 2025, director Constantine Costi released The Golden Spurtle, a documentary film about the 2023 competition.^[4]

Winners

Year	Golden Spurtle	Speciality	Notes
1994	Florence Ritchie[5]	Ian Cruickshank[5]
1995	Florence Ritchie[5]	Norman Brockie[5]
1996	Duncan Hilditch[5]	Duncan Hilditch[5]
1997	Cancelled[5]	Cancelled[5]
1998	Scott Chance[5]	Duncan Hilditch[5]
1999	Scott Chance[5]	Helen Fraser[5]
2000	Duncan Hilditch[5]	Jean Dewar[5]
2001	Duncan Hilditch[5]	Jean Dewar[5]
2002	Jean Dewar[5]	Duncan Hilditch[5]
2003	Jean Dewar[5]	Duncan Hilditch[5]
2004	Duncan Hilditch[5]	Lynn Benge[5]
2005	Lynn Benge[5]	Lara Smitch[5]
2006	Coleen Hayward MacLeod[5]	Addy Daggert[5]
2007	Maria Soep[5]	Al Beaton[5]
2008	Ian Bishop[5][3]	Addy Daggert[5]
2009	Mathew Cox[5][3][6]	Anna Louise Batchelor[5][6] (also known as "Porridge Lady")[7]
2010	Neal Robertson[5]	Catherine Caldwell[5]
2011	John Boa[5]	Neal Robertson[5]
2012	Benedict Horsbrugh[5]	Laurie Figone[5]	A "People's Choice" award was also given, to John Boa.[5]
2013	John Boa[5][2]	Nick Barnard[5][2]
2014	Izhar Khan[5]	Chris Young and Christina Conte[5]
2015	Simon Rookyard[5][8]	Thorbjorn Kristensen[5]
2016	Bob Moore[9] (of Bob's Red Mill)	Thorbjorn Kristensen[9]
2017	Ellinor Persson[10]	Per Carlsson[10]
2018	Per Carlsson and Calle Myrsell (joint winners)[11]	Chris Young[11]	Junior winner: Lynn Munroe[11]
2019	Lisa Williams[12]	Nick Barnard[13]
2020		Chris Young[14]	Virtual competition due to Covid-19 pandemic[14]
2021		Miriam Groot[15]	Virtual competition due to Covid-19 pandemic[15]
2022	Lisa Williams[12]	Chris Young[12]
2023	Adam Kiani[1]	Bobby Fisher[1]
2024	Chris Ormiston[16][17]	Kim McGhee[16]