Breakfast of champions: Australia’s best porridge makers cause a stir at inaugural national competition

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Oatmeal sloshes out of pots and into stovetop flames as contestants frantically fumble with their finishing touches. The timer is ticking down but spectators clap and cheer, their whoops ringing through the rafters of Pearl Beach memorial community hall before a voice cuts through the chaos: “please make way for the porridge carriers”. The five cooks step back, glance at each other’s mess, and hope they’ve done enough. This is the first heat of Australia’s inaugural porridge-making championship. For 32 years, Carrbridge in Scotland – approximately 17,000km away – has been home to the world porridge-making championship, called the Golden Spurtle. But the competition has received renewed international attention thanks…

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