SVWC09 - Format

In 2007 I tested all the competitors myself. Not an onorous task! This time round results will be determined by independent tasters.


The contest will be run on a knockout basis, with each round being drawn at random. Think of football’s FA Cup, and you get the picture. Unlike the Football Association, we will not shirk from allowing any drawn matches to go forward to as many replays as are required.

Matches will be judged by a panel of three “experts” (who may or may not be regulars at The Woolpack pub, King’s Lynn), with each judge awarding marks up to 5 in the following categories:

1 - Crispness
2 - Flavour
3 - Size and Appearance of crisp
4 - Aroma
5 - More-ish-ness

This gives a maximum score of 75 points.