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A chef is creating a luxurious Cornish pasty costing £230 using beef flown in from Japan, peppercorns from India and potatoes from Illinois, US.

Pasties, originally from Cornwall.

Pasties, originally from Cornwall. Image by Alex Dugger / CC BY 2.0

Richard Shaw, who runs Southwick Village Stores in Hampshire, is hoping his creation called the Very Important Pasty will now win the World Pasty Championships being held at the Eden Project in Cornwall.

The 33-year-old said that his ingredients, including Japanese Wagu beef, have travelled a total of 11,300 air miles to reach his kitchen.

(Press Association)