This was a “news in brief” in the Liverpool Echo in 2000.

A BAKERY has come up with the ultimate in unhealthy eating – the chip pie. The slimmer’s nightmare claims to be a whole meal in one go. In a break from pie tradition, the pastry case is filled with home-made chips and served without a lid. Its creator Duncan Edwards, of Edwards Bakery in Wigan, said: “We’ll have to wait and see if they sell out. I’m hoping they might become as popular as our meat pies.”