Guest Judge Announced

Photo by Leslie Black

We are pleased to announce Herald columnist and best selling author, Tom Shields as our guest judge for the World Porridge Making Championship 2010. He will join the Golden Spurtle judging panel headed up by George McIvor and Colin Bussey from the Masterchefs of Great Britain. Shields, who is a great porridge fan,  has worked for The Herald/ Sunday Herald for 36 years.
He was a reporter and a minor news desk executive before being let loose on the Herald Diary  where he has been entertaining readers for more than 20 years. His reportage has been described as “inventive” and “of the post-impressionist school”.
Taking advantage of internet and other modern methods of communication, Shields has latterly gone into electronic retreat. He can make up stuff for his columns from anywhere in the world. He is the author of five best-selling compilations of the Tom Shields Diary, still available on Amazon. His latest book is Fifty Ways to Leave Your Liver, a lifestyle guide which also happens to contain a number of references to porridge!
He was given an honorary doctorate by his alma mater Strathclyde University for services to Glasgow humour. Asked how he manages to maintain a prolific output of high quality amusing writing, he says: “It’s all down to hard work and sheer talent. Also, I am committed to ecological journalism and recycle whenever possible.”