This documentary first aired in January 2018. What the heck is a spurtle? I asked this simple question about this strange word, unaware that I was opening a door to a whole world of weird. On the ...

"The star of the show should always be the porridge itself. Just let the oats sing!" Dogwoof has revealed the official trailer for a Scottish documentary film titled The Golden Spurtle, set in the ...

In 2015, Lisa Williams was vacationing in Scotland when she stumbled across a glitzy bagpipe procession and a line of people in aprons holding flags from countries around the world. She took a closer ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. To my mind, oatmeal is the most boring food on Earth. On its own, ...

If you were scouting about for a feature documentary subject, porridge might not be the first thing you’d think of. That is, unless you were Australian opera and theatre director turned documentary ...

John Boa is the 2011 winner of the 19th Annual Golden Spurtle World Porridge Making Competition. He explains what a spurtle is and shares tips on how he likes to make his porridge.

A friend of mine once came home from a year spent in Edinburgh bearing a gift of a curiously carved wooden stick. “It’s a porridge-stirrer!” she declared, and while it went into the jar next to the ...

While some think of a bowl of porridge as nothing more than a hearty winter staple, one Australian woman has taken her love of the breakfast cereal to the next level. Kate Bailey, 30, competed in the ...

WE all know that the Brits are best at making porridge, but now it’s officially true. Adam Kiani, 25, from Birmingham, recently beat 59 others from 21 countries around the world, including Germany, ...

Calle Myrsell and Per Carlsson, both from Sweden, were jointly awarded the Golden Spurtle Two people have been awarded the Golden Spurtle trophy at the World Porridge Making Championship. Calle ...

An Scottish man won the prestigious 21st Golden Spurtle World Porridge Making Championships on Saturday. We learn from Dr. Izhar Khan about his secret to winning porridge. Goldilocks had no respect ...