Teaching Prince Charles's stepson how to make a pasty on prime time TV isn't an everyday experience, but that's exactly what happened to Crantock Bakery's Helen Hambly.
Helen travelled to London to appear on the UKTV Food show "Market Kitchen", where she demonstrated the art of pasty crimping to presenters Tom Parker Bowles and Matt Tebbut.
For Helen, from Nanpean near St Austell, being centre stage on a television studio set was far removed from her day job supervising the pasty crimping line at Crantock Bakery.
"It was really good. I've never been to London so I was excited to go up. The actual TV part was a blur, it went so quick, even though we were in the studio for two hours", said Helen, who has worked at Crantock Bakery for nine years.
"I showed Tom Parker Bowles, Matt Tebbut, and two Australian female cooks, who were guests on the show, how to make a pasty. Then everyone had a try themselves. We had all the ingredients ready to go, so all they had to do was place the ingredients on the pastry and crimp it. I judged who made the best pasties - it was the boys versus the girls, so of course the girls had to win!"
"At Crantock Bakery it takes six weeks of training to be a fully fledged member of the crimping line. you can learn to crimp in a few days, but then you've got to get your speed up, and perfect it, keep it neat and tidy. When I was a girl I had to practice on plasticine".
And what's the secret of good crimping? For Helen it all comes down to one thing: "Nice pastry. Nice textured pastry will always give you a better crimp".