A Derbyshire café has been the recipient of a letter threatening legal action and a victim of graffiti, all because of the “punny” name of one of its sandwiches. The Bridge Bakehouse in Whaley Bridge offers freshly baked, handmade goods including cakes, pastries and sandwiches, one of which has been branded an “insult to Christianity”.
The café boasts a menu of sandwiches, most of which have playful names, including “Don’t go bacon my heart”, “Are you chicken me out?” and “Get ya goat, you’ve pulled”. These are just a small selection of the puns on offer at this popular Peak District business.
However the name which has sparked this entire saga is a caramelised onion, onion chutney, mature cheddar and mozzarella sandwich, dubbed the “cheesus Christ”. The sandwich has been on the menu since last year, but in the last week the sandwich name on the cafe’s outdoor menu has been painted over in white paint and the business has been sent a letter claiming to be from a Christian group threatening legal action.
The letter read: “Our members have instructed us to write to you to ask you to remove the sandwich name Cheesus Christ from your menu. Although our clients would prefer to [settle] this matter out of the courts, there is clearly a case to answer here.
“Everyone in the United Kingdom has the right to their beliefs without fear of discrimination. It is a basic human right that all institutions, including bakeries, have a duty to abide by and protect.”
Stating the £4 sandwich’s name was an “insult to Christianity”, the letter demanded that to stop the author of the letter taking “the matter further”, the cafe needed to follow four steps outlined in the letter. These included:
* Issue a public apology on the cafe’s platforms, e.g. social media, website etc within 5 working dats if the date of the letter.
* Remove the sandwich name and all mention of it from the cafe’s menus within 10 working days of the date of the letter.
* Remove any mention of the name Cheesus Christ from the sign standing on the Whaley Bridge Parish within 30 working days of the date on this letter.
* Make a donation of £300 to the Holy Trinity Church within 30 working days of the date of the letter.
The strongly worded letter claimed to be from the religious organisation Christian Concern, but this was later confirmed to be fake by Bridge Bakehouse on its social media. A spokesperson for the cafe said: “So after investigations, it turns out the bizarre blackmail letter had nothing to do with Trinity Church or ‘Christian Concern’.
“It seems it was from an anonymous disgruntled member of the local community. We would still love to find out who it was and if they had anything to do with the recent vandalism of our menu board.”
In reference to the graffiti on the menu board, the cafe responded in good humour, posting on social media: “To whoever has tried to cover up the ‘Cheesus Christ’ sandwich on our outdoor menu board with white paint can you please not?
“We really can’t be bothered contacting the council to check the CCTV and if it wasn’t done in the dead of night by someone dressed like The Mask of Zorro we are going to be highly disappointed.”
Derbyshire Live has contacted The Bridge Bakehouse for comment.
>Everyone in the United Kingdom has the right to their beliefs
as long as they believe in the baby jesus and all the little easter bunnies.
Everyone else must be shut down in the name of free speech.
Yesterday I saw a man angry at a QR code which looked a bit like it spelled out Mohammed in Arabic, today there’s people angry at a sandwich because it’s called Cheesus Christ.
What’s tomorrow gonna bring?
You have to ask yourself. What would Cheesus do?
Oh thank god, I thought for a second Britain was going to gain a sense of humour. Nope, all is well.
If I was a Christo, I’d be more concerned about starving children, people trafficking and wars. Not a fucking sandwich.
They could make one called “Mo-ham and pickle-ed’ to balance it out a bit?
This is really funny to read, but considering the council have stated that this is nothing whatsoever to do with them, I suspect this is either a wind-up, or a very smart publicity stunt by the sandwich shop.
For the love of Hecate. Christians getting offended over a sandwiches name meanwhile they have no issue disrespecting the old god’s by calling them demon’s. The hypocrisy is not surprising
Your religion says you can’t do something? No problem at all, understood.
Your religion says I can’t do something? Fuck off.
Down with this sort of thing
I thought this was proven fake by the church and business owner a week or so ago?
I’m going to go with publicity stunt to get free advertisement.
I think it’s both hilarious and pathetic what Christians etc. choose to get worked up about, when it comes to what really matters in the world
Children dying of cancer, for example? That’s perpetually justified because “God works in mysterious ways”. The devastating war in Ukraine? There apparently has to be bad for good to happen. The church being rife with paedophilia? Not a single peep or sign of condemnation
A sandwich called “cheesus Christ” though? That’s when they start piping up. They don’t have a modicum of principle or self-awareness. But it’s fine, I guess; some of them are a bit charitable and that
It’s not even a particularly offensive pun, I’ve even heard Christians use that one before.
> Our members have instructed us to write to you to ask
This is legalese for:
> This bunch of fucks have a whinge with no legal basis but we’re happy to take their money and pass the laughably stupid message on to you, feel free to ignore it.
imo, best play here
get a licence to play beatles music and put up some terry prachett posters in the store, with the line “we’re bigger than cheesus” in clear view.
Threatened *with legal action*. Via a fraudulent letter. Massive clickbait.
Hot cross bun that is a reference to Jesus = perfectly fine
Cheese sandwich that also references Jesus = blasphemy!
Quote from the article “So after investigations, it turns out the bizarre blackmail letter had nothing to do with Trinity Church or ‘Christian Concern’.”
Great more religious nut jobs 🤦♂️
We still have hot cross buns?
Xians acting like moozlimz🤦🏽
Sounds like a top sandwich that
Remove it from the menu, and 3 days later bring it back.
Cake company in my town valled Sweet Baby cheezus cakes. Should I tell them to be worried. There little cakes are amazing despite the cheesy (pardon the pun) name.
I want someone to do a ham and cheese ‘Prophet MoHAMmed’ roll
I feel like this type of publicity stunt should have some repercussions. It makes the Christians look like dicks when they actually have nothing to do with it and don’t care at all. It kinda reminds me of the whole Johnny depp and amber heard case but on a micro scale revolving around a cheese sandwich
I have been calling a mini baby bell a “baby chessus” for ages. I better watch out for the religious nutters when looking for a night time snack.
My grandad lives here. I’ve been to that shop loads of times. All locals think this is utterly ridiculous and whoever sent the letter can go fuck off.
You let this shit stand and its gonna get ugly about a whole lot more than someone getting their feelings hurt over a goddamn sandwich.
This was on Reddit a few days ago. Think the letter was a fake some one had sent to the cafe.
>Everyone in the United Kingdom has the right to their beliefs without fear of discrimination.
Calm your tits, lads. It’s just a fucking sarnie.
>It is a basic human right that all institutions, including bakeries, have a duty to abide by and protect.
I must have skimmed that part of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Does that mean Greggs has a peacekeeping force in reserve at the behest of the UN?
*Blasphemy, blaspheyou, ah hah!*
I feel like they’re trying to emulate GetBaked badly and it’s backfiring
America, now coming to a country close to you…
EDIT: the comment probably was a little extreme.
Proving again religious people are intolerant dicks
while i think it is daft then so is saying something about budda,alah etc,one religious law or none
Another example of the UK/West decline towards hysterical Americanisms.
I saw this letter posted the other day, surely it amounts to blackmail. Pay us £300 or we take you to court.
Wonder if the police are aware.
This is great PR for the business and plenty of people will now go there and ask for that sandwich. Did Christians not see that coming? Do they not know how this sort of thing work by now?
I was in there the other day. They do fantastic brownies
Damn right it’s blasphemous…£4.00 for a sandwich?!
Just change it to Cheese’s of Nazareth.
Blessed are the Cheese (sandwich) Makers!
The perfect response to this letter would be to inform them if Cheesus Christ is offensive to them, they might want to try the veggie option, “KALE SATAN!”
Every day we stray a little further away from the light of cheezus Christ, in the name of the brie the cheddar and holly Gouda
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A Derbyshire café has been the recipient of a letter threatening legal action and a victim of graffiti, all because of the “punny” name of one of its sandwiches. The Bridge Bakehouse in Whaley Bridge offers freshly baked, handmade goods including cakes, pastries and sandwiches, one of which has been branded an “insult to Christianity”.
The café boasts a menu of sandwiches, most of which have playful names, including “Don’t go bacon my heart”, “Are you chicken me out?” and “Get ya goat, you’ve pulled”. These are just a small selection of the puns on offer at this popular Peak District business.
However the name which has sparked this entire saga is a caramelised onion, onion chutney, mature cheddar and mozzarella sandwich, dubbed the “cheesus Christ”. The sandwich has been on the menu since last year, but in the last week the sandwich name on the cafe’s outdoor menu has been painted over in white paint and the business has been sent a letter claiming to be from a Christian group threatening legal action.
The letter read: “Our members have instructed us to write to you to ask you to remove the sandwich name Cheesus Christ from your menu. Although our clients would prefer to [settle] this matter out of the courts, there is clearly a case to answer here.
“Everyone in the United Kingdom has the right to their beliefs without fear of discrimination. It is a basic human right that all institutions, including bakeries, have a duty to abide by and protect.”
Stating the £4 sandwich’s name was an “insult to Christianity”, the letter demanded that to stop the author of the letter taking “the matter further”, the cafe needed to follow four steps outlined in the letter. These included:
* Issue a public apology on the cafe’s platforms, e.g. social media, website etc within 5 working dats if the date of the letter.
* Remove the sandwich name and all mention of it from the cafe’s menus within 10 working days of the date of the letter.
* Remove any mention of the name Cheesus Christ from the sign standing on the Whaley Bridge Parish within 30 working days of the date on this letter.
* Make a donation of £300 to the Holy Trinity Church within 30 working days of the date of the letter.
The strongly worded letter claimed to be from the religious organisation Christian Concern, but this was later confirmed to be fake by Bridge Bakehouse on its social media. A spokesperson for the cafe said: “So after investigations, it turns out the bizarre blackmail letter had nothing to do with Trinity Church or ‘Christian Concern’.
“It seems it was from an anonymous disgruntled member of the local community. We would still love to find out who it was and if they had anything to do with the recent vandalism of our menu board.”
In reference to the graffiti on the menu board, the cafe responded in good humour, posting on social media: “To whoever has tried to cover up the ‘Cheesus Christ’ sandwich on our outdoor menu board with white paint can you please not?
“We really can’t be bothered contacting the council to check the CCTV and if it wasn’t done in the dead of night by someone dressed like The Mask of Zorro we are going to be highly disappointed.”
Derbyshire Live has contacted The Bridge Bakehouse for comment.
>Everyone in the United Kingdom has the right to their beliefs
as long as they believe in the baby jesus and all the little easter bunnies.
Everyone else must be shut down in the name of free speech.
Yesterday I saw a man angry at a QR code which looked a bit like it spelled out Mohammed in Arabic, today there’s people angry at a sandwich because it’s called Cheesus Christ.
What’s tomorrow gonna bring?
You have to ask yourself. What would Cheesus do?
Oh thank god, I thought for a second Britain was going to gain a sense of humour. Nope, all is well.
If I was a Christo, I’d be more concerned about starving children, people trafficking and wars. Not a fucking sandwich.
They could make one called “Mo-ham and pickle-ed’ to balance it out a bit?
This is really funny to read, but considering the council have stated that this is nothing whatsoever to do with them, I suspect this is either a wind-up, or a very smart publicity stunt by the sandwich shop.
For the love of Hecate. Christians getting offended over a sandwiches name meanwhile they have no issue disrespecting the old god’s by calling them demon’s. The hypocrisy is not surprising
Your religion says you can’t do something? No problem at all, understood.
Your religion says I can’t do something? Fuck off.
Down with this sort of thing
I thought this was proven fake by the church and business owner a week or so ago?
I’m going to go with publicity stunt to get free advertisement.
I think it’s both hilarious and pathetic what Christians etc. choose to get worked up about, when it comes to what really matters in the world
Children dying of cancer, for example? That’s perpetually justified because “God works in mysterious ways”. The devastating war in Ukraine? There apparently has to be bad for good to happen. The church being rife with paedophilia? Not a single peep or sign of condemnation
A sandwich called “cheesus Christ” though? That’s when they start piping up. They don’t have a modicum of principle or self-awareness. But it’s fine, I guess; some of them are a bit charitable and that
It’s not even a particularly offensive pun, I’ve even heard Christians use that one before.
> Our members have instructed us to write to you to ask
This is legalese for:
> This bunch of fucks have a whinge with no legal basis but we’re happy to take their money and pass the laughably stupid message on to you, feel free to ignore it.
imo, best play here
get a licence to play beatles music and put up some terry prachett posters in the store, with the line “we’re bigger than cheesus” in clear view.
Threatened *with legal action*. Via a fraudulent letter. Massive clickbait.
Hot cross bun that is a reference to Jesus = perfectly fine
Cheese sandwich that also references Jesus = blasphemy!
Quote from the article “So after investigations, it turns out the bizarre blackmail letter had nothing to do with Trinity Church or ‘Christian Concern’.”
Great more religious nut jobs 🤦♂️
We still have hot cross buns?
Xians acting like moozlimz🤦🏽
Sounds like a top sandwich that
Remove it from the menu, and 3 days later bring it back.
[the broodwich](https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Forig00.deviantart.net%2F3185%2Ff%2F2012%2F020%2F6%2Fc%2Fthe_broodwich_zone_by_darthblinx-d4n2amo.jpg&f=1&nofb=1)
Cake company in my town valled Sweet Baby cheezus cakes. Should I tell them to be worried. There little cakes are amazing despite the cheesy (pardon the pun) name.
I want someone to do a ham and cheese ‘Prophet MoHAMmed’ roll
I feel like this type of publicity stunt should have some repercussions. It makes the Christians look like dicks when they actually have nothing to do with it and don’t care at all. It kinda reminds me of the whole Johnny depp and amber heard case but on a micro scale revolving around a cheese sandwich
I have been calling a mini baby bell a “baby chessus” for ages. I better watch out for the religious nutters when looking for a night time snack.
My grandad lives here. I’ve been to that shop loads of times. All locals think this is utterly ridiculous and whoever sent the letter can go fuck off.
You let this shit stand and its gonna get ugly about a whole lot more than someone getting their feelings hurt over a goddamn sandwich.
This was on Reddit a few days ago. Think the letter was a fake some one had sent to the cafe.
>Everyone in the United Kingdom has the right to their beliefs without fear of discrimination.
Calm your tits, lads. It’s just a fucking sarnie.
>It is a basic human right that all institutions, including bakeries, have a duty to abide by and protect.
I must have skimmed that part of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Does that mean Greggs has a peacekeeping force in reserve at the behest of the UN?
*Blasphemy, blaspheyou, ah hah!*
I feel like they’re trying to emulate GetBaked badly and it’s backfiring
America, now coming to a country close to you…
EDIT: the comment probably was a little extreme.
Proving again religious people are intolerant dicks
while i think it is daft then so is saying something about budda,alah etc,one religious law or none
Another example of the UK/West decline towards hysterical Americanisms.
I saw this letter posted the other day, surely it amounts to blackmail. Pay us £300 or we take you to court.
Wonder if the police are aware.
This is great PR for the business and plenty of people will now go there and ask for that sandwich. Did Christians not see that coming? Do they not know how this sort of thing work by now?
I was in there the other day. They do fantastic brownies
Damn right it’s blasphemous…£4.00 for a sandwich?!
Just change it to Cheese’s of Nazareth.
Blessed are the Cheese (sandwich) Makers!
The perfect response to this letter would be to inform them if Cheesus Christ is offensive to them, they might want to try the veggie option, “KALE SATAN!”
Every day we stray a little further away from the light of cheezus Christ, in the name of the brie the cheddar and holly Gouda