[Faline]

An artist and four food stylists spent two days creating this elaborate Morecambe and Wise portrait made entirely from breakfast foods.



Artist Carl Warner used foods which all featured in the comedy duo's iconic breakfast sketch, voted comedy fans' favourite by in a poll.

The lapels on Eric and Ernie’s suits were created from the fillets of 17 smoked mackerel and complemented with stylish 70s jackets made from six kippers.

More than two dozen eggs were used for the pairs’ shirts – with one half scrambled to recreate the frilly fronts, and the other cooked into an extra buttery omelette to form the retro collars.

A variety of sausages, from cocktail and chipolata to Lincolnshire, were used to create the duo’s facial features, with gammon steaks for the shape of their heads and bacon for their cheeks and chins.

Blanched almonds, mushrooms and sultanas were used for eyes and teeth, while vanilla pods made Eric's infamous glasses.

Carl finished off the masterpiece with a smattering of All Bran for Eric’s hairline and Shredded Wheat for Ernie's locks.

The duo were finally lit in their on-stage setting by several white grapefruits, complemented by seven cans of baked beans and 150 roasted tomatoes.

The artwork was commissioned to mark the launch of TV channel Gold’s new series Bring Me Morecambe & Wise. featuring rare and unseen footage of the comedy duo.

Steve North, general manager at Gold, said: “The breakfast scene is by far my favourite Morecambe and Wise sketch and clearly the British public love it too, so this seemed the perfect opportunity to bring two comedy heroes to life and mark the start of an exciting new show on Gold that will celebrate two national treasures.”

The full list of ingredients
• Heads: 3 x gammon steaks

• Faces: 15 x back and 15 x streaky bacon rashers

• Eric’s glasses: 6 x vanilla pods

• Eric’s hair: All Bran

• Ernie’s hair: Shredded Wheat

• Jacket lapels: 17 x smoked mackerel fillets

• Jackets: 6 x kippers

• Shirts: collars (omelette) / frilly fronts (scrambled) – total of 2 dozen eggs

• Eyes: 1 x mushroom, 4 x sultanas

• Teeth: 20g of blanched almonds

• Bowties/noses/lips: 25 sausages (a mixture of cocktail, chipolata and Lincolnshire)

• Background: 1.5 x white grapefruit, 7 x cans of baked beans, 150 x tomatoes

[Sharon]

Stupendously amazing

[Arsedestroyer]

looks great and probably tastes great

[kellyhound]

lol

[Bastet]

Creative beyond my understanding