Greggs, to me, is a national institution. It’s up there with Dua Lipa, Shakespeare, and shouting “WAHEY” when something’s been dropped in a sticky-pub carpet. It’s even been officially recognised in polls as a national icon. The chain is famous and well-loved for their baked goods, from the hallowed sausage rolls and steak bakes, to potato wedges and Tottenham cake (for those inside the M25).
Madame Tussauds, another culture cornerstone, is the famous international waxwork museum. We’re lucky to have one in London, just on Baker Street, full of famous, historical, and cultural figures. Strap in, Secret Londoners, for the two icons have joined forces.
Joining the likes of Elton John and friends, the Greggs sausage roll has been immortalised forever in wax. On display in the Cultural Capital exhibit, alongside Stormzy and Princess Diana, the wax roll has ate and left no crumbs. It’s the first time that a goods item will be on display.
The newest roll on the block will be publicly unveiled on Thursday June 5, which is also National Sausage Roll Day. Although we shan’t let the fame go its head, the Greggs sausage roll will be exhibited glamorously on a velvet cushion (Greggs blue, of course), atop of a plinth. It’ll have a commemorative plaque to boot, too.
The classic British snack was painstakingly made with an identical process, created by Madam Tussaud herself, of that given to human figure creations. The sculpting team used their tried-and-tested traditional plaster moulding methods, derived from sample measurements, to clay moulds, to wax sculpts, to the hand painted details. They studied loads of real Greggs Sausage Rolls, ensuring they’ve captured its distinct crisp, flaky layers and unmistakable golden glaze.