An anonymous customer posing as a representative of a Christian organisation and threatening legal action against a bakery that sells a sandwich called “Cheesus Christ” for £4
The Bridge Bakehouse in Whaley Bridge, Derbyshire received a letter from the unidentified seething sandwich eater claiming that there was “clearly a case to answer” for “discrimination against Christians” due to the name of the cheddar cheese and mozarella sandwich that is served with onion chutney.
The bakery’s pun-filled menu offers additional sandwiches with amusing names like “In one ear and out the udder” for a roast beef, swiss cheese, and horseradish mayonnaise sandwich; “Joey Tribbiani” for ham, mozzarella, sun-dried tomato, and pesto; and “Don’t go bacon my heart” for a BLT sandwich.
According to the letter writer, Christian Concern and the nearby Holy Trinity church asked him to intervene regarding the “Cheesus Christ” sandwich.
Dated June 23, it said: ‘the slant on the name Jesus Christ is an insult to Christianity and is seen in the eyes of the law as discrimination against Christians.’
It continued: ‘Although our clients would prefer to settle this matter outside of the court, there is clearly a case to answer here.
‘Our clients do not wish to take this further, but feel they will need to in the name of Jesus Christ our lord and saviour if action is not taken.’
The letter also demanded the bakery make a public apology, remove the sandwich from the menu and make a £300 donation to the village church in Whaley Bridge.
The writer of the letter, who claimed to represent ‘clients’ within the local Christian community – described them as ‘good standing citizens’.
But the bakery said the letter was fake and had nothing to do with the local church or Christian Concern and had instead come from a ‘disgruntled member of the local community’.
In an Instagram story the bakery wrote: ‘So after investigations it turned 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?!’
The name of the cheese sandwich was covered in white paint to obscure it earlier this month, vandalising The Bridge Bakehouse’s menu.
The Cheesus Christ sandwich has been available at least since last September, but the vandal didn’t attack until now.
On its Instagram page last night, the bakery revealed that the letter was a fake and added that they were still looking for the person who was behind it.
The menu was vandalised on June 10, and the bakery called it out on Facebook, but they also seemed amused by the situation.
It said: ‘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.’
MailOnline has contacted The Bridge Bakehouse for comment.