International Crisp Sandwich Day

25^th October ( St Crispin’s Day )

What…?

An annual celebration of the magic that happens when crisps are placed between two slices of bread.

Latest news

26th October 2025 And that was Crisp Sandwich Day 2025! Here’s one more round-up of last night’s sarnies, thanks to everyone who celebrated and shared their pics. CarsmileSteve, Hossein Afrakhteh, j-e-l, Rob, Pastel Owls, Emma Stump, CarsmileSteve, Rod Begbie, Kat Kayelem, Barry, CarsmileSteve, Pete Baran, Caroline Debenham, Blanche, Nick Hickman, Mick Lynch, Phil Cook, JayAllTheEms, Del C, Rollo Treadway
25th October 2025 More of your culinary creations from this afternoon… KLAD, mindless silence, bob, Andrew Langstaff, Trevor Phillips, bob again, Kat Kayelem, Cobweb, Everyone’s Favourite Jim, Katie Steckles, Barry
25th October 2025 Some of your delicious lunchtime crisp sandwiches. Barry (Non Canon/Oxygen Thief), fnord, Mark Norman Francis, Pete Birkinshaw, Nick, ɔɘlA
25th October 2025 We’ve started the day with a sandwich (crinkle cut cheese & onion), hopefully many of you out there are doing the same.
24th October 2025 It’s Crispmas Eve! Tomorrow, make sure you tag any posts with #CrispSandwichDay and give us a prod on Bluesky or Mastodon.
20th October 2025 Even celebs love a good crisp sandwich, watch this if you don’t believe us. (Can someone please tell Colin about CSD? Thanks!)
17th October 2025 The Shirker’s Rest has been a great supporter of Crisp Sandwich Day, and this year’s no different. As well as offering the usual free bread/spread/sauces, upstairs they’re running a crisp event (already sold out, sorry). If you’re in London, do pop along on the 25th for a drink and a crisp sandwich.
6th October 2025 It seems to come round faster every year! Make sure you get bread and crisps onto your shopping lists, and please do let us know how you’ll be celebrating the big day.
There’s also still time to order one of the lovely new mugs.

2024 news archive

26th October 2024 Crisp Sandwich Day is over for another year! Huge thanks to everyone who joined in, here’s a final round-up of pics Ziggy Stardubs, Carsmile Steve, Pete Baran, mindless silence, The Shirker’s Rest, bob
25th October 2024 Even more pics from this afternoon! Everyone’s Favourite Jim, Jim MacArthur, coldclimate, theaardvark, neal man costume, Pete Birkinshaw, Carsmile Steve, The Shirker’s Rest, Renate, crisp_sandwich
25th October 2024 More of your pics Kake, j-e-l, Son of Raum, The Shirker’s Rest, Simon Pegg, Drive for Show
25th October 2024 A round-up of some of your amazing brunch/lunch pics HappyToast, Katie Steckles, Mark Norman Francis, Barry - Oxygen Thief/Non Canon, The Unfinished, Nick 🐙, Felix Dos Santos, Carsmile Steve, fnord, PaulG
25th October 2024 The Shirker’s Rest’s CSD celebrations start at 3pm; Londoners, you know where you should be this afternoon/evening.
25th October 2024 IT’S CRIIIIIIIIIIIIIISPMAS!
24th October 2024 Preparation checklist:
☑️ Crisps
☑️ Bread
☑️ Spread
☑️ Condiments & other fillings (optional)
Make sure you tag posts with #CrispSandwichDay tomorrow, we’re looking forward to seeing them…
23rd October 2024 In need of crisp sandwich inspiration (wichspiration? crispiration?) for Friday…? Our ButtyStock library has a whopping 612 photos, videos, illustrations and 3D models.
22nd October 2024 Sadly, Crisp Sandwich Day doesn’t have the 25th all to itself, apparently we’re competing for attention with…
🍾 Global Champagne Day
🔩 Frankenstein Friday
🥖 National Breadstick Day
🇺🇸 Nevada Day
🧷 Punk For A Day Day
🥰 National I Care About You Day
🐒 World Lemur Day
🎵 World Opera Day
🍟 National Greasy Foods Day
🍝 World Pasta Day
🎨 International Artist Day
🖼️ National Fine Art Appreciation Day
🍋 Sourest Day
🧣 Bandana Day
🔪 National Chucky Day
💊 National Pharmacy Buyer Day
21st October 2024 We’ve just reached 5,000 pledges of support! Onward to Friday, and see below for our analysis of pledgers’ fave flavours.
15th October 2024 Yet again, The Shirker’s Rest in SE London is proudly supporting Crisp Sandwich Day. Get yourself down there on the 25th for free bread and spread to combine with their range of crisps and snacks.
25th September 2024 One month to go! In preparation, we’ve analysed your pledges of support to find the most popular crisp flavours:
4th September 2024 The big day is approaching for a third time! We’d love to hear from any pubs/cafés/workplaces taking part, and it’d be particularly exciting if food delivery firms could put crisp sandwiches on their menus for the day, any takers..? Do join in and let us know your plans.

2023 news archive

26th October 2023 Aaaaand that’s a wrap (or sandwich?); huge thanks to everyone who joined in yesterday, until next year here’s a collage of some of the celebrations we spotted… Additional credits: Sarah Dal, Lisa Riemers, HappyToast, libbymiller
26th October 2023 Apparel of Laughs’ CSD T-shirts have raised £90 for The Trussell Trust and are still available all year round.
26th October 2023 Finally, recognition on Wikipedia for Crisp Sandwich Day, with this page cited as a reference.
25th October 2023 Happy crisp sandwich consumers at The Shirker’s Rest tonight:
25th October 2023 More of your sandwich pics @oxygenthiefYEAH, Brian Edwards, Paul Curry, Pete Birkinshaw, @selectinvert.xyz & Dan Tappin
25th October 2023 The whole of the intro to Channel 4’s Countdown was dedicated to Crisp Sandwich Day!
25th October 2023 Everyone wants a crisp sandwich for lunch, including Mabel the dog and a couple celebrating their anniversary. Other pics: Jaunty Art, Katie Steckles, Mark Norman Francis & Giles Turnbull.
25th October 2023 The Medical Physics team at the Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust is celebrating the day with an impressive range of crisps (no bread, but we’ll accept it).
25th October 2023 It’s here! Has St. Crispin been down the chimney and left a crisp sandwich in your stocking? Make sure to use the hashtag #CrispSandwichDay today so we can spot your pics and ramblings.
18th October 2023 Only a week to go! Make sure you get lots of crisps in your next big shop, put the poster up somewhere, and let us know if you’ve got any special plans.
11th October 2023 We’re delighted that The Shirker’s Rest in SE London will be marking the big day again this year, they even had it on the board before we got in touch!
21st September 2023 Get ready for the big day by ordering a Crisp Sandwich Day T shirt (3 different flavours available), with all profits going to The Trussell Trust, and a lovely CSD mug.
19th September 2023 It’s nearly that time of year again! We want the second Crisp Sandwich Day to be even bigger than the first, so we’d love to hear from pubs/cafés/takeaways interested in taking part, and anyone can join in by printing off the poster and putting it up somewhere.

2022 news archive

26th October 2022 Thanks to everyone who took part and made it an amazing day! Here are just some of the dozens of photos posted online yesterday from around the world. See you next year..? Pics by: @robtibbles @JimmerUK @julieannennis @billybudd23 @TheShirkersRest @vr_sam @Tilly5001 @pghmyers @JudeCoram @Centuries_Sound @joz_freeman @cackhanded @IamHappyToast @oxygenthiefYEAH @RickEtyhat
25th October 2022 Keep up with all the latest pics etc via #CrispSandwichDay on Twitter
25th October 2022 People of Dublin, get yourselves a takeaway crisp sandwich from Berman & Wallace for today only. Their recipe: “Tayto Cheese & Onion, Butter, Brennan’s White Bread… end of”
25th October 2022 It’s the big day! Want to celebrate in a pub? The Shirker’s Rest in New Cross, London, is offering free bread and butter with every bag of crisps (while stocks last), while over in Barnstaple, N Devon, Latitude 48 will give you a free crisp sandwich with a pint if you whisper “Crispin said so” (again, while stocks last!).
20th October 2022 Yesterday we went “QR bombing” in London to make sure tourists know about Crisp Sandwich Day and spread the word back home. We visited the Houses of Parliament (apparently there was some fuss going on inside?) and Trafalgar Square, then tried in vain to distract people from the horrors of M&M’s World. Follow the whole afternoon in the Twitter thread.
18th October 2022 With a week to go until the big day, @JimmerUK went on a pilgrimage to St. Crispin House to help spread the word.
14th October 2022 Crisp Sandwich Day is now featured in Days Of The Year. According to the site, it’s going to be competing with World Pasta Day, National Greasy Foods Day, Sourest Day and Punk for a Day Day.
12th October 2022 Is your birthday on Crisp Sandwich Day? Get in touch and we’ll send you a load of crisps so you can celebrate properly (first 3 to respond, UK only).
30th September 2022 You can now also dress for the occasion while helping a good cause - Apparel of Laughs has Crisp Sandwich Day T shirts in 3 different flavours, with all profits going to The Trussell Trust. Which flavour suits you..?
27th September 2022 Want to celebrate the big day in style? Get yourself a Crisp Sandwich Day mug to sip your tea/coffee from while enjoying a tasty crisp sandwich.
22nd September 2022 If you put up our poster somewhere and send us a photo that gets featured in this news section, we’ll send you some free crisps to say thanks (UK only).
6th September 2022 Latitude 48 in Barnstaple will be offering a free crisp sandwich with every pint on 25th October if you utter the magic words “Crispin said so”. Manager Liam Fairlie says “We love celebrating quirky things like this and look forward to being a part of it.”
1st September 2022 Planning something special for the big day? Whether you’re a restaurant adding a crisp sandwich to your menu, or just going to treat yourself to one, let us know via @VOLEwtf or volewtf at gmail dot com
1st September 2022 Hello! Crisp Sandwich Day is a new event to celebrate the iconic foodstuff every October, established by ButtyStock and VOLE.wtf but owned by everyone.

Join in now

Print the poster and put it up in your office/school/shop/kitchen/toilet
Share this site and use #CrispSandwichDay
Get a T shirt (profits to charity) or the lovely mug
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