How to pronounce Champ

In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /tʃæmp/. In plain English letters that is CHAMP, with the stress on the syllable in capitals. There is no recording by a native speaker yet, so use the spelling and the IPA.

What is Champ?

Champ is a main dish of the United Kingdom. Where it comes from: Northern Ireland. People usually eat it at lunch or dinner. Its main ingredients are potato, dairy & cheese and vegetables. It tastes savory and rich.

Where Champ comes from

Champ is one of 56 signature dishes of the United Kingdom on this map. See all dishes from Northern Ireland.

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• Yellowman · Snack · Northern Ireland

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• Fifteens · Dessert · Northern Ireland

  Fifteens are a tray bake from Ulster, and the name is the recipe: fifteen digestive biscuits, fifteen marshmallows and fifteen glacé cherries, combined with condensed milk and desiccated coconut, enough for a set of fifteen pieces.

• Fish and chips · Main dish · London and Lancashire

  Fish and chips comes from two traditions that met in the 19th century: fried fish brought to London by Jewish immigrants from Portugal and Spain, and fried potatoes sold in the industrial north.

• Full English breakfast · Main dish · England

  The full English breakfast grew from the large breakfasts of the country house in the Victorian era, when gentry showed off the produce of their estates.

• Haggis · Main dish · Scotland

  Haggis is a savoury pudding of sheep's heart, liver and lungs, minced with oatmeal, onion, suet and spices, and traditionally cooked in the animal's stomach.

Food of the United Kingdom

Dishes like Champ in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Champ:

• Colcannon cál ceannann · Main dish · Munster, Ireland

  Colcannon is mashed potato mixed with chopped kale or cabbage and spring onions, enriched with butter and milk.

• Cholera · Main dish · Goms (Valais), Switzerland

  Cholera, pronounced Chouera in the Goms valley, is a covered vegetable pie from the Swiss canton of Valais.

• Gnocchi alla sorrentina · Main dish · Sorrento, Italy

  Gnocchi alla sorrentina are potato gnocchi baked in tomato sauce with fresh mozzarella and basil, usually in small terracotta dishes, until the cheese melts and bubbles.

• Boureki of Chania μπουρέκι Χανίων · Main dish · Crete, Greece

  Boureki of Chania is a traditional pie from the city of Chania in western Crete.