Chris Warburton has been forced into an embarrassing apology after mistakenly making mince pies with beef mince meat. The 1500m star was throwing a festive party for his Loughborough pals and had been "up all night" finalising the arrangements. However, things went drastically wrong when several of the guests dashed to the lavatories after sampling some of the mince pies. One insider labelled the food "absolutely foul" and the Notts AC man himself has conceded that his cooking skills "require development".
Warburton - who is best known for baking bread - is rumoured to be "devastated" by the error. Apparently "throwing the cook book away", he was desperate to prove that he was cut out to throw a memorable party. Sadly the event aimed at celebrating the continuation of the Warburton dynasty at Loughborough, will be remembered for all the wrong reasons. "I only hope this hasn't ruined my European Cross preparations" thundered a furious Ryan McLeod "how can anyone make that sort of mistake? I've got an iPhone app for that sort of thing."
A Warburton spokesman was keen to play down the incident this evening, stating that "it was all forgotten now." The star's official website thanked fans for "all their support" and went on to dismiss rumours that the 3:39 man had compounded his mince pie foul up by preparing a cheesecake with cheddar.