Sidmouth man eats winning �10k Kit Kat bar

Sidmouth man polished off chances of winning top prize in chocolate bar contest - by eating it

WHEN Sidmouth magazine editor Nigel Jones saw red as he bit into a Kit-Kat bar this week, he polished off chances of winning �10,000.

For Nigel had no idea the red cream-filled two finger treat he was eating was one of 10 in circulation worth that amount in a competition run by Nestl�.

Only on Tuesday, when son Pip, 11, told him about the Break and Win contest, did Nigel, from Bennetts Hill, realise the snack bar he had enjoyed was a winner – and by then the bin men had collected the winning wrapper containing a golden ticket, bought from Waitrose.

“When my son pointed out the offer this morning I realised I had eaten a �10,000 Kit Kat,” said Nigel on Tuesday.

“I’m not that bothered about it,” said a phlegmatic Nigel, who edits Sidmouth Diary and a West Country magazine.

“There is no point getting upset about it. It is just one of those things. I’m not going to dwell on it.

“It is slightly upsetting, but I’m not going to let it get to me. Pip was a bit annoyed with me. He said ‘You fat Dad, you shouldn’t have had that.’”

Nigel said he was a bit baffled when he bit into the bar and discovered the red filling.

“I thought it was a special one because it was red but didn’t realise there was a competition. I must have thrown out the ticket with the pack and the bin man’s been today - such is life.”

A Nestl� spokesman said had Nigel retained the wrapper code he might have won a prize.