Cafe in Peak District threatened and vandalised over 'insulting' name of sandwich

A café in Derbyshire has been threatened with legal action and had its menu vandalised over the name of one of its sandwiches. The Bridge Bakehouse in Whaley Bridge received a strongly worded letter claimed to be from a religious organisation who had taken offensive to the sandwich's name.

The popular Peak District café boasts a selection of sandwiches with playful, punny names including "Don't go bacon my heart", "Are you chicken me out?" and "Get ya goat, you've pulled". However the sandwich in question, dubbed the "cheesus Christ", has sparked outrage from the Christian group who claim its name is an "insult to Christianity".

The sandwich, which contains caramelised onion, onion chutney, mature cheddar and mozzarella sandwich, has been on the menu since last year, but in the last week the sandwich's name has been painted over in white paint on the cafe's outdoor menu. The business also received the letter which threatened legal action.

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According to Derbyshire Live, the letter read: "Our members have instructed us to write to you to ask you to remove the sandwich name Cheesus Christ from your menu. Although our clients would prefer to [settle] this matter out of the courts, there is clearly a case to answer here.

"Everyone in the United Kingdom has the right to their beliefs without fear of discrimination. It is a basic human right that all institutions, including bakeries, have a duty to abide by and protect."

Stating the £4 sandwich's name was an "insult to Christianity", the letter demanded that to stop the author of the letter taking "the matter further", the cafe needed to follow four steps