diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 670c367..29b1222 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -115,6 +115,18 @@ jobs:
             exit 1
           fi
 
+      - name: Run food-bias sort tests (issue #245)
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          ./.tools/Godot_v${{ steps.godot-config.outputs.version }}-${{ steps.godot-config.outputs.status }}_linux.x86_64 --headless --path . --script res://tests/test_food_bias_sort.gd > food-bias-tests.log 2>&1
+          FB_EXIT=$?
+          cat food-bias-tests.log
+          if [ $FB_EXIT -ne 0 ]; then
+            echo "::error::Food-bias sort tests failed (exit code $FB_EXIT)"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
   macos-validation:
     name: macOS validation
     runs-on: macos-latest
diff --git a/scripts/main.gd b/scripts/main.gd
index 1e515c6..c30db86 100644
--- a/scripts/main.gd
+++ b/scripts/main.gd
@@ -1449,19 +1449,12 @@ func choose_task(worker: Dictionary) -> Dictionary:
 		var tasks: Array[Dictionary] = tasks_for_kind(String(kind))
 		if tasks.is_empty():
 			continue
-		# Bias toward food gathering when food is low (issue #147)
-		if String(kind) == "gather" and should_bias_to_food_gathering():
-			tasks.sort_custom(func(a: Dictionary, b: Dictionary) -> bool:
-				var a_is_food := String(a.get("resource", "")) == "food"
-				var b_is_food := String(b.get("resource", "")) == "food"
-				if a_is_food and not b_is_food:
-					return true
-				if not a_is_food and b_is_food:
-					return false
-				return task_distance(worker, a) < task_distance(worker, b)
-			)
-		elif String(kind) == "gather_food":
-			# Food stance: sort food gather tasks first
+		# Bias toward food gathering when food is low (issue #147) or the food
+		# stance has injected a gather_food task. Both paths share the same
+		# food-first comparator because gather_gather_tasks() emits
+		# kind="gather" tasks with a resource field, so is_food_gather_task()
+		# works uniformly across them (issue #245).
+		if (String(kind) == "gather" and should_bias_to_food_gathering()) or String(kind) == "gather_food":
 			tasks.sort_custom(func(a: Dictionary, b: Dictionary) -> bool:
 				var a_is_food := ColonyStance.is_food_gather_task(a)
 				var b_is_food := ColonyStance.is_food_gather_task(b)
diff --git a/tests/test_food_bias_sort.gd b/tests/test_food_bias_sort.gd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..70ed90e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_food_bias_sort.gd
@@ -0,0 +1,166 @@
+## Regression tests for the food-bias sort parity in choose_task.
+##
+## issue #245: ensure that the "gather" (with should_bias_to_food_gathering)
+## and "gather_food" sort paths in choose_task use the same food-first
+## comparator. Both branches must produce the same ordering for a given list
+## of gather tasks, because gather_gather_tasks() emits kind="gather" entries
+## with a resource field that ColonyStance.is_food_gather_task() can classify.
+##
+## These tests are pure logic checks (no scene tree needed) and run in the
+## SceneTree headless mode used by CI.
+##
+## Run: godot --headless --path . --script res://tests/test_food_bias_sort.gd
+
+extends SceneTree
+
+const ColonyStance := preload("res://scripts/colony_stance.gd")
+
+
+func _initialize() -> void:
+	var pass_count := 0
+	var fail_count := 0
+	var test_count := 0
+
+	test_count += 1
+	pass_count += _run("plain sort is strictly by distance", _test_plain_distance_sort)
+
+	test_count += 1
+	pass_count += _run("food-bias sort groups food before wood", _test_food_bias_groups_food_first)
+
+	test_count += 1
+	pass_count += _run("food-bias sort keeps stable order inside each group", _test_food_bias_stable_within_group)
+
+	test_count += 1
+	pass_count += _run("dispatcher picks same comparator for gather (low) and gather_food", _test_dispatcher_parity)
+
+	test_count += 1
+	pass_count += _run("all-food input leaves order unchanged by food-bias", _test_all_food_input)
+
+	test_count += 1
+	pass_count += _run("all-wood input leaves order unchanged by food-bias", _test_all_wood_input)
+
+	if fail_count == 0:
+		print("\n[PASS] %d/%d food-bias sort tests passed" % [pass_count, test_count])
+		quit(0)
+	else:
+		print("\n[FAIL] %d/%d food-bias sort tests failed" % [fail_count, test_count])
+		quit(1)
+
+
+func _run(name: String, callable: Callable) -> int:
+	var ok: bool = callable.call()
+	if ok:
+		print("  [PASS] %s" % name)
+		return 1
+	else:
+		printerr("  [FAIL] %s" % name)
+		return 0
+
+
+# ── Comparators mirroring choose_task's food-bias branches (issue #245) ──
+
+
+func _sort_distance(a: Dictionary, b: Dictionary) -> bool:
+	return int(a.get("dist", 0)) < int(b.get("dist", 0))
+
+
+func _sort_food_bias(a: Dictionary, b: Dictionary) -> bool:
+	var a_is_food: bool = ColonyStance.is_food_gather_task(a)
+	var b_is_food: bool = ColonyStance.is_food_gather_task(b)
+	if a_is_food and not b_is_food:
+		return true
+	if not a_is_food and b_is_food:
+		return false
+	return _sort_distance(a, b)
+
+
+# Mirrors the unified dispatch in choose_task after the dedup in issue #245.
+func _dispatch(k: String, food_low: bool) -> Callable:
+	if (k == "gather" and food_low) or k == "gather_food":
+		return Callable(self, "_sort_food_bias")
+	return Callable(self, "_sort_distance")
+
+
+# ── Tests ──
+
+
+func _test_plain_distance_sort() -> bool:
+	var tasks: Array[Dictionary] = [
+		{"kind": "gather", "resource": "wood", "dist": 1, "id": "near_wood"},
+		{"kind": "gather", "resource": "food", "dist": 5, "id": "far_food"},
+		{"kind": "gather", "resource": "wood", "dist": 8, "id": "far_wood"},
+		{"kind": "gather", "resource": "food", "dist": 10, "id": "farthest_food"},
+	]
+	tasks.sort_custom(_sort_distance)
+	return tasks[0].id == "near_wood" and tasks[-1].id == "farthest_food"
+
+
+func _test_food_bias_groups_food_first() -> bool:
+	var tasks: Array[Dictionary] = [
+		{"kind": "gather", "resource": "wood", "dist": 1, "id": "near_wood"},
+		{"kind": "gather", "resource": "food", "dist": 5, "id": "far_food"},
+		{"kind": "gather", "resource": "wood", "dist": 8, "id": "far_wood"},
+		{"kind": "gather", "resource": "food", "dist": 10, "id": "farthest_food"},
+	]
+	tasks.sort_custom(_sort_food_bias)
+	# Food group must occupy indices 0..1, wood group must occupy 2..3
+	if String(tasks[0].resource) != "food":
+		return false
+	if String(tasks[1].resource) != "food":
+		return false
+	if String(tasks[2].resource) != "wood":
+		return false
+	if String(tasks[3].resource) != "wood":
+		return false
+	return true
+
+
+func _test_food_bias_stable_within_group() -> bool:
+	var tasks: Array[Dictionary] = [
+		{"kind": "gather", "resource": "wood", "dist": 1, "id": "near_wood"},
+		{"kind": "gather", "resource": "food", "dist": 5, "id": "far_food"},
+		{"kind": "gather", "resource": "food", "dist": 10, "id": "farthest_food"},
+		{"kind": "gather", "resource": "wood", "dist": 8, "id": "far_wood"},
+	]
+	tasks.sort_custom(_sort_food_bias)
+	# Within the food group (0..1), the closer task is first
+	if tasks[0].id != "far_food":
+		return false
+	if tasks[1].id != "farthest_food":
+		return false
+	# Within the wood group (2..3), the closer task is first
+	if tasks[2].id != "near_wood":
+		return false
+	if tasks[3].id != "far_wood":
+		return false
+	return true
+
+
+func _test_dispatcher_parity() -> bool:
+	# The gather (low food) and gather_food branches must resolve to the
+	# same comparator — that is the whole point of the dedup in #245.
+	var gather_low: Callable = _dispatch("gather", true)
+	var gather_food: Callable = _dispatch("gather_food", false)
+	return gather_low == gather_food
+
+
+func _test_all_food_input() -> bool:
+	var tasks: Array[Dictionary] = [
+		{"kind": "gather", "resource": "food", "dist": 7, "id": "f1"},
+		{"kind": "gather", "resource": "food", "dist": 2, "id": "f2"},
+		{"kind": "gather", "resource": "food", "dist": 5, "id": "f3"},
+	]
+	tasks.sort_custom(_sort_food_bias)
+	# All food, so the bias collapses to plain distance sort.
+	return tasks[0].id == "f2" and tasks[1].id == "f3" and tasks[2].id == "f1"
+
+
+func _test_all_wood_input() -> bool:
+	var tasks: Array[Dictionary] = [
+		{"kind": "gather", "resource": "wood", "dist": 7, "id": "w1"},
+		{"kind": "gather", "resource": "wood", "dist": 2, "id": "w2"},
+		{"kind": "gather", "resource": "wood", "dist": 5, "id": "w3"},
+	]
+	tasks.sort_custom(_sort_food_bias)
+	# No food, so the bias collapses to plain distance sort.
+	return tasks[0].id == "w2" and tasks[1].id == "w3" and tasks[2].id == "w1"