10 Guinness World Records for Foodies
When it comes to food, my motto is: as much and as often as possible. The fact that I haven’t set a world record yet surprises my family (and me) quite a bit. These record holders are doing slightly better: from the largest pizza to the most expensive milkshake ever. These are the most remarkable food world records:
McDonald’s lover
A visit to McDonald’s every now and then can’t hurt, of course. But Donald Gorske really takes it to the extreme. He ate two Big Macs almost every day. In 2016, that brought him to the impressive total of 28,788 Big Macs in his lifetime. We assume he doesn’t take his daily calorie intake all that seriously.
Hot dogs
Like hot dogs? Well, YouTuber Montero Durán certainly does. The world record for the most hot dogs eaten within three minutes has been his since this year. Durán ate no fewer than nine. Did I mention that this was within three minutes?
Eating hamburgers
Takeru Kobayashi does competitive eating. A perfectly good answer, I think, the next time someone asks whether you play sports. ‘Uh yes, I ate an entire bucket of popcorn before the movie had even started yesterday. Competitive eating, you call it.’ Anyway, Kobayashi holds several world records, including the record for the most hamburgers (with mayo) eaten in three minutes. In 2014, he devoured no fewer than twelve (!) in that time. He also ate twenty-nine Ikea meatballs within one minute.
Piece of cake, right?
As if peeling eggs without a time limit weren’t already enough of a struggle, Ashrita Furman still managed it. Six boiled eggs, to be precise. Within one minute. And Furman also ate all the eggs within that same amount of time.
Spoonfuls of deliciousness
This is a world record I’d be more than happy to attempt: eating a jar of peanut butter within one minute. Andre Ortolf beat me to it and swallowed 378 grams of creamy peanut butter within one minute. I hope there was a glass of water at the ready.
Eating garlic
This is really one of those world records that probably makes you think: whyyyy. And I don’t think we could agree more. Still, Patrick Bertoletti took on the challenge of eating garlic cloves. Bertoletti ate 36 within one minute. Whether anyone came to congratulate him afterward, I seriously doubt it. Garlic breath all the way.
Baking pancakes
One flip here, one flip there. We’ve all probably shown off at least once while making pancakes. But compared with the 2009 record, our skills are absolutely nothing to write home about. That year, 76,382 pancakes were baked in Atlanta by 175 volunteers.
Cheese
Cheese lovers, you missed out. In 2002, a 567-kilogram wheel of Beemster cheese was made in Alkmaar. More than 5,000 liters of milk were used to produce this gigantic cheese. Our cheese lady Frau Antje then presented the world’s largest cheese to the international press at Grand Central Station in The Big Apple.
Most expensive milkshake
I’m willing to pay quite a bit for a delicious milkshake, but 85 euros? Hmm. At Serendipity 3 restaurant in New York, this milkshake really was on the menu. The milkshake is made with 23-karat gold, a rare caramel sauce and vanilla beans from Madagascar. This LUXURY (yes, in capital letters) is served in a glass with 3,000 Swarovski crystals.
Pizza
In 2017, a record-breaking pizza was made in California. This pizza was no less than 1.93 meters long. That’s with almost 3,000 kilos of tomato sauce and more than 1,700 kilos of mozzarella. The pizza was cut into no fewer than 63,000 slices. Ah, dreams really do come true.
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