8 crazy food-related Guinness World Records that you should know about

“You don't need a silver fork to eat good food,” it has been rightly said by the popular American chef Paul Prudhomme. If you thought your love for food is above everything then you need to think again. Here are some of the food-related wildest Guinness World Records where the foodies have actually shown their passion for food. Read more to find out more about them. (Images courtesy: Guinness World Records)

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You might think that you’re the humble burrito's biggest fan. But that accolade actually belongs to Leah Shutkever. Hailing from the UK, Shutkever is a competitive eater and has proved she’s able to wolf down the popular Mexican wrap in an incredible 35.26 seconds.

Priced at $200, the world’s most expensive fries are made by New York City's Serendipity 3, which is renowned for its extravagant desserts. The plate of French Fries come with premium ingredients like 23-karat edible gold dust and cage-free goose fat from France to a heavy dose of truffle.

In 2021, a new GWR was set by the US resident Donald Gorske who ate more than 32,000 Big Macs in his lifetime with an average of two per day. The craziest thing is that Gorske has already set the Guinness World Record in 1999, but recently bested it 22 years later.

In 2004, Chad Fell of Alabama, US, blew up a bubblegum bubble with a diameter of 20 inches (50.8 cm). The feat was achieved without him using his hands to steady to stretch of the bubble and was done with the combined strength of three pieces of Dubble Bubble gum.

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In March 2010, a Japanese competitive eater named Takeru Kobayashi took his love for the dish to a whole new level when he broke the record for most meatballs consumed in one minute. Kobayashi ate a total of 29 meatballs in 60 seconds i.e., one meatball every two seconds.

In March 2010, a Japanese competitive eater named Takeru Kobayashi took his love for the dish to a whole new level when he broke the record for most meatballs consumed in one minute. Kobayashi ate a total of 29 meatballs in 60 seconds i.e., one meatball every two seconds. Twitter/@GWR

This happened in 2018 when Dimitri Pancier from Italy managed to balance 125 ice cream scoops on a single cone. This record was set by Dimitri on the sets of ‘La Notte dei Record’ in Rome, Italy. He has broken his own record when he held 85 ice cream scoops on a cone in 2013.

Love slurping down the whole noodle? Well, you might be shaken by this but, a Chinese food company Xiangnian Food Co Ltd made the longest noodle in the world in 2017, which can make anyone go insane. As per GWR, this noodle was made with 40 kgs of bread flour, 26.8 litres of water and 0.6 kg of salt, and measured a whopping 3,084 kilometres. It was later cooked with egg, garlic and tomato sauce, and was served to about 400 employees and guests in attendance.