Today me and fellow Minigolfer Brad 'The Fist' Shepherd headed to Luton Indoor Market to compete in a Guinness World Record Attempt for "How many Brussels Sprouts can you eat in 1 minute."!
In my first attempt I managed to eat ten Brussels Sprouts in the one minute time-limit. This was followed up by a further ten in my second attempt - both tries sadly 22 shy of beating the current Guinness World Record of 31!
The method of eating the Brussels Sprouts is very strict and requires you to eat each Sprout one at a time using a cocktail stick. Your mouth must be clear before the next Sprout is eaten and must be shown to a judge before continuing.
I was the second competitor on the day to attempt to beat the current record and Brad was third up. Brad managed to eat 13 Brussels Sprouts in both of his attempts.
I didn't actually like Brussels Sprouts much before the attempt, but I'm actually looking forward to eating more on Christmas Day (though not competitively!).
Video of my Guinness World Record Attempt.
Video of Brad Shepherd's Guinness World Record Attempt.
Video of my Guinness World Record (Second) Attempt.
Photos from the event.
.JPG "The sprouts cooking ready for the Guinness World Record Attempt")
.JPG "Me and Brad with some of our fellow participants - including celebrity Esther Rantzen!")
.JPG "Preparing to scoff some Brussels Sprouts")
.JPG "Scoffing some Brussels Sprouts")
.JPG "Accepting the cheers from the crowd")
.JPG "Brad sizing up his daunting task")
.JPG "Me and Brad with our Guinness World Record Attempt certificates")
The event was organised by Town & Country Markets and all proceeds from the event went to the Luton & Dunstable Baby Intensive Care Unit and over £300 was raised. The Luton Market 'Best' Attempt was set at 17 Brussels Sprouts (although Market Manager Steve Cook managed to eat 12 in his attempt - and peeled 500 the night before!).
.JPG "Guinness World Record Attempt - Most Brussels Sprouts Eaten in a Minute!")
From l-r Organiser Dave Gibbs, Richard Gottfried, Brad Shepherd, Organiser Steve Cook.The Brussels Sprouts Eating Record Attempt was the second Guinness World Record Attempt I have made this year. Back in May, me and Emily helped break the Guinness World Record for "The Largest Picnic across multiple venues". Eating Sprouts was my first individual attempt – what’s next...?
I'm on Page 3 of the Herald & Post newspaper in Luton today for my Brussels Sprouts eating prowess http://snipurl.com/ttvj9
ReplyDeleteA new video of the Brussels Sprouts Eating Guinness World Record can be seen at the Luton Today website at:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.lutontoday.co.uk/lut-news/VIDEO-Esther-off-the-boil.5935314.jp?articlepage=1
Me and Brad get interviewed!