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Mince Pie Eating Contest

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Nov 20 2007

Turkey may not be the only festive fare in shortage this Christmas as hungry competitors munched their way through hundreds of mince pies at the Wookey Hole Big Eat Mince Pie Eating Contest, in Somerset.

Twelve handpicked competitors from Britain, both professional fast-eaters known as ‘gurgitators’ and some members of the public who fancy their pie-eating abilities, competed against each with the aim to eat the most pies over a 10 minute session. With a first prize of £1000 and a chance to get into the Guiness Book Of Records, it’s not to be scoffed at!

This years winner, 34 year old Clive Pearson, from Radstock, managed to get 26 pies down to claim the prize. He’ll now be sent to take on the Americans in one of their world class championships. Hot dogs, burgers, chicken nuggets or pizza.. ? It takes fast food to a whole new level.

Professional gurgitators don’t throw up, and they’re not necessarily large or overweight people, but they can eat and eat without the food apparently touching the sides of their throats. In France it’s buckets of snails. In Japan they’ll speed-eat just about anything. All over the world crazy people earn big money by eating fast!

 

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The vast majority of posts in this blog are about quirky & eccentric competitions & festivals. I started it in 2006 in France with a competition I’ll never forget. Where contestants battle it out to become the World Champion Pig Squeeler, or ‘Cri du Cochon’. I had little knowledge back then of quite how far my pursuit of these kind of events would lead me. I’ve travelled all over Britain (and occasionally further afield) to capture our curiosities and quirks. There’s nothing uniquely eccentric about the British, you’ll find people all over the world up to all sorts of weird and wonderful activities, but we do have a remarkable capacity to embrace the madness. ‘A Brit Different’ is the book that was born from it, my labour of love! So what next? There’s always something interesting going on, so watch this space, only time will tell!

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