Offbeat Solicitor wins mince pie title

[TheGuru]

A London solicitor ate 41 mince pies in 10 minutes to become the new mince pie-eating champion.

Denzil Gunner, 30, on a year-long mission to take on strange challenges, won £1,000 at the annual competition in Somerset.

He may now be chosen to represent Britain in extreme eating competitions in America, reports the Daily Telegraph.

However, Mr Gunner, from Notting Hill, in London, was five pies short of the world record of 46, which is held by an 8st American woman.

Mr Gunner said: "I didn't do any eating preparation at all, I just showed up and went for it. My technique was just to cram as many in as possible and drink as much water as I could because they are very dry.

"I didn't really think about it I just kept on eating until they said stop and then I realised how ill I felt. You can't really taste them but I'm glad its over a month to Christmas when I have to eat another one."

Organiser Daniel Medley said: "This is the closest that a Brit has ever got to the record.

"If he wants to go to America we will take him and the federation will be quite keen on him going over there and doing the circuit.

"Americans are quite confused about mince pies because they think they contain meat."

41 in 10 minutes, what a porker

[kazthorn]

Disgusting...