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The largest hot dog commercially available weighs 3.18 kg (7 lb) and is available from Gorilla Tango Novelty Meats (US) for £24.60 ($40) as of March 2011.
Largest pizza base spun in two minutes
Tony Gemignani (US) spun 500 g (17.6 oz) of dough for two minutes to form a pizza base measuring 84.33 cm (33.2 in) width at the Mall of America in Minneapolis, Minnesota, US, on April 20 2006 during the filming of Guinness World Records Week for the Food Network channel.
Most expensive chocolate egg sold at auction (non-jewelled)
The most expensive non-jewelled chocolate egg sold at auction for £7,000 ($11,107) and was created by William Curley, Amy Rose Curley, Alistair Birt, Sarah Frankland, Melissa Paul, Rhiann Mead (all UK) and Suzue Curley (Japan). It was sold at the Royal Courts of Justice, London, UK, in March 2012.
Most Big Macs consumed
Donald A. Gorske (US) consumed his 26,000th McDonald’s Big Mac on October 11 2012, in his fortieth year of eating Big Macs on a daily basis.
Largest chocolate coin
The largest chocolate coin weighs 658 kg (1,450 lb 64 oz) and was presented at the Cioccoshow Exhibition during an event organised by the BF Servizi SRL (Italy), in Bologna, Italy, to celebrate Guinness World Records Day, on November 15 2012.
Most expensive cocktail
The most expensive cocktail was sold for £5,500 ($8,802.37) and was made by Salvatore Calabrese (Italy), at Salvatore’s Bar, London, UK, on October 11 2012.
Most expensive whisky sold at auction
The most expensive whisky sold at auction is £291,125 ($460,000), for a bottle of 64-year-old Macallan in Lalique, sold at Sotheby’s in New York, US, on November 15 2010.
Largest serving of mashed potato
The largest serving of mashed potatoes is 1042 kg (2297 lbs), achieved by the chef Joël Robuchon ( France) at Futuroscope in Poitiers, France on September 29 2012.
Longest slice of meat
The longest slice of meat was 30.11 m (98 ft 9.4 in) and was achieved by Francisco Alonso (Spain) on Guinness World Records Day, in Puerto de la Cruz, Spain, on November 15 2012.
Largest serving of fish and chips
The largest serving of fish and chips weighs 47.75 kg (105 lb 4 oz) and was achieved by an Enfield chippy called Fish and Chips in London, UK, on July 30 2012.
Longest sandwich
The longest sandwich measured 735 m (2,411 ft 5 in) and was created by members of three teams. The attempt took place in Hazmieh village, Beirut, Lebanon, on May 22 2011.
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