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Ferndown man tackles chicken nugget challenge
How many chicken nuggets could you eat in 10 minutes? Stuart Fleetham from Ferndown went to find out at the British Eating League in September.
Report and photo by Ben Pulford
How many chicken nuggets could you eat in 10 minutes?
Stuart Fleetham from Ferndown headed off to Cattlemans Steakhouse in Paignton, Devon, to watch pro eaters in the British Eating League over the weekend of 27–29 September.
Stuart had stumbled across the world of competitive eating on YouTube during lockdown and wanted to meet the eaters he has been watching online. Among them were Canada’s number one competitive eater, Joel Hansen, Max vs Food, Lifting Weights Cleaning Plates, Franco’s Feasts and Food and the Beast.
After watching the pros eat a giant fish and chip supper (five whole battered fish, chunky chips and bowl of mushy peas), two large trays of lasagne, and a pro chicken nugget challenge on the Friday night, Stuart decided to enter the amateur nugget challenge on Saturday. The task: eat 30 nuggets in 10 minutes with a £350 combined prize pot… easy right?
Apparently not. With the clock ticking, the sweat dripping and the crowd cheering him on, one nugget at a time, he managed to finish with mere seconds left on the clock.
After all competitors had taken part, Stuart finished in a respectable joint fifth place. It wasn’t quite enough for him to take home a cash prize, but he didn’t need to eat again that day and came away with even more respect for the feats of feasting from the pros.
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