Chef sets record by cooking for 41 consecutive hours

Newcastle chef Gareth Kyle set a world record this weekend -- currently awaiting verification from the folks at Guinness -- by cooking non-stop for 41 hours.

Kyle, who took one-hour breaks every 12 hours and didn't sleep at all during the stunt, said being tired wasn't even the biggest challenge: "It was the aches and pains in my back and my legs of actually just being on my feet and cooking for that length of time."

He even got a few tweets off during the event:

Having my first break... feeling fresh! Support has been amazing so far - thanks so much :-)
— Gareth Kyle (@GarethKyle) August 15, 2014

Made it through the night! Unbelievable support, i'm so grateful! - legs and back starting to hurt now, so i've made brownies for breakfast!
— Gareth Kyle (@GarethKyle) August 16, 2014

Wow, that was a good sleep! Feeling stiff today, gonna spend the day catching up on all the tweets etc from the wknd - blown away thank u! X
— Gareth Kyle (@GarethKyle) August 17, 2014

A note to the stoned college kid out there staring at his microwave and wondering if putting something in there for 42 hours would qualify as beating Kyle's mark: No.

[BBC]

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