Double helping of eat-it-all challenges in Sunderland

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Sunderland Echo reporter Neil Fatkin takes on two eating challenges. In the first, he has 20 minutes to eat a mountain of food - then 45 to finish a 24in pizza.

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00:00 I'm here at Sarah's place at Fatfield Washington in Sunderland.

00:03 It's really become famous in the town for its home-cooked food and also Sunday dinners.

00:08 It was actually when I was here a few months back for Sunday dinner that I noticed that

00:12 on her menu she had a number of eating challenges.

00:15 There was one which was called the Mega Mixed Grill.

00:19 There was also the Beastie Burger.

00:20 There was also the Chip Shop Challenge.

00:22 I remember at the time thinking, "Hmm, maybe I can do that. I've got a bit of a good appetite."

00:25 Although I must admit I'm not feeling quite as confident now.

00:28 Basically, the idea is that you get a mountain of food comes out and you've got 20 minutes

00:31 to consume it.

00:32 And if you consume it in the 20 minutes, you get that meal for free.

00:35 So that's what I'm here to do today.

00:37 I'm going to be taking on the Beastie Burger Challenge.

00:39 I've just been sent the list and it is worrying me a bit.

00:42 You've got two beef burgers, two chicken burgers, a breakfast burger bun, which includes two

00:47 rashes of bacon, two sausages and hash browns.

00:51 And it comes with homemade hand-cut chips.

00:54 So coleslaw, onion rings and corn on the cob.

00:58 I was chatting to Sarah before just to see what the success rate is.

01:02 She's only aware of two people who've done it.

01:05 One was a professional eater who did it for his social media channel.

01:08 The other was actually a 15-year-old boy who came with his five uncles.

01:11 The five uncles failed, but actually he managed to succeed.

01:14 I've been doing a bit of pre-meal training.

01:16 So I've been out on my bike this week just trying to burn off those calories before I

01:19 put them on.

01:20 I've also not had it yet since last night when I had my tea.

01:22 I had my tea last night at about 7pm.

01:25 It's now come up for 3pm in the afternoon.

01:27 So what's that?

01:28 I think it's about 19 hours since I last ate.

01:29 So I prepare as much as I can, but I'm not sure if I'm ready for the challenge.

01:33 So we'll have to wait and see.

01:35 Have you heard of Leah Shutkara?

01:36 I haven't, no.

01:37 So she's a professional eater and I watch her all the time on TikTok.

01:42 So I just decided that I would do some food challenges just to try and sort of promote

01:48 business.

01:49 And it worked.

01:50 As soon as I put them on, we got Kyle vs Food, who is also a professional eater.

01:57 He came and did the burger challenge.

02:00 He did it in 14 minutes and then had a bit of cheesecake.

02:05 And then after that, we had a lot of interest in it.

02:08 There's not been a lot of interest in the grill one.

02:11 We've had a few people do that.

02:13 We actually get a lot of people coming in and getting the grill one, but not doing it

02:19 as a challenge.

02:20 I'm doing the Beefsteak Burger one.

02:21 I've been through what's on that menu, but what's in the mixed grill?

02:25 The mixed grill is an eight ounce rump steak, a 10 ounce gammon, chicken breast, four sausages,

02:32 two black pudding, two eggs, chips, onion rings, tomatoes.

02:39 When I first decided to do them, I got a couple of my friends over to see how doable they

02:44 were.

02:45 One of my friends pretty much inhales food when he eats.

02:50 He came and he gave it a good go.

02:52 He got pretty close.

02:53 I thought, "If he can't do it, there's not going to be many people who can."

02:58 But then we actually had five brothers come in and try it.

03:02 One of them got down to the last few seconds and literally all he had left was his pot

03:08 of salad.

03:09 He failed it by this little pot of salad.

03:13 They came back a few weeks later and one of them rang and said, "My nephew wants to come,

03:18 but he's only 15."

03:19 I said, "All right, do you want us to do a smaller challenge for him?"

03:24 He said, "No, no, it's fine.

03:25 He wants to give the proper one a try."

03:28 The six of them came in and I was obviously watching this one who had nearly done it previously,

03:35 who actually didn't get anywhere near this time.

03:38 The 15 year old nephew absolutely smashed it.

03:42 Do people tend to fail because they just can't get through the food or they tend to run out

03:46 of time?

03:47 They run out of time, basically.

03:48 I think if you gave more time, people would just plow through it and plow through it.

03:53 I think from watching people do it, you need to have a fizzy drink and a glass of water

04:01 and you sip those in between.

04:03 When Kyle versus Food did it, honestly, I've never seen anything like it in my life.

04:07 It was literally bite down, bite down.

04:10 There was very little chewing involved.

04:13 As I said, I've been prepared as I can.

04:14 I've not ate since last night, so I am hungry.

04:16 I'm ready to go.

04:17 Just thinking about a possible strategy.

04:21 My thought is leave things like the homemade cut chips to last.

04:24 I think that might bulk me out too soon.

04:25 Obviously, I'm going to go for the big stuff first to try and get the burgers down.

04:29 Then I think probably do the corn, the cob, the salad, and then leave the chips to last.

04:36 I had hoped to maybe just pace myself, but speaking to Sarah, that sounds like you've

04:39 just got to go from the off.

04:40 I'm not sure I'm going to get much time to enjoy it.

04:41 I think it's just a case of getting as much down as quickly as I can.

04:42 I'm sure I'll use a paper bowl for this.

04:43 I'm using my hands quite a bit here.

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