Friday May 15, 2015

  Largest gluten-free potato pancake: Coeliac Awareness Week sets world record

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Celebrity chef Adrian Martin has created a 1.5 metre pancake in Smithfield, Dublin to mark the launch of Coeliac Awareness Week ; known for his work on TV3 and in Woman's Way magazine, he and the Coeliac Society of Ireland have set a World Record for cooking the largest gluten-free potato pancake, according to the World Record Academy .

  Photo: Butcher shops in Dublin, Kilkenny, Cork, Limerick and Galway will hold gluten-free cooking demonstrations this week to mark Coeliac Awareness Week. To mark the week, the Coeliac Society and chef Adrian Martin broke a new record for cooking the largest gluten-free potato pancake. The pancake, measuring 1.5 metres, will now claim a place in the Book of Records. Photo: Coeliac Society of Ireland ( enlarge photo )

The Guinness World Records' record for the most pancakes made in eight hours is 76,382 achieved by Batter BlasterTM LLC (USA) at Centennial Olympic Park, Atlanta, USA, on 9 May 2009. A total of 175 volunteers cooked the pancakes and served approximately 20,000 people. 37 griddles were used to cook.

  Guinness World Records also recognized the world record for the most people tossing pancakes; it is 890 and was achieved at an event organised by the University of Sheffield (UK), in Sheffield, UK, on 15 February, 2012.

    Celebrity chef Adrian Martin has created a 1.5 metre pancake in Smithfield, Dublin to mark the launch of Coeliac Awareness Week, which is running until 17 May.

   Known for his work on TV3 and in Woman's Way magazine, he and the Coeliac Society of Ireland have set a World Record for cooking the largest gluten-free potato pancake.

    Butcher shops in Dublin, Kilkenny, Cork, Limerick and Galway will hold gluten-free cooking demonstrations this week to mark Coeliac Awareness Week .

    Speaking at record-breaking event, Chef Adrian said: "Just because someone has to follow a coeliac diet doesn't mean their food has to be bland or boring. We created this pancake using gluten-free flour and gluten-free stock-cubes from Knorr, and it's every bit as tasty as a regular pancake.

   "I'm delighted to be involved in Coeliac Awareness Week because it allows me to highlight the variety of mouth-watering recipes that are suitable for people with coeliac disease."

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