Tallest pancake stack-world record set by Sean
McGinlay and Natalie King
GLASGOW, UK -- Sean McGinlay
and Natalie King
of Glasgow’s Hilton Grosvenor
hotel measured their pancake tower
(containing 672 pancakes) at 29.5 inches (75cm)-wich sets
the world record for the Tallest
pancake stack
.
Photo: Chef Sean McGinlay
with
his world-beating pancake stack ( enlarge
photo
)
The stack of pancakes used up 100 eggs, more
than ten litres of milk, five kilos of flour and three kilos
of butter. It yielded 672 pancakes, the stack of which took
22 hours to build.
General manager Stuart Nelson
said: "It was a bit shaky towards the end but somehow we managed
to pull it off. Special thanks must go to Sean McGinlay
and the kitchen team, who have spent a great deal of time
this week perfecting their pancake recipes and stacking techniques."
The previous world record for the
(free-standing) Tallest
pancake stack
,
consisting of 680 pancakes, measured
73 cm (28.7 in) and was made by Creperie COLAS
(France)
in Chateaugiron
, France on 8 December 2007.
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