Chefs set new world record for longest line of tarts in Johor

JOHOR BARU: A seven-year-old Guinness World Record (GWR) has been broken by 115 World Chefs Championships participants for the longest line of tarts.
The chefs, coming from 16 countries including from Malaysia, beat the record made in Hong Kong on Dec 9, 2018, by making fruit tarts during the event held at the Persada International Convention Centre here on Thursday (May 29).
The group successfully made 4,399 pieces of fruit tarts with a total length of 221.63m to beat the previous record of 2,333 tarts or 186.64m.
GWR adjudicator Sonia Ushirogochi declared the attempt a success, much to the delight of the jubilant group of chefs who contributed their efforts to make it into the records book.
This is the third time that the event made its way into the GWR as last year, they cooked the largest Johor style fried noodle while in 2023, they set a new world record for the largest serving of char koay teow.
Meanwhile, state unity, culture and heritage committee chairman K. Raven Kumar, who represented Johor Mentri Besar Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi during the event opening, said this was the third time the World Chefs Championship was held here.
'Organising the World Chefs Championship in Johor is the best opportunity for us to boost the gastronomy tourism sector to a much higher level.
'The competition can also increase the standard among local culinary and exchange ideas with their counterparts coming from all over the world,' he added.
Raven said this year's competition saw a total number of 2,128 chefs, including Malaysians, competing with other chefs coming from 17 countries such as Singapore, United States, Australia, China, Taiwan and many others.

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