These two chefs became famous after their TikTok cooking videos went viral. Together, they have over 22,000,000 followers. Chefs Nick DiGiovanni (USA) and Lynn Davis (Japan), have broken two Guiness World Records. The first record is to fillet a 10-pound fish (4.5 kgs) in 10 seconds. The second is to make the largest sushi roll in terms of width. It is even more remarkable that the two chefs broke the Gordon Ramsay record for filleting a fish. After their TikTok cooking videos became viral, the chefs quickly rose to stardom. According to Guinness World Records (GWR), they have more 22 million followers.
The record was broken by the pair in Boston, USA. They created a massive roll that weighed about 45,000 regular-sized sushi sushi rolls. They used 907.1 kg of well-seasoned sushi sushi rice, 226.7 kg of salmon, 226.7kg of fresh cucumbers and thousands of sheets nori.
According to the website, the huge roll measured 2.16m and required preparation time of three hours with eight people. Chef Nick DiGiovanni said to the orgnaisation, “We have lots of salmon, but these babies aren’t going to fillet ourselves.”
Guinness World Records also stated that Mr DiGiovanni, who was trying to beat Gordon Ramsay’s record for filleting a 10 lb (4.6 kg) fish in one minute and five seconds, began to slicing and dice a 4.5 kg salmon. In less than a minute 0.29 seconds, Mr Ramsay’s record was broken by the 2019 MasterChef finalist. It took 4.71 seconds.
A Northeastern University junior engineering student helped the chef and his team create the largest sushi rolls in terms of width. The student assisted them in creating the inner mould that would temporarily hold the fillings ingredients. An outer support structure was also created to hold the sushi rolls together.
Mr DiGiovanni stated that creating the enormous sushi roll was not the most difficult task. He said pulling the mould that held the salmon, cucumber and other ingredients out from the centre was the hardest. Andrew Glass, an official Guinness World Records adjudicator was also involved in garnishing the roll. He used more cucumbers to create a pattern around the centre.
Guiness World Record’s Lynn Davis stated that “this thing is going look as good it’s going to taste.”
They beat the previous record of Daniel Ramirez, Chilean, by 0.06 metres.
To avoid food wastage, Mr DiGiovanni said, “This entire sushi-roll will be now picked up and donated by my Farmlink teammates to a Boston homeless shelter.”
