The Big Breakfast Challenge

By Alex in Food & Drink on Sep 13, 2009 at 2:42 pm

It all started out as a joke for Mario Frapolla, owner of Mario’s Cafe Bar in Westhoughton, UK, but when his customers took him up on it, the Big Breakfast Challenge became a serious challenge:

For £10.95, willing victims can “enjoy” 10 eggs, 10 sausages, 10 rashers of bacon, 10 slices of toast, five black pudding slices, tomatoes, mushrooms and baked beans.

Owner and head chef Mario Frappola gives customers just 20 minutes to wolf down his calorie-packed meal and does not even allow them a cup of tea.

The breakfast packs in 5,000 calories — nearly twice the recommended daily intake for an average man.

Steven Thompson of The Bolton News took the challenge … and lost spectacularly. He recounts the experience here: Link – via about:blank

Tags: Big Breakfast Challenge, breakfast, Mario Frapolla, Mario's Cafe Bar, Steven Thompson

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FishBottleT
Sep 13th, 2009 at 3:18 pm
I agree with this statement. Kinda easy to figure it out.

The breakfast packs in 5,000 calories — nearly twice the recommended daily intake for an average man.

A spokesman for the British Heart Foundation said: “Eating this amount in one sitting is not a good idea.”
(DUH!!)
felixthecat
Sep 13th, 2009 at 3:30 pm
Gross, but a popular treat for the “People of Walmart” sort.
Geekazoid
Sep 13th, 2009 at 3:48 pm
I suppose it’s a sort of fascination to see these eating challenges, but it has become so cliche for every eatery to offer some form of ‘eat this in this amount of time to get your picture on the wall of fame’ schtick. No wonder people are getting fatter and fatter!
Alice
Sep 13th, 2009 at 5:06 pm
Am I the only American who’s glad that this isn’t a US story?
Michael0511
Sep 13th, 2009 at 7:54 pm
My uncle Eddie was a stoker in a steel mill back when that job was a “shovel in hand” job, and he’d eat more than half this for breakfast every weekday. I’m sure he could have handled this easily. His usual was a dozen eggs, 2/3rd loaf of toasted bread, a pound of bacon or sausage, a big chunk of cheese and a few apples.

He always ate a huge breakfast, a normal sized lunch, and barely more than a snack for dinner.

He cut way back after retirement, of course, but still ate by his maxim “eat like a prince at breakfast, a peddler at lunch, and a pauper at dinner”. I’ve no idea whether that has anything to do with his longevity, as he lived very healthily to 96.
Gauldar
Sep 13th, 2009 at 10:39 pm
I’m reminded of that Monty Python sketch in The Meaning of Life.
wigglesPEsquire
Sep 14th, 2009 at 12:03 am
Afraid to ask what “black pudding slices” are…
SenorMysterioso
Sep 14th, 2009 at 12:27 am
Damn, I’d order that, forfeit the challenge and feed myself and 3 friends. Pretty good deal for $18
Sassafras
Sep 14th, 2009 at 2:12 am
wigglesPEsquire: The secret ingredient is BLOOD!
LisaL
Sep 14th, 2009 at 2:17 am
I Looooooove eggs. If those were scrambled hard, I’d have all of those down in 2 minutes tops.
The bacon would come next.
The rest of it, I’d have trouble with. Well not the tomato or mushrooms.
But the baked beans, BLEH. And I don’t even wanna know what the black pudding is.
The sausage wouldn’t be that bad, but too much sausage makes me sick.

Meh…. this one isn’t that bad.
Tim Giachetti
Sep 14th, 2009 at 4:00 am
What? no spam?
aesquire@gmail.com
Sep 14th, 2009 at 11:03 am
Narrator: Michael was having brunch with Sally Sitwell at a restaurant called Skip Church’s Bistro. In addition to brunch, the restaurant was known for an item on the menu called the “Skip’s Scramble”, an omelet that contained everything on the menu. Do not order the Skip’s Scramble.
earbox
Sep 15th, 2009 at 10:29 pm
@wigglesPEsquire: Um, slices of black pudding, maybe?

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