{"id":56572,"date":"2013-12-05T15:58:22","date_gmt":"2013-12-05T11:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/?p=56572"},"modified":"2013-12-05T15:59:39","modified_gmt":"2013-12-05T11:59:39","slug":"slim-gym-fan-demolishes-8000-calorie-gigantwich-and-fries-in-just-36-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/en\/?p=56572","title":{"rendered":"Slim gym fan demolishes 8,000-calorie \u2018Gigantwich\u2019 (and fries) in just 36 minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/o_858820.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-56565\" alt=\"o_858820\" src=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/o_858820.jpg\" width=\"583\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/o_858820.jpg 583w, https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/o_858820-273x300.jpg 273w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 583px) 100vw, 583px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are easier ways to earn \u00a3116 and a novelty T-shirt, but none quite so satisfying.<\/p>\n<p>James Brettell doesn\u2019t look like the classic fast food joint customer.<\/p>\n<p>Yet his athletic frame hides an Olympian appetite and iron will.<\/p>\n<p>After 116 people had tried and failed to gobble up the \u2018Gigantwich\u2019 \u2013 an 8,000-calorie heart attack on a plate \u2013 Mr Brettell succeeded.<\/p>\n<p>The feast contains: sausage, bacon, ham, beef, turkey, lamb, steak burger, pulled barbeque pork, hash browns, various cheeses, stuffing, a cheese omelette, tomatoes, cucumber, salad, mayo, BBQ sauce, mustard and onion rings.<\/p>\n<p>The fillings are sandwiched between six thick slices of bread with chips and coleslaw on the side.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/ad_121886514.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-56568\" alt=\"ad_121886514\" src=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/ad_121886514.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/ad_121886514.jpg 650w, https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/ad_121886514-300x273.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/ad_121886514-329x300.jpg 329w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It weighs 2.5kg (5.5lb) and costs diners \u00a317.95 if not completed within 45 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I saw a picture of the sandwich on Facebook and it was the size of a baby. I just thought \u2018\u2018I\u2019ve got to get me some of this\u2019\u2019,\u2019 said Mr Brettell.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019ve always been pretty trim but recently I\u2019ve been training hard at the gym and only eating one or two big meals in the evenings.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>How did he manage it? He had help from the Rocky movies.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Brettell, 26, said: \u2018By the end it gets quite hard to stomach each mouthful without feeling sick. I think the owner could see I was flagging so he started playing Eye Of The Tiger through the restaurant speakers to keep me going.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The chompion from Hadleigh, Essex, completed the task in 36min and 10sec on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Will Fishenden, owner of the Mangetout bistro in Southend-on-Sea, said: \u2018I was amazed when James finished it all as we have had a lot of much bigger guys than him come in and fail.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are easier ways to earn \u00a3116 and a novelty T-shirt, but none quite so&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":56565,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[146,224,137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe","category-news","category-world","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=56572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56572\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/56565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=56572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=56572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}