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Summary Loving Britain celebrated its devotion to the national dish by setting up the chips record.
Chips-loving Britain celebrated its devotion to the national dish by setting up the record of cooking the worlds biggest portion of chips weighing 448kg.The Fish and Chip Shop at the Adventure Island fun park in Southend-on-Sea, east of London, cooked up 448 kilos of chips, piled up inside a giant box. It took them just three hours and 50 minutes to peel, cut, deep fry and package the spuds on their way to breaking the previous record of 368.5kg. They carried on reaching the new target in four hours and 20 minutes. Organizers have put together an evidence pack to send to Guinness and get their new record confirmed.Visitors to the seaside resort could buy a cone of chips for one pound with the money going to charity.
