27 August,2011 07:51 AM IST | | Agencies
People in Bournemouth were treated to what could be the world's biggest portion of fish and chips on Wednesday, as local chefs put their restaurant jobs on hold to cook up the enormous dish.
Catering students from Bournemouth and Pool College were pitted against kitchen staff from Boscombe restaurant Urban Reef, in a challenge to make a super-sized version of the seaside favourite.
Urban Reef restaurant used a 61-kg halibut caught off Iceland before filleting it and coating it in batter and cooking it in a purpose-built fryer.
But Bournemouth and Poole College chose a more inventive way to achieve their extraordinary feat. They stuck together dozens of smaller fish using edible glue before cooking the mammoth lump.
Mark Cribb, manager of Urban Reef, said, "We did a bit of research to see what the current world record was and I think we've matched it. "We did get very little sleep but we've had lots of laughs taking part." Now both teams are waiting to find out who has won.
It is currently held by Yorkshire pub The Wensleydale Heifer, who fried a 18-kg fillet of prime halibut and 27 kg of hand cut chips.
61 kg The size of the fish used by Urban Reef restaurant for the record
