Londoners Break Guinness Record with Largest Scotch Egg

Oliver Paterson and Phoenix Ross, two content creators from North London, have set a new Guinness World Record by creating the largest scotch egg, weighing 7.81 kilograms and containing 24,000 calories. They used a rare ostrich egg from Scotland, encased it in 22 pounds of sausage meat, coated it in panko breadcrumbs, fried it for 30 minutes, and baked it for two to three hours, ensuring the yolk remained intact when cut open, a key requirement for the record. Their first attempt failed when the egg fell apart during frying, but after preparing the sausage meat overnight and making a backup egg, they succeeded on their second try. To comply with Guinness rules against food waste, they repurposed the massive scotch egg into 19 burritos, which they froze for later consumption. Paterson expressed pride and joy at achieving his lifelong dream and aims to pursue more world records in the future. Their record-breaking scotch egg surpasses the previous 6.2-kilogram record and will appear in the 2026 Guinness World Records book.