World’s Largest Omelette

Turkish chefs have set a new world record for the world's largest omelette. The record breaking omelette has been brought to Ankara to celebrate World Egg Day 2010 and promote eggs as a healthy, affordable and easy to prepare food staple. The Turkish Egg Producers Association staged the event to promote eggs as a healthy primary food source.

The omelette was cooked in a giant fryer which is 10 metres in diameter. During the event, 65 cooks whisked 110,010 eggs to cook the omelette of 4,400 kg using 432 litres of oil. It took 2.5 hours to cook it. The omelette recipe was created by Suleyman Ascioglu, executive chef at Rixos Grand Ankara Hotel.

Carim Valerio, from the Guinness Book of World Records, watched the record attempt and confirmed it had been successful.

The previous record for the world’s largest omelette was held by Pick’n'Pay Retailers, Cape Town, South Africa, for their omelette which weighed 3,625 kg, contained 60,000 eggs and measured 14 metres in diameter.