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Longest French Fries Cooking Marathon: Luc Driesen

May 12, 2019

“Without my team and without my wife Estrella, this would never have happened."

Luc Driesen, who runs the chippie ‘Friteria Estrella’ in the town of Malle in the Belgian province of Antwerp, has become the new world record holder for the Longest French Fries Cooking Marathon after preparing the country’s favorite snack for a total of five days, six hours and 15 minutes, according to the World Record Academy.

Oostmalle, Antwerpen, Belgium-- Luc Driesen , who runs the chippie ‘ Friteria Estrella ’ in the town of Malle in the Belgian province of Antwerp, has become the new world record holder for the Longest French Fries Cooking Marathon after preparing the country’s favorite snack for a total of five days, six hours and 15 minutes, according to the World Record Academy.

Luc Driesen beat the previous world record for the longest French fies cooking marathon by an hour and 15 minutes.

The world record attempt was also verified by a local bailiff, the local police station (police patrols inspected the place few times a day), a doctor (who also collected blood samples for the anti doping test), local fire station people, and many others.

Luc even trained for the world record attempt and lost 2.4 stone in weight because he wanted to be in top shape, The ViralTab reported.

Beforehand, Luc explained: “Every hour I get a 10 minute break. If I fry chips for six hours straight, I can have a one hour break.

“I will take half-hour power naps as it is not possible to sleep any longer. Most of the time, you also have to get changed or take a shower.”

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Customers of Luc’s chip shop came out in their droves to support him during his record attempt.

Even a local radio DJ helped out by presenting a live show from the chip shop.

The DJ said: “Every night I sat with Luc to make sure he stayed awake.”

In the presence of hundreds of supporters took place the final countthe countdown to the last seconds.

Luc said: “Two moments were rather difficult. Moments where I feared I would fall into a deep sleep, but had to keep going.

“It is a strange feeling where you want to carry on, but just cannot. Luckily, we managed to pull through.”

Luc’s life partner Estrella, who the shop is named after, said: “It’s a great relief. It was a madhouse here the last few days. I will be happy when things are quiet again.”

Luc stood behind his fryer for five days, six hours and 15 minutes. “Without my team and without my wife Estrella, this would never have happened, the VTM NIEUWS reports.