A British woman has regained her Guinness World Record after eating a burrito in just 30.75 seconds.
Competitive eater Leah Shutkever, 36, out Birminghamalready had 42 world records to her name when she looked to take back her burrito crown.
Her feats include eating a Domino’s pizza in less than a minute and a chocolate orange in 57 seconds.
Ms Shutkever was the burrito-eating record holder for three years, from 2019 to 2022. She was beaten by American speed eater Miki Sudo – who demolished the lunch favorite in 31.47 seconds.
Determined to regain her title, the British eater traveled to the Guinness World Records headquarters London where she turned it into a wrap and knocked more than a second off the American’s time.
But Leah’s record wasn’t clean yet when she set two more world records.
Leah Shutkever, 36, took less than 31 seconds to eat a burrito, regaining her world record that she first won in 2019
She now holds the records for most churros eaten in one minute, eating eight of the treats, as well as most strawberries eaten in one minute after destroying 613 grams of berries – equivalent to about 40 average-sized strawberries.
The self-confessed gym addict has competed in eating competitions around the world and represented Great Britain.
In 2019, she appeared in Battle of The Supereaters: 3,000 Calories Per Minute, on Channel 4.
It was on the national television program that she initially set her burrito world record and was determined to come back and claim the title that brought her fame.
She said: “My origin story of breaking Guinness World Records titles is one I will never tire of.
“I had recently started a YouTube channel with food challenges, and I found an official record of the fastest time to eat a chocolate orange, and I tried it, filmed it for YouTube, posted it and thought nothing of it.
‘I was contacted by a TV show that was filming, and they wanted me to officially try the record on stage with a judge. I managed to break the record and I have never felt such a level of euphoria in my life, and I have chased that feeling ever since.”
Ms Shutkever revealed that her passion for fitness came after being an ‘overweight child’ and becoming aware of nutrition in adulthood.
The self-confessed gym addict works out almost every day to stay in shape between eating challenges
She said she goes to the gym six times a week to stay in shape between huge challenges.
She said: ‘Fitness is my life and identity, it’s what I’ve always done, but competitive eating is my job, and I want them both to function equally in my life. I like going through life with people looking at me and having no idea what I do for a living.
‘I was an overweight child and very early in my life I learned a lot about nutrition and fitness, I loved sports and stayed active. When it comes to food, it all comes down to calories in versus calories out, and everything in moderation.
“Breaking records is one of the proudest experiences of my entire life, including obtaining a degree in architecture. Getting my degree was fun, but breaking records has such a heaviness that I can’t even explain it.”
Speaking to This Morning in 2022, Ms Shutkever revealed she held the record for the fastest time to eat a Terry’s Chocolate Orange, managing to remove the orange from the box and consume the entire treat in just 57 seconds.
In the program she tried to beat her own record of eating 19 chicken nuggets in one minute by eating two nuggets at the same time.
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