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South China Morning Post
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Chefs in France make record breaking strawberry cake
Using 4,000 eggs and a truckload of sugar and cream, pastry chefs in France made a 121.8 metre-long strawberry cake. They claim it is the longest strawberry cake ever made. Moroccan pastry chef Youssef El Gatou led a team of 20 chefs to make the masterpiece. It weighed 1.2 metric tonnes and took one week to complete. It was set out on tables in an ice rink in the Parisian town of Argenteuil. This cake is longer than a 100.48 metre-long strawberry cake made in 2019 in Italy. El Gatou's cake used 350kg of strawberries, 150kg of sugar and 415kg of cream.
South China Morning Post
12-05-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
20 chefs use 4,000 eggs to create record breaking 121 metre-long cake
Using 4,000 eggs and a truckload of sugar and cream, pastry chefs in France made a 121.8-metre-long strawberry cake. They claim it is the longest strawberry cake ever made. Moroccan pastry chef Youssef El Gatou led a team of 20 chefs to make the masterpiece. It weighed 1.2 metric tonnes and took one week to complete. It was set out on tables in an ice rink in the Parisian town of Argenteuil. This cake is longer than a 100.48-metre-long strawberry cake made in 2019 in Italy. El Gatou's cake used 350kg of strawberries, 150kg of sugar and 415kg of cream. The cake had to be at least 8cm wide and 8cm tall to beat the world record. The team used blowtorches to heat a bowl used to mix the cream, said the chef's wife, Nadia El Gatou. Answer: 100.48 metres
Malay Mail
25-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Malay Mail
World's longest strawberry cake: French pastry chefs break record with 121-metre-long masterpiece
PARIS, April 25 — Armed with 4,000 eggs and a truckload of sugar and cream, French pastry chefs on Wednesday completed a 121.8 metre (399 feet, eight inch) long strawberry cake which they have claimed is the world's longest ever made. Youssef El Gatou brought together 20 chefs to make the 1.2 tonne masterpiece that took a week to complete and was set out on tables in an ice rink in the Paris suburb town of Argenteuil for residents to inspect. The effort overtook a 100.48m (329 ft 7 in) long strawberry cake made in the Italian town of San Mauro Torinese in 2019. El Gatou's cake also used 350 kilogrammes of strawberries, 150kg of sugar and 415kg of cream. To claim the record in the Guiness book, the cake had to be at least eight centimetres wide and eight centimetres tall. The logistics were so difficult that the team 'used blowtorches to heat the bowl' for the cream mix, said the chef's wife Nadia El Gatou. El Gatou said that since a child he had wanted to set a record. 'I was looking for a product, or a French pastry, and I also wanted to highlight farm produce, so French strawberries and products like milk, cream and butter,' he told AFP. Residents of Argenteuil who went to see the calorie packed record-breaker on Wednesday were given a piece to take away. — ETX Studio
eNCA
24-04-2025
- Entertainment
- eNCA
121 metre long cake gives a taste for records
Armed with 4,000 eggs and a truckload of sugar and cream, French pastry chefs on Wednesday completed a 121.8 metre long strawberry cake which they have claimed is the world's longest ever made. Youssef El Gatou brought together 20 chefs to make the 1.2 tonne masterpiece that took a week to complete and was set out on tables in an ice rink in the Paris suburb town of Argenteuil for residents to inspect. The effort overtook a 100.48m long strawberry cake made in the Italian town of San Mauro Torinese in 2019. El Gatou's cake also used 350 kilogrammes of strawberries, 150kg of sugar and 415kg of cream. To claim the record in the Guiness book, the cake had to be at least eight centimetres wide and eight centimetres tall. The logistics were so difficult that the team "used blowtorches to heat the bowl" for the cream mix, said the chef's wife Nadia El Gatou. El Gatou said that since a child he had wanted to set a record. AFP | Ludovic VICKERS, Téa ZIADE
Ya Biladi
24-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Ya Biladi
Moroccan pastry chef sets Guinness record for longest strawberry cake
Youssef El Gatou, a Moroccan pastry chef based in France, set a new Guinness World Record on Wednesday by creating the longest strawberry cake in the world. Measuring an impressive 121.88 meters, the cake was assembled inside an ice rink in the town of Argenteuil, in the Paris region. The previous record, held since 2019 by Italian pastry chefs, stood at 100.48 meters. With the support of renowned French chefs and a team of Moroccan pastry artisans, El Gatou accomplished the feat in just 24 hours. Judges from the Guinness World Records were on-site to officially validate the attempt. Speaking to MAP, Youssef El Gatou expressed pride in his achievement, made possible with the help of a team that included several Moroccan professionals and celebrated French artisans such as Nicolas Bernardé, a recipient of the prestigious «Meilleur Ouvrier de France» title. The enormous dessert, weighing 1.2 tons, required approximately 4,000 eggs, 150 kg of sugar, 560 kg of cream, and 350 kg of strawberries. Once the record was confirmed, the cake was shared with the public—many of them members of the local Moroccan community—during a lively celebration. Portions of the cake were also distributed to retirement homes, the local hospital, firefighters, and the Red Cross. This isn't El Gatou's first ambitious project. In 2020, he created a 20-meter-long galette des rois (King's cake), and in 2021, his bakery earned second place in the regional competition for best croissant.
