A pizza chef in France hopes to make his mark with a world record after a seriously cheesy culinary feat this week.
On October 8, Benoît Bruel, pizza chef at Déliss'Pizza, Lyon, made his attempt to shatter the previous Guinness World Record record for the pizza with the most cheese toppings.
While officials at Guinness World Records haven't yet announced if the record was broken, they told Newsweek: "We look forward to receiving evidence from the attempt for our Records Management Team to review."
Bruel teamed up with cheese factory Histories de Fromages and topped a single pizza pie with a jaw-dropping 1,001 cheeses. The idea for the record itself came from Bruel's friend, Brice, who tragically lost his life in a helicopter crash in Argentina in 2015.
"Brice was as crazy as me," Bruel told Newsweek, explaining how his record attempt was a tribute to his late friend.
Atop a dough measuring 30.5 cm in diameter, Bruel layered a spread of an assortment of cheeses. Ensuring the authenticity of the record, an official Guinness World Records inspector was on site to keep an eye on the cheesy goings on.
The dairy masterpiece was topped with an array of different cheeses sourced by Histories de Fromages. Each piece of cheese had to be cut into 2-gram cubes before individually placing them on the pizza.
"What I liked most about this record preparation above all was talking with passionate cheesemakers and farmers over the last five months, learning more about cheese making," Bruel said.
Bruel's variety of cheeses ranged from creamy brie to sharp cheddars and even some exotic and rare varieties of cheese from around the world.
The previous record was set by the trio Julien Serri, YouTuber Morgan Niquet, and cheesemaker François Robin in September 2021 in Lyon when they sprinkled an impressive 834 cheeses onto a single pizza.
Cementing the city's cheese-loving reputation, chef Bruel added 167 more cheeses to the previous Guinness World Record, with high hopes for a record-breaking result.
More Cheesy Records
The pizza record isn't the only cheese-based Guinness World Record, with many other people opting for a dairy-based way into the history books.
In 2015, a 1,524-pound cheeseburger—sculpted entirely out of cheese—was crowned the record holder for the largest cheese sculpture.
Created by cheese sculptor Troy Landwehr, it took 30 hours to create the super cheesy sculpture.
In 2018, the Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin, created the world's largest cheese platter at 4,437 pounds.
The oldest residue of solid cheese ever found was discovered in 2018 and dates from the 13th century BC. It was found within a tomb for Ptahmes, the mayor of the ancient city of Memphis in Egypt.
Meanwhile, the record for the world's largest pizza was broken earlier this year when YouTube star Airrack teamed up with Pizza Hut to claim their own slice of history.
At a colossal 13,990 square feet, the pizza beat the previous record of 13,580.27 square feet and was fully assembled, topped, and baked in pieces on-site at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
Later, the giant pizza was divided up and donated to charities around Los Angeles.
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