60 pizza-makers create nearly mile-long ‘pie’ in Milan

Italy beat the world record for the longest ever pizza on Saturday, serving up a sizzling margherita over one and a half kilometres long at Milan’s 2015 Expo. Guinness World Records judge Lorenzo Veltri handed Italy the crown for a 1,595.45 metres (5,234 feet) long masterpiece made with 1,500 kilos of tomatoes, over one and a half tonnes of mozzarella and a river of extravirgin olive oil. The 80 chefs from all over Italy who took part in the creation snatched the title from Spain, which had held the record with a pizza 1,141.5 metres long. It was first come first served for the 30,000 or so visitors to the Expo, with 300 metres of the pizza destined for the city’s Banco Alimentare food bank. The Italian delicacy, which took three minutes to cook per metre and was prepared in five special-adapted ovens, was made to celebrate the 126th anniversary of the margherita.

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