Have a Happy National Pizza Day with these 5 delicious records

Thursday 9 February is National Pizza Day. 🍕 

That’s right! Our all-time favourite, deliciously cheesy food has its own special day, as it should. 

And even if you don’t have the opportunity to eat some pizza today, you can still celebrate by learning about five of the most mouth-watering pizza records around the world. 

Largest pizza  

This record is a huge deal… Literally! 😂 

Famous YouTuber Airrack and Pizza Hut came together to create the world’s largest pizza, which measures 1,296.722 square metres (13,957.799 square feet). 

The result was more than 68,000 slices of yummy pizza. 

How many would you eat? 

Longest pizza 

If you thought the largest pizza was jaw-dropping, how about the world’s longest pizza that is as long as 18 football fields in a row?! 🤯 

It measures 1,930.39 metres (6,333 ft 3.60 in) and was achieved by 13 different pizza shops and a team of over 100 people over the course of 54 hours. 

In the end though, it was all worth it. ✨ 

Most varieties of cheese on a pizza 

This might sound cheesy, but we think this record is really grate (see what we did there?).👀 

When French cheese-lover Benoît Bruel discovered this record, he decided he just had to break it. 

After all, "we’re in the country of cheese!" he said. 

254 varieties of cheese later, he finally did it! 🧀

Highest altitude pizza delivery on land 

Pizza Hut reached new heights of success when a few of its employees hiked to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro where they shared a pepperoni pizza at 5,897 metres (19,341 ft)! 

It took four days for the pizza to travel from the restaurant to the top of the highest mountain in all of Africa. ⛰️ 

Fastest time to eat a 12’’ pizza 

When a professional competitive speed eater and multiple Guinness World Records title holder puts his mind into breaking his own record… there isn’t much you can do to stop him.😎 

That is how Peter Czerwinski (also known as “Furious Pete”) won against two challengers, managing to eat a whole 12 inch pizza with a knife and fork, in just 32.28 seconds! 

However, one year later… 

Kelvin Medina broke Furious Pete’s record with an incredible 23.62 seconds. 😯 

* This record is for professional speed eaters only and you should NOT try this at home.* 

What toppings do you like on your pizza? 

Are you a classic Margherita type of person, or more of an adventurous, multiple-toppings pizza fan? 

Whatever you prefer, we hope you enjoy a juicy slice of pizza on this National Pizza Day, or really... any other day of the year. 🤤