Leah Shutkever, a 35‑year‑old competitive eater from Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, set a new record by consuming a 40‑item Full English breakfast at Uncle Ron’s café in Benidorm in six minutes and 45 seconds. The plate, billed as the 3,500‑calorie "Belly Buster," contains four sausages, four bacon rashers, four fried eggs, four hash browns, four halves of toast, six tomatoes, half a large tin of baked beans, 10 mushrooms and two pieces of fried bread.
Shutkever completed the challenge using her hands rather than cutlery and said she had fasted for about 16 hours beforehand. The café charges €12 for the meal but waives the fee if a diner finishes the breakfast within 20 minutes; the challenge has a reported success rate of about 3 percent. The owner, Georgia Smith, said she was impressed and surprised by how quickly Shutkever finished. "She just came in and smashed the record," Smith told reporters.
Shutkever, who says she is Great Britain’s number one female competitive eater, posted video of the attempt on her YouTube channel and shared the moment on other social platforms. Her Instagram account, @shutkeverofficial, lists roughly 384,000 followers, and she said she has won more than 40 Guinness World Records. The video drew thousands of views and hundreds of comments from viewers reacting to the speed and scale of the eat.
Speaking after the attempt, Shutkever said she took on the challenge partly in response to online taunts that British men were not completing the viral meal. "The British men were letting everyone down so I had to go over there and sort it out," she said. She added that her original intention had been to present a video and not to sprint through the food, but she accelerated in the final minute after being told she had time remaining.
Uncle Ron’s Belly Buster went viral on social media before Shutkever’s visit, drawing attention from tourists and amateur competitive eaters. The café’s owner said the challenge attracts many attempts but that very few succeed. Shutkever’s performance, and the decision to use her hands, was noted by commenters as atypical for the establishment’s usual challengers.
Shutkever spent two days in Benidorm for the visit and returned to the U.K. after the attempt; she received an Uncle Ron’s‑branded T‑shirt for her success. Comments on the posted video praised her speed and stamina. One viewer wrote that watching her compete inspired their own informal nightly food challenges, while others congratulated her on breaking the record.
The breakfast challenge joins a string of food feats that have gained traction on social media and in tourist hotspots, where low prices and a novelty factor create incentives for public attempts. Organizers typically publish the rules and time limits for such challenges; in this case, diners who complete the Belly Buster in 20 minutes do not pay for the meal. Shutkever’s completed attempt and the accompanying video are likely to renew interest in the Benidorm attraction and draw attention from both casual visitors and competitive eaters.