Nathan Davies sets fish sticks world record with 15 in a minute
British dad Nathan Davies ate 15 fish sticks in 60 seconds after telling The 1% Club host Lee Mack he wanted a Guinness record.
By Georgia Hale · Staff Writer
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Nathan Davies has turned a plate of his children’s favorite food into a fish sticks world record, eating 15 in 60 seconds to claim a Guinness World Records title, according to UPI.
The 32-year-old British man took on the speed-eating attempt after a very different kind of win. UPI reported that Davies had recently collected more than $130,000 on the TV game show The 1% Club, where he told host Lee Mack that his next ambition was to land a Guinness World Record.
Guinness World Records lists the title as the most fish fingers eaten in one minute. UPI described the food for U.S. readers as fish sticks, while Guinness used the British name, fish fingers.
Who broke the fish sticks world record?
The record holder is Nathan Davies, a 32-year-old man from Britain, according to UPI and Guinness World Records. His attempt centered on a food he linked to family life, with UPI reporting that fish sticks are a favorite of his children.
Davies told Guinness World Records that he chose the challenge because it looked within reach for him. “I decided fish fingers was achievable given that I've got a few less formal eating records so it's up my street,” he said, according to Guinness.
The attempt gave him a tidy, no-frills target: eat as many fish fingers as possible inside one minute. Davies finished 15 before the clock ran out, enough for Guinness to award him the record title.
How many fish sticks did Nathan Davies eat?
Davies ate 15 fish sticks in one minute, according to Guinness World Records. That total earned him the record for the most fish fingers eaten in one minute.
Afterward, Davies sounded amused by the odd little glory of it all. “A bit strange, very proud to have a world record, but less proud when it's fish finger related,” he told Guinness.
He also said temperature may have held him back. “I think I could have done more if I had let them cool down longer, but just happy to have the record,” Davies told Guinness World Records.
The fish-finger feat puts Davies in the long-running Guinness tradition of hyper-specific eating records, where victory can come down to a timer, a stack of snack food and the ability to keep chewing under pressure.
For Davies, the record followed a quiz-show payday and a public promise. UPI reported that after winning on The 1% Club, he said his next goal was a Guinness World Record, and he has now ticked that off with 15 fish fingers in a single minute.
This story draws on original reporting from UPI.