BIG EATERS.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20456, 8 November 1934, Page 5

BIG EATERS.

Twenty-stone Competitor is Winner. EIGHT-BOTTLE MAN. PARIS, October 2. Three of the four competitors for the title of “ greatest eater,” which was decided at the “ Festival of the Stomach ” at Rouen, declared themselves willing and anxious to join in another gargantuan battle. The competitors were:— M. Charles Viennot (a vintner), aged fifty-two, weight 20st, the winner; M. Roge (a singer), aged thirty-two, weight 19st: M. L’Oiselle (a waiter), aged thirtynine. weight 16st; and the “Unknown Eater,” aged forty, weight 20s t. When the trenchermen mounted the platform the boards creaked and groaned under the strain. Then, amid applause, they set about this appetising menu:—2 l-51b of brill, 2£lb of chicken, 2?lb of mutton with kidney beans, one cheese and apple tart (lots). The winner drank four bottles of cider, two of Alsatian wine and two of Burgundy. Prizes for the biggest stomach went to the “ Unknown Eater.” who put on 101 b in weight during the meal. Viennot was up 61b, Roge by 51b. Poor L’Oiselle actually lost weight.