Throughout history, mankind has strived to beat it's records.
Roger Bannister, and his 4 minute mile.
Usain Bolt's 100 meters in 9.69 seconds.
Neneh Cherry's "Seven Seconds".
Tonight, Gareth will attempt a new record:
making a bacon sandwich in 30 seconds.
He's assembled all the essentials:
bread,
bacon,
and a blow torch.
Of course, no legendary figure works without a team.
Edmund Hillary had Tenzing Norgay.
The Fresh Prince had DJ Jazzy Jeff.
And Gareth, has Sephy...
Olly...
Chrisy.. uh uh Chris...
and James, the "Ketchup Holder".
The clock starts as soon as the flame hits the bacon.
And they're off!
Now, the temperature of the flame is going to be somewhere over 1000°C.
But, the sandwich has to be edible to count, so he's got to make sure that he torches everywhere.
Look at that! The flame licking away at the raw bacon in exactly the way that someone's tounge shouldn't.
James is ready with the ketchup; that is his only job here today.
The mild reaction now taking hold in the bacon.
The heat causing amino acids and sugar to react and brown; a process generally called "delicious".
The breads are ready.
Still holding that ketchup there James, good job.
Nearly done! Smoke coming off the bacon now with the clock running down,
Gareth's hair getting a little to close to the blow torch.
We're waiting for.. There it is!
Olly with pinpoint bacon placing precision!
And there's the ketchup; it's an excellent ketchup pour.
And it turns out at 29.5 seconds.
29.5! Ladies and gentlemen,
the first 30 second bacon sandwich.
And it's edible! It's edible!
Congratulations to Gareth and the team; a world record set right here, right now.
That has been the 30 second bacon sandwich.