<p>A man scoffed a staggering 88 Jaffa Cakes in three minutes during an eating competition - believed to be a new world record.</p><p>Max Stanford, 34, averaged a chocolate-covered treat around every two seconds, and washed them down with six glasses of warm water.</p><p>And the dedicated muncher smashed the previous record of 36 Jaffa Cakes in 180 seconds, set in February 2020.</p><p>Max, who considers himself a semi-professional competitive eater, said he only did one practice ahead of the mammoth task,</p><p>The British Eating League contest was held at the George Pub and Grill in Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham, last Saturday (26/2),</p><p>Max, a charity worker from London, said: "I'm really glad I won but I'm not particularly competitive against others.</p><p>"Breaking my own records is really important to me. In my practice I ate 20 in 40 seconds but I wasn't sure I'd be able to keep that up for three minutes.</p><p>"I do it as a hobby because I like to give other people something to switch off to.\'</p><p>Filmed 26th February 2022.</p>
