Cornwall-based St. Ewe Free Range Eggs are  the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS (TM) holders after teams walked the 300 miles of Cornwall’s iconic coastline and set the record for the World’s Longest Egg & Spoon Race; raising funds and awareness for Hospitality Action and Cornwall Air Ambulance. 

The event was inspired following the events of the past three years with Covid-19, Brexit and the ongoing cost-of-living crisis wreaking untold havoc on the farming, food production, hospitality and tourism sectors.  

Cornwall as a region has been particularly impacted by these events, and behind the buckets and spades of this ever-popular tourist destination are the untold stories of hardship and struggle the farming, food and hospitality industry has had to face in order to stay afloat.  

As a result of this, St Ewe Eggs decided to support two worthwhile charities through its world record attempt, which both worked hard to help people through the pandemic. St. Ewe Eggs used the record attempt to not only bring together the local community, but to allow the hospitality, food and farming industry to have their voice heard and raise much needed funds for these two pivotal charities.   

The Great Eggsplorers and Team Eggstreme from St Ewe Free Range Eggs were awarded the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title for ‘the greatest distance to carry an egg in one week (team)’ at Rock Oyster Festival.

Both teams set a new world record with The Great Eggsplorers coming in first with 231.51km (143.86 miles), followed by Team Eggstreme setting a further record at 248.32km (154.29 miles) carrying their eggs on special hand made wooden egg spoons. Collectively, the teams walked 479.83km (298.2 miles) of the Cornish coast path over five days, to raise money for Cornwall Air Ambulance and Hospitality Action.