Nonni’s Italian Eatery Challenges the Guinness World Records™ record for “World’s Largest Meatball”

On Sunday, November 1, 2009, Nonni’s Italian Eatery, located at the Holiday Inn, will attempt to break the current standing world record for the largest meatball ever created. The record is currently held by the Jimmy Kimmel Live Show who set the record on September 24, 2009. The meatball weighed in at a whopping 198.6 pounds!

Nonni’s will attempt to shatter that record. “This is no small feat” says Owner and Chef, Mathew Mitnitsky, as Guinness World Records is very specific about the requirements. First of all, the giant meatball must be completely edible; it must also maintain the classic ingredients that make up a traditional meatball; the recipe must be submitted in both pounds and metric conversions; lastly, the final weigh-in must be performed by state approved “weights & measures” personnel in order to ensure accuracy.

So, the big question that everyone keeps asking…how do you cook a giant meatball? “Well, I wish I could tell you but I’m afraid that needs to be kept a secret for now. The one thing I will say is that it takes approximately two days to cook”.

Please join us for this free event!

The festivities will begin at 12:00pm on Sunday with several events scheduled. For example, the “Meatball Challenge” where we see how many meatballs you can consume in fifteen minutes.  Kids of all ages will also enjoy playing the “Meatball Ladle Run” where a team of two will be challenged to run meatballs across the room and place them into a pot of sauce. Finally, the “Mama Mia Spicy Meatball Challenge”… for those who like spicy foods, this one will be “hot”. Contestants will challenge themselves to a graduating heat of fiery meatballs.  Prizes will be given out to all the winners.

At 2:00pm, the main event will take place. Chef Mathew and his team of top meatball specialist will “roll out” the meatball for the record attempt. Guinness World Records will be here for the weigh in.

Music, beverages and more games will continue until 3:00pm.

The meatball will be donated to the Friendly Kitchen here in Concord NH.

Here is the proof 115 Pound meatball short of our goal of 125# but we have one more attempt on November 1 2009.

We are so excited about this event. It will begin on Sunday November 1st at 12 noon.
We will kick it off with fun family games like the ladle contest where two teams compete against each other trying to keep a meatball on a ladle while running across an area and setting the meatball into a pot of tomato sauce.

Also we have the famous meatball eating contest where ten contestants will try to consume the most meatballs in ten minutes. Finally we have the “Mama” Mia Spicy Meatball contest. We also have invited several special local groups to do exhibitions like a local karate group showing off there skills as well as local dance schools doing their thing as well.

Refreshments will be provided by our event sponsors Pepsi and New Hampshire Distributors.
At 2pm Nonnis will unveil the Worlds Largest Meatball. A team of surprise judges will be on hand as well as the official Guinness Book of World Records Staff.

Much more to come so stay tuned!