Restaurant fills colossal bowl with 13,786-pounds of spaghetti

ANAHEIM, Calif., March 15 /PRNewswire/ -- With a bowl measuring 15' in diameter by 3.5' high filled with 13,786-pounds of freshly made spaghetti, Italian eatery Buca di Beppo successfully created the all-time largest bowl of spaghetti in the world this weekend at its restaurant located in Anaheim, CA.

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The enormous bowl was filled via a "bucket brigade" made up entirely of Buca employees, filling the massive bowl positioned by the restaurant's main entrance.  Six chefs supervised the food preparation and production of the enormous spaghetti bowl that also included more than 100 gallons of marinara sauce.  The feat was achieved with hundreds of on-lookers and Mayor William Dalton of the City of Garden Grove and other city officials in attendance.

The previous world record for the largest bowl of pasta was 9,767 pounds, set by Wataniya Restaurants-Sbarro on March 28, 2009 in Doha, Qatar located in the Persian Gulf.

To commemorate the massive achievement, Buca di Beppo restaurants across the nation will celebrate on Monday, March 15 by offering free spaghetti to all guests who purchase a Buca Large® or Buca Small® pasta or entree. In addition, for every portion of spaghetti given away, Buca will match it with a donation of uncooked pasta to various homeless charities with a minimum donation of 10,000 lbs of uncooked pasta.

None of the pasta from the record breaking event went to waste.  The pasta from the event was donated and repurposed by the local agricultural community.

SOURCE Buca di Beppo

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