Oats Porridge served Big by the Britain's First Millers

Did you ever imagine that   just cooking up   a  porridge would get you a world record honour. If no then   you could get some inputs from Mornflakes oats who vouched that they have experienced this for good.  The world record for the biggest ever bowl of porridge was smashed on Thursday at The Lowry theatre in Salford when 171.9kg of the healthy breakfast cooked from Mornflake Superfast Oats was dished out to hundreds of people. Chef Colin Rostron broke the existing world best, which was set at 81.2kg in Edinburgh in 2007, by stirring 27kg of oats and 150 liters of water with a specially commissioned paddle over heat for just over an hour. The event celebrated the stage adaptation of the much-loved British TV comedy classic Porridge. Further it also aimed to raise awareness of porridge oats as the ultimate healthy breakfast option.

John Lea the Chief executive of MornFlakes   Oats   in Gresty   Road felt very proud of accomplishing the record.  With more and more people affirming their love for porridge it seems there is going to be a frequent and long porridge season.  Oats Porridge are a naturally   healthy supplement   and the record   in this connection could well reinstate the fact in more convincing way. Mornflake is reportedly the eighth oldest company in the UK and the Lea family can trace their milling roots back to 1675 when they first started milling at Swettenham Mill near Congleton. The Second World War was a catalyst for the family business, which remains independent to this day. Philip Lea, father of the current managing director John Lea, joined the RAF to support the war effort but was ordered to leave in 1941 and return to the business to feed the nation and build one of the only non-munitions factories given development permission by the Government at the time. The Mornflake brand was created in 1941.Mornflake Oats Ltd employs 300 people and is one of Crewe’s largest employers. Staff and all the managers at the factory do not have voicemail, preferring to speak with people in person.

The Largest Bowl of Porridge weighed 171.9 Kg and was set by Mornfalkes  Oats  at Salford, United Kingdom on September 13, 2009.