WOWZERS! This Chilli Eating Contest had it all... Sweat, pain, tears - which is bound to happen if you rub your eye after handling some of the World's Hottest Peppers. And a finale that'll surely have you on the edge of your seat!
10 brave contestants battle it out to see how far they can get as they chomp their way through multiple rounds eating various chili pepper pods ranging from the mild to super-hot.
This contest took place at The Middlesex Chilli Festival, Feltham, UK on Sunday 21st May 2023 and was hosted by Matt Tangent & Shahina 'UK Chilli Queen' Waseem.
A big thank you to Alex & Vikki Beames for helping dish out the pain!
00:00 Start
00:06 Round 1 - Padrón – 500K-2.5K SHU
00:44 Round 2 - Jalapeño – 2K-8K SHU
01:29 Round 3 - Fresno Chillies – 2.5K-10K SHU
02:31 Round 4 - Green Finger Chillies x 2 – 10K-100K SHU
03:21 Round 5 - Thai Birds Eye x 2 – 50K-100K SHU
04:41 Round 6 - Scotch Bonnet – 100K-350K SHU
06:14 Round 7 - Red Habanero x 2 – 150K-575K SHU
07:15 Round 8 - Ghost Pepper – 800K-1M SHU
08:03 Round 9 - Scorpion Pepper (Unripe) – 1.2M-1.3M SHU
09:25 Round 10 - World's Hottest Corn Chips x 2 – ??? SHU
10:51 Round 11 - Dried Carolina Reaper – 1.5-2.2M SHU
11:55 Round 12 - Speed Round – SHU N/A #chilieating #chillichallenge #ukchilliqueen
10 brave contestants battle it out to see how far they can get as they chomp their way through multiple rounds eating various chili pepper pods ranging from the mild to super-hot.
This contest took place at The Middlesex Chilli Festival, Feltham, UK on Sunday 21st May 2023 and was hosted by Matt Tangent & Shahina 'UK Chilli Queen' Waseem.
A big thank you to Alex & Vikki Beames for helping dish out the pain!
00:00 Start
00:06 Round 1 - Padrón – 500K-2.5K SHU
00:44 Round 2 - Jalapeño – 2K-8K SHU
01:29 Round 3 - Fresno Chillies – 2.5K-10K SHU
02:31 Round 4 - Green Finger Chillies x 2 – 10K-100K SHU
03:21 Round 5 - Thai Birds Eye x 2 – 50K-100K SHU
04:41 Round 6 - Scotch Bonnet – 100K-350K SHU
06:14 Round 7 - Red Habanero x 2 – 150K-575K SHU
07:15 Round 8 - Ghost Pepper – 800K-1M SHU
08:03 Round 9 - Scorpion Pepper (Unripe) – 1.2M-1.3M SHU
09:25 Round 10 - World's Hottest Corn Chips x 2 – ??? SHU
10:51 Round 11 - Dried Carolina Reaper – 1.5-2.2M SHU
11:55 Round 12 - Speed Round – SHU N/A #chilieating #chillichallenge #ukchilliqueen
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00:003, 2, 1, CHOMP THE CHEESE!
00:09Aiden's down already.
00:10Aiden's smashed it.
00:11Mark is chewing away.
00:12Lewis, bit more of that pepper please.
00:14All the way down the stalk.
00:15And Luke as well please.
00:16Right down the end.
00:17Little bit more there, Anissa.
00:19Just a little bit.
00:20I think everyone has completed round one, haven't they?
00:24Round of applause please.
00:26Everyone's through to the next round.
00:28OK, so round two.
00:29What are these, Jen?
00:30Round two are the jalapenos.
00:32Between 2,000 and 8,000 Scovilles.
00:35This is going to be a challenge because it's quite hard to chew these and swallow them quickly.
00:40Hold your peppers up in the air please.
00:423, 2, 1, CHOMP THOSE CHILLIES!
00:47Wow, Aiden's quick.
00:49Luke has polished his off.
00:50He's just chewing away.
00:51Aiden's done hers.
00:52I think most people handle that one better than the Padrock.
00:54They're taking it in their stride.
00:55This is good.
00:56This is good.
00:57How are you doing, Anissa?
00:58Thumbs up.
01:00So I think we should just jump straight in with round three.
01:03Now these are Fresno chilies.
01:06Similar to the jalapeno, they're between 2,500 and 10,000 Scoville heat units.
01:12These peppers are quite nice because there's a lot of fluid in them and they're almost sweet.
01:16So it's kind of a bit of a relief before we go to the next hotter round.
01:20So enjoy it if you can.
01:22OK, please hold your Fresno pepper up in the air.
01:26Everybody.
01:273, 2, 1, CHOMP THOSE CHILLIES!
01:31Lewis has just smashed that.
01:33Layla's done.
01:34Zoe has got through that.
01:36Zoe's done.
01:37Wow, these guys are strong.
01:39A little bit more there, Mark.
01:40Luke's done.
01:41I'm going to be harsh.
01:43OK, so everyone's done round three.
01:46Round of applause, please.
01:47That was remarkable.
01:49It's going to get worse.
01:50It's going to get worse.
01:51Next one, we've got some green finger chilies.
01:54They're not huge, so we're going to give them two.
01:56They are between 10,000 and 100,000 Scovilles.
02:00Do you cook with these at all, Shen?
02:01Finger chilies is one of my favourite chilies.
02:03I do like them a lot.
02:04It's a bit of flavour.
02:06I love the crunch on them.
02:08Great with curries.
02:09Amazing chilies.
02:10Actually, Shen has a website, ukchiliqueen.com.
02:13There are a lot of her recipes on that.
02:15I kind of specialise in doing quick foods and I use a lot of finger chilies in my cooking, for sure.
02:21Right, are we ready for round four?
02:24If you'd like to hold your green finger chilies up in the air, please.
02:28And then you know the drill.
02:29Three, two, one.
02:31Chop those chilies.
02:33Jan is just chopping away quite nicely.
02:36Oh, what's that, Lewis?
02:37They're too hot for Lewis.
02:39Give him some encouragement.
02:40You can do it.
02:41One more round.
02:42One more round, Lewis.
02:43You don't want to be the first out, do you?
02:46He's all right.
02:47He's all right.
02:48Lewis has dropped his milk.
02:49He's out.
02:50Round of applause for Lewis.
02:53Sterling weren't there, mate.
02:54How's everyone else doing?
02:55These guys are done at this end.
02:57So Leila has just got a little bit more of hers to do.
03:00Excellent.
03:01Right, we're going on to the next round, round five, which is Thai bird's eyes.
03:07And we're going to give them two because they're tiny, but they're very, very hot.
03:10Between 50,000 and 100,000 Scoville heat units.
03:15If you'd like to hold your Thai bird's eye peppers in the air, please.
03:19Three, two, one.
03:21Chop those chilies.
03:24Marcus nailed that.
03:25Aidan's nailed it.
03:26Luanne's just got one more to go.
03:28Not any more.
03:30Leila's almost done her first one.
03:33We need some encouragement for Leila, please.
03:35Come on, Leila.
03:36Anissa, you're done?
03:38Done.
03:39Anissa's done.
03:40Great.
03:41Zoe is done.
03:42Luke is done.
03:43Ethan's done.
03:44And Jan is pretty much done.
03:46Yay, round the floors.
03:48Everyone has done round five.
03:50Round five, that's quite incredible.
03:52What's round six, Matt?
03:53Scotch bonnets.
03:55We're upping the ante quite a bit here.
03:57We're talking between 100,000 and 350,000 Scoville heat units.
04:02This is going to be a bit of a shock to everybody from the last round.
04:05This could be where things change, a game changer.
04:09If you'd want to carry on, if you'd like to hold your pepper, your scotch bonnet pepper in the air, please.
04:15You can do this, Leila.
04:17You've got this, Leila.
04:18Ethan says he's done.
04:20Can we make just one more round?
04:22Are you sure?
04:23One more round, people.
04:24That's it.
04:25One more round.
04:26Go on.
04:27He's going to do it.
04:28He's going to go for it.
04:29He's going to go for it.
04:30That's impressive.
04:31Team Ethan, give them a cheer.
04:32That's hardcore.
04:33Okay.
04:34Hold your scotch bonnet pepper in the air, please.
04:37Don't touch that milk.
04:39Three, two, one.
04:42Chomp those chilies.
04:45Okay.
04:46So, go for it, Ethan.
04:48What am I like?
04:49What am I like?
04:50I think he's going to go after this one.
04:51He's out.
04:52Well done, Ethan.
04:53Well done.
04:54Well done.
04:55Put your hands together for Ethan.
04:56Nice one, mate.
04:57Nice one.
04:58How's Luke doing?
04:59Did you manage to eat that?
05:00You didn't even touch the sides with Luke.
05:01A dark horse here.
05:02Zoe, Anissa and Leila, all the ladies in the middle here, doing all right.
05:08And the lads down here, all done.
05:10So, it's just a little bit more for Leila.
05:14There we go.
05:15And the end there.
05:18Fantastic.
05:19Just finishing up.
05:20Right.
05:21So, we're going to go on to round seven, which are habaneros.
05:26Red habaneros.
05:28And these are beautiful specimens.
05:30They look beautiful.
05:31We're giving them two.
05:32We're giving them two.
05:33Leila is...
05:34Are you sure you don't want to do one more round?
05:36No.
05:37One more round.
05:38One more round.
05:39Okay.
05:40A round of applause for Leila.
05:41Do you want to take your milk?
05:42No.
05:44Anissa's not feeling well, so she's going to call it a day.
05:48Thanks for joining us, Anissa.
05:50Right.
05:51So, now we've got six contestants left out of the ten.
05:54Don't touch that milk, Luke.
05:56He's not off.
05:57One more round.
05:58One more round for Luke.
05:59Is he doing it?
06:00Luke has drunk the milk.
06:02So, we literally halved the number of contestants by that scotch bonnet.
06:06That's crazy.
06:07Okay.
06:08If you want to carry on, hold your peppers in the air.
06:12Three, two, one.
06:15Chomp those chillies.
06:17Once you've done the first one, the second one is even harder.
06:20The second one is much easier.
06:22I was going to say.
06:24They're doing great.
06:25So, they've done one already.
06:27Aidan and Mark have done one.
06:29Jan is halfway through his first.
06:31He's just finished his first one.
06:32Zoe's done.
06:33Zoe's done the first one.
06:34Zoe's done it.
06:35Wow.
06:36Amazing.
06:37Jan's done it.
06:38Amazing.
06:39Put your hands together, guys.
06:41Okay.
06:42So, we have got the next round.
06:44Which are?
06:45Which are ghost peppers.
06:48Yeah.
06:49Between 800,000 and a million Scovilles.
06:52Are they getting one of each or two?
06:54Just getting the one.
06:55We're not that evil.
06:56You're being kind.
06:57Not yet.
06:58Okay.
06:59I say yes.
07:00The tissue is being used a lot more in these later rounds.
07:04I think we should get them going.
07:06Yeah.
07:07If you'd like to hold your ghost pepper up in the air, please.
07:10If you want to carry on.
07:11Come on.
07:12And three, two, one.
07:15Chomp those chilies.
07:18Come on, Nguyen.
07:19You've got this.
07:20You've got this.
07:21This is now more about willpower.
07:23No.
07:24Come on, Nguyen.
07:25No.
07:26No.
07:27He's up.
07:28Well done, Nguyen.
07:29Please put your hands together for Nguyen.
07:30He did very well.
07:31He did very well indeed.
07:32Wow.
07:33Okay.
07:34So, we are down to four.
07:35Wow.
07:36This is where things are going to get really, really messy.
07:38So, what we've got now are scorpion peppers.
07:41Yeah, scorpion.
07:43Now, these are between 1.2 and 1.3 million Scovilles.
07:49Those are the fully ripe ones.
07:51These are unripe, so they might not be as pokey.
07:54But they're still going to pack a little bit of a punch.
07:57But I think we should get those peppers up in the air.
08:00And three, two, one.
08:03Chomp those chilies.
08:05They're doing great.
08:07They've slowed down a bit.
08:08You're doing great, Mark.
08:09You're doing great.
08:10They've slowed down a bit, but they're doing great.
08:13Yes, Aiden's slowed down a little bit, but he's doing all right.
08:16No, Zoe.
08:17One more round.
08:18No.
08:19Come on, Zoe.
08:20Please put your hands together for Zoe.
08:21Well done, Zoe.
08:22Well done.
08:23Incredible.
08:24So, Yan has just finished his.
08:25He's chucked away the stalk.
08:26And Mark is doing all right.
08:29He's doing all right.
08:31And Aiden, a little bit of a glow around the eyes.
08:35It's kind of one of those things, because they're green and unripe.
08:38He thought the other one was hotter.
08:39You want more heat, then?
08:41You shouldn't have asked for that.
08:43Let's try something different.
08:46We've got these chips here, these corn chips.
08:48These are the world's hottest corn chips from Australia.
08:51They are infused with ghost pepper, scorpion pepper, and Carolina reaper pepper.
08:57And we're going to give them two each.
09:01Just chips.
09:02Just chips.
09:03And they've got a dusting of Carolina reaper pepper on them as well.
09:05So, they're pretty pokey.
09:07Yeah, don't touch your eye.
09:09Oh, Mark has touched his eye.
09:11Not a good move.
09:13So, this time around, we're not going to say, three, two, one, chop those chilies.
09:16We're going to go, three, two, one, chop those chips.
09:19Give them a chip, people.
09:21Come on.
09:22Three, two, one, chop those chips.
09:28I mean, if it was me, I'd eat the whole thing whole, just to try and get it down there.
09:31Very, very dry.
09:32Any moisture that they had in their mouth is now gone.
09:34Eden's done his second chip.
09:35Mark's done his second chip.
09:37Jan is getting there.
09:39He's almost done.
09:40So, they've done.
09:41How is your eye, Mark?
09:42It's not the best.
09:45He's still got his left eye, though.
09:47So, that's a good thing.
09:48His right eye is completely kiboshed.
09:50But he can't see in stereo anymore.
09:52Just going to give Mark a little bit of a wet tissue for his eye.
09:57He'll be fine.
09:58It will wear off.
09:59It lasts a few minutes once you get it into your eyes, but that will help, I think.
10:03Right, so.
10:04Whoa.
10:05The next round is, does anyone know what the world's hottest pepper is, according to Guinness?
10:10The Carolina Reaper.
10:12Yes.
10:13Now, we've got some dried ones here.
10:16They're horrible.
10:19I've had dried Carolina Reapers before.
10:21It's not a pleasant thing, but we're going to make them eat one.
10:24And the Scoville heat unit for these is between 1.5 and 2.2 million Scovilles.
10:33And because they're dry, it's just going to be horrible.
10:36It's just going to be horrid.
10:37So, we need big, big, big, big, big support from you guys to get them through this next round.
10:42As we say, hold your pepper in the air.
10:48And after three people, three, two, one.
10:51Chop those chilies.
10:54So, Mark has taken the whole thing in, and he's just in the zone.
10:59Aiden's got it in.
11:00Mark's done it.
11:01And Jan, he's going through his in pieces, bit by bit.
11:06Amazing.
11:07Amazing.
11:08Can I just say, these guys look so impressive.
11:10It's quite incredible, actually.
11:12It's quite incredible.
11:13And they've all done it.
11:14They've all done it.
11:15That was round 11.
11:17Wow.
11:18We need to basically end this ruddy thing now.
11:21We've reached the pinnacle of heat when it comes to peppers.
11:25So, we need a decider, which is a speed round.
11:31We've got some big, big peppers here.
11:34They're not very hot.
11:35They're not hot at all.
11:36We're going to give them two, and it's the person who eats both peppers first will be declared the winner.
11:44Everybody, one last time.
11:46Hold your peppers in the air, please.
11:49And then, when I say, chop those chilies, on that, chilies, that's when we're going to go.
11:54Three, two, one.
11:55Chop those chilies!
11:57Right.
11:58Going to nosh them down.
12:00Mark has started hard.
12:01Come on.
12:02Aiden's not messing around here.
12:03No, Aiden's going through.
12:04Aiden's not messing around.
12:05He's really going for it.
12:06Come on.
12:07Jan is making his way through quite leisurely.
12:09He needs to pick up that pace.
12:11Mark's doing really well.
12:12Don't want to overdo it too much, otherwise you might end up...
12:14You never know until the end, because people could purge.
12:18This has happened before, when you hurry too much, and it could backfire.
12:22So, let's see.
12:23And also, you've got to remember...
12:25Come on, we need some more encouragement, people.
12:27Come on.
12:28You've got to remember, they've eaten all the previous chilies in the previous rounds as well.
12:33So, their stomachs are going to be feeling it.
12:36Aiden has finished his first one.
12:39It's between Mark and Jan.
12:41Come on, people.
12:42We need some cheering.
12:43What you're witnessing is...
12:45We don't always get to this stage.
12:48We've got to prepare for these situations.
12:50Oh, my God.
12:51Aiden has almost finished his second one.
12:53Halfway through his second one.
12:55He's storming through.
12:57He's left everyone behind in the dust, I think.
12:59Mark has almost finished his first one.
13:01And Jan's not quitting.
13:02He's still giving it a good go here.
13:04Aiden is almost there.
13:06Almost there.
13:07A tiny bit more on the edge.
13:08That's it.
13:09That's it.
13:10Jan has almost finished his first one.
13:12I think it's a one-horse race now.
13:14Yeah.
13:15We've just got to wait to see if Aiden can show us an empty mouth or whether he purges everything.
13:22Aiden is the winner.
13:25Congratulations, Aiden.
13:27Mark and Jan, that was absolutely hardcore.
13:30Wow.
13:31So, so impressive.
13:32On any other day, these guys would be there for sure.
13:35There's no doubt.
13:36Well done, Jan.
13:37Another cheer for Jan, please.
13:40Another cheer for Mark.
13:43And a cheer for Aiden, our winner.