The World’s Largest Pavlova

Q: What do you get when you mix 10-thousand eggs with more than 600 kg of sugar?

A: The World’s Largest Pavlova.

This Friday morning, Christchurch chef Aaron Campbell will unveil his 50 square metre pavlova inside ChristChurch Cathedral.

Chef Aaron will put the finishing touches to his 10 m x 5 m pavlova early on Friday morning and reveal it to the public from 7.30am, with Mayor Bob Parker invited to sample the first serving.

“The largest pavlova to date was 19 square metres, so this one will certainly be much larger than that,” says Aaron. “But I am not going for any world record – I simply want to make a very large pavlova to raise funds for KidsCan Stand Tall Charitable Trust.

“KidsCan Stand Tall is the official charity of the All Blacks, so it seemed timely to whip up the pavlova and raise money as part of ‘Paint It All Black’ week, the day before the Bledisloe Cup rugby in Christchurch.”

Given the rugby association of this pavlova and the charity it will support, it’s not surprising it will be decorated with rugby symbols, which can also be bought and eaten.

“As well as being a very large sweet treat, The World’s Largest Pavlova will be a work of art,” he says. “Some people decorate pavlova with kiwifruit, I will use silver ferns and rugby symbols.”

Aaron says the enormous pavlova offers some very large statistics – for example, it would take one hen at least 28 years to lay the number of eggs involved and the sugar equates to enough for one teaspoon of sugar in 165,000 cups of tea.

“The pavlova will cut into around 10-thousand ordinary sized servings on Friday,” he says.

“I’m hoping Christchurch people will treat themselves to pavlova for breakfast or call in on their way to work to buy a slab of pavlova for workmates for morning tea. It would be a fun thing to do, not just for themselves but also to support the All Blacks and KidsCan Stand Tall.

“The All Blacks support KidsCan Stand Tall for the same reason I do - it does a great job of helping our disadvantaged children. Its food programme makes sure those children’s tummies stop rumbling, so they can concentrate at school. Thousands of New Zealand children rely on KidsCan Stand Tall every day – so I am relying on Christchurch people to show charity on Friday by donating $2 for a piece of pavlova.

“It will literally be a sweet gesture, with every cent of every dollar donated helping Kiwi kids,” he says.

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