While most bride and grooms traditionally cut a wedding cake on their special day, fast food fans Tom and Kerry Watts enjoyed a huge burger complete with all the trimmings.
The mammoth 19kg (42lb) cheeseburger, which was nearly half a metre wide and weighed the equivalent of about 100 quarterpounders, was the highlight of the couple's wedding reception at Zaks at the Swan, in Poringland, after they got married at nearby All Saints Church yesterday .
Mr Watts, a 36-year-old firefighter, said: Not only did I get to marry the woman of my dreams but I also got to have the burger of my dreams in the same day.
I could not believe the size of the burger. It was just incredible. Everything has just been amazing. It was the best day ever.
We wanted to do something a bit different for our wedding day and make it a day to remember.
It took butcher John Baxter, from Burgers Plus, in Norwich, a whole day to create and shape the giant beef patty, weighing 400oz when uncooked.
He said: It was the biggest burger I have ever made. It looked like a big car wheel! It was two-and-a-half inches thick and I had to have a special stainless steel tin made for it.
And yesterday the finished burger had to be cooked for three hours. Three chefs were needed to lift it out of the oven before it could be put into the specially made sesame seeded bun, from Merv's Hot Bread Kitchen, in Wymondham.
The bun weighed 5kg and staff had to cut it in half using a saw.
Then, to finish off the fast food masterpiece, it was garnished with 12 iceberg lettuces, 12 onions, 30 tomatoes, 48 slices of dill pickle, and 2kg of cheese, along with a litre of ketchup and a litre of mayonnaise.
The new Mrs Watts, a 36-year-old nurse, said: We love burgers and thought it would be a bit of fun. It made the day even more special."
(Norwich Evening News)
