Mexico City Sets 2 New Guinness Records

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Mexico City set two new Guinness records by gathering together the largest number of chefs – 3,634 – in a single spot and by staging a race with 337 waiters carrying drinks on trays, city officials said.

Participating in the events, which took place Saturday during the local Festival of the Chef, were 3,634 chefs from different restaurants in the capital and 337 waiters, and both groups managed to set new Guinness records, the Federal District’s Tourism Secretariat said.

The chefs gathered at the iconic Angel of Independence Monument, while the waiters ran carrying trays of drinks on their raised hands along a stretch of Paseo de la Reforma avenue measuring 800 meters (2,624 feet).

Both records were certified by the New York-based Guinness Records judge Johanna Hessling.

The previous record for the most chefs gathered in a single place had been set in Dubai in January 2013, when 2,847 professional chefs were on hand, Mexico City Tourism Secretary Miguel Torruco Marques said.

The Federal District has more than 8,000 eating and drinking establishments, and of those 1,500 are considered to be of tourist quality, Torruco said