Peter Glazebrook

Peter Glazebrook is a retired surveyor who later became a vegetable grower from Halam in Nottinghamshire, England.[1]

He held 15 world records over a 29-year career, including the longest beetroot and parsnip, and the heaviest onion, potato, cauliflower, and bell pepper, as well as the largest runner bean leaf.[2][3][4] The world’s longest beetroot and parsnip measured 21 feet (6.4 m) and 19 feet (5.8 m) 5 inches (13 cm) respectively; the world’s heaviest onion weighed 18 pounds (8.2 kg) potato, 11 pounds (5.0 kg) and the cauliflower, which weighs 60 pounds (27 kg) and is 6 feet (1.8 m) in diameter.[5][6]

From 2014 until September 2017, Glazebrook also held the world record for the heaviest carrot, weighing in at 20 pounds (9.1 kg).[7] Glazebrook also lost his world record for the heaviest tomato to Douglas Smith.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Secrets of a giant vegetable grower". Bbc.com. 10 September 2013. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Giant cauliflower weighs in at 27.5kg". Telegraph.co.uk. 27 April 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  3. ^ Heaviest bell pepper
  4. ^ a b Kale, Sirin (2020-10-20). "'We're like athletes': the secret lives of giant-vegetable growers". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2026-03-22.
  5. ^ Smith, Ian (2024-09-21). "From huge aubergines to long runner beans: Inside the world of giant vegetable growing". Euronews.
  6. ^ Carlson, Leland (2015-10-01). Dull Men of Great Britain: Celebrating the Ordinary (Dull Men's Club). Random House. ISBN 978-1-4735-2797-3.
  7. ^ "Heaviest Carrot in the World". Carrotmuseum.co.uk. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
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