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Saturday,
June 19, 2010
Fastest oyster shucker -
Patrick McMurray sets world record
BEIJING, China -- Toronto restaurateur Patrick
McMurray sepparated 38 oysters from their shells in under
one minute on
the set of Zheng Da Zong Yi, a World Record TV show - setting
the new world record for the Fastest
oyster shucker.
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photo)
In fact, he says, he ran out of oysters
with six seconds left on the clock. “I think I could do 44,
45,” he says.
The owner of Starfish
on Adelaide St. E. and Ceili
Cottage in Leslieville, shucked his first oyster when
he was a 16-year-old busboy in someone else’s restaurant.
It was love at first taste, and now, in
addition to owning two restaurants, McMurray travels the world
teaching top chefs how to shuck and prepare oysters.
Shucking can be dangerous business — McMurray
has accidentally stuck himself with a knife while shucking
oysters 80 times over the years, requiring a total of 14 stitches.
Now he works with a stainless steel glove on his left hand.
His
previous Guinness world record was set in December 2002, on
the Christine Cushing Live TV show in Toronto, when he shucked
33 oysters in one minute.
Becoming a world record holder can be a
ticket to travel, says McMurray — he was flown to China by
the television station for the Guinness World Records television
special, as was an archer from Tennessee who can hit six targets
with one draw of the bow.
McMurray’s also been flown to Singapore, Bangkok
and Shanghai for competitions and demonstrations.
“In the oyster world, I’m pretty high up,”
says McMurray, 41, father of Spencer, 11, and Leiden, 13.
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Saturday,
June 19, 2010
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