French Chef Breaks Guinness Record For Most Cheese on Pizza

"Chef Benoit Bruel in Lyon spent much of the year assembling and documenting a record-breaking cheese-forward pizza that Guinness World Records has officially recognized for containing 254 different varieties of cheese (he actually assembled 257, but three last-minute additions were not counted). He unofficially bested the previous 154-variety mark earlier in February and then gathered the required evidence for validation, announcing the certification on Instagram and awaiting the official certificate and the full cheese list. A Guinness video of him weighing cheeses and reportage name-check several specific varieties—Tomme Artisanale Suisse de la Venoge aux truffes, Rocamadour, Manigodine, La Vieielle Louche, Quattrocento, raclette, Picolin, Comté (8 and 9 months), Chaource—while Bruel framed the achievement as culturally important for France and a product of patience, diligence, and careful flavor balancing." - Rachel Sugar