British man’s giant root vegetable breaks world record

A British man who took his giant produce to the Malvern Autumn Show broke a Guinness World Record with a 13-pound root vegetable called a celeriac.

Gloucester resident Graham Barratt received confirmation Thursday that his vegetable was the new record-holder for heaviest celeriac.

“It’s either weight or length for giant veg, but it’s not beauty. Some of them are quite ugly,” Barratt joked in an interview .

Barratt also brought other giant vegetables to the Malvern Autumn Show, including a cucumber that was just short of earning him a second record.

“I weighed it today, and it weighed at 29 pounds. The world record is 30 pounds,” he said. “That’s just how cruel the business is at times.”