Toby Tarrant and The Curse of The Mega Breakfast #406

Take yourself back to August 2018.A Star is Born had just premiered in Venice. Ikea opened its first store in India. Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani said “truth isn’t truth”. And Pete Doherty took just 19 minutes and 30 seconds to eat an 8,000 calorie ‘Mega Breakfast’ in a cafe in Margate. Naturally then, on the 5th anniversary of this momentous occasion as Toby Tarrant sat in to bring you The Chris Moyles Show on Radio X Podcast, we challenged him to eat said breakfast live on air for your enjoyment. Apologies to Misphonia sufferers in advance. To prepare for the challenge, Toby chatted to Professional Competitive Eater Leah Shutkever, Dalby Cafe owner Mark, and our very own health and safety expert Richard. But did Toby finish? Click play to find out! Spoiler alert, we did need to enlist the help of hypnotist Paul McKenna to aid Toby’s recovery…  As if that wasn’t enough, Toby’s very own dad Chris Tarrant called in to clear his name (and lay down the law) with ‘big boy’ Tyson Fury who reckons they had a row in Gleneagles; and we also had:Producer Vin resigns over a missed custard joke.The brand new Spurs or Murs game.The worst U2 and Indian food puns you have ever heard.Enjoy!The Chris Moyles Show on Radio XWeekdays 6:30-10am