Yorkshire pudding addict vows to eat 600 puds over Christmas

A dad-of-two who calls himself the UK’s ‘biggest Yorkshire pudding addict’ has vowed he will eat 600 of the festive favourites over the Christmas period, adding to the 146,000 he claims to have eaten in his lifetime.

Jake Farrar, 25, from Middlesborough, devours around 20 per day – around 7,300 each year – and his hunger for the roast dinner trimming costs him £50 per month.

As the festive season approaches, Jake has vowed he will eat a month’s worth – about 600 – between Christmas Eve and Boxing Day.

However, he has one rule – they have to be Aunt Bessies.

‘Anyone who doesn’t eat Yorkshire Puddings on Christmas Day is just plain wrong,’ Jake said.

‘They always belong on a roast dinner and Christmas dinner.

‘It’s meant to be the best time of the year and how can that be so if there’s not a Yorkshire pudding in sight.

‘And for anyone who claims they are unhealthy, I’ve actually lost five stone in the past year so I beg to differ.

Aunt Bessie’s Yorkshire puddings are Jake’s favourite and his mother-in-law sets aside a bag for him every Christmas

Devouring around 20 Yorkshire a day, Jake said: ‘I have been known to trade my wife some stuffing in exchange for an extra Yorkshire or two’

‘I try different Christmas puds every year.

‘I do try the different Christmas ones that the supermarkets come out with like Aldi sells a pig in blanket Yorkshire pudding with a massive pig in blanket coiled up inside a Yorkshire pudding.

‘We went to two shops to try and find some yesterday but Iceland was completely sold out, we had to go somewhere else.

‘Tesco’s own are very nice as well when you can’t get the likes of Aunt Bessie’s.’

While Jake does make his own Yorkshires, Aunt Bessie’s are by far his favourite and his mother-in-law puts aside a bag for him every Christmas.

However, sometimes even that isn’t enough.

Timpson worker Jake said: ‘I have been known to trade my wife some stuffing in exchange for an extra Yorkshire or two.’

The Yorkshire pudding addiction costs Jake around £50 a month and he eats around 7,300 every year

Jake also wants to one day experience having a giant Yorkshire pud on Christmas Day.

He added: ‘I already take up a lot of space on my Christmas dinner with my full pack of Aunt Bessie’s but I’d love to have it all in a giant pud one day.

‘But as a little present last year I got my own gravy boat for my Yorkies!’

While the dish is traditionally served with roast meat, gravy, roast potatoes and veggies as part of a Christmas dinner, Jake says his Yorkshires are just as enjoyable with Nutella, jam and even ice cream.

He said: ‘I also like to make what I would call a festive toad in the hole, so instead of just putting sausage in and baking the toad in the hole I put pigs in blankets and stuffing wrapped in bacon and cooked it.

‘It is honestly delicious and my family like it too.’

As for other classic festive dishes, such as mince pies, Jake refuses to eat them unless they come with a Yorkshire pudding.

He said: ‘Now I don’t like mince pies anyway but I could see that having potential if you were to use the Yorkshire as a pastry case.’

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