Mat Hand (UK) ate 211 individual cold tinned peas in 3 minutes using a cocktail stick at the NOW art festival, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK on 8 November 2001.

The record attempt took place at the Nottingham Trent University as part of the NOW arts festival.
Matt also attempted the record for the most grapes eaten in 3 minutes. He regards the concept of record breaking as ‘performance art’.