Bowl of porridge right for record

Festival-goers in Waterford have been urged to arrive with empty stomachs tomorrow to help gobble up the world’s biggest bowl of porridge.

The Waterford Harvest Festival will reach a thrilling climax tomorrow afternoon when a bid is made to cook up a 914kg pot of oats.

Organisers say they are confident of entering the record books by creating the monstrous breakfast, which will be prepared in a specially made bowl measuring 2.2m in height and 1.7m in diameter.