Chef Brady Sweet Breaks His Own World Record with 35-Foot Calzone on St. Thomas

Even if Chef Brady Sweet hadn’t succeeded in breaking the record for the world’s biggest calzone on Sunday—which he did—Guinness World Records officials said the real victory was in witnessing the entire St. Thomas community come together to make it happen.

“What I saw today was a lot of collaboration,” said Hannah Ortman, an official Guinness World Records adjudicator who oversaw the attempt. “Anything that happens on the day of an attempt is the culmination of a lot of hard work from so many people, and I can just imagine how much more went into it beforehand. Now, seeing the culmination of it all is pretty exciting.”

The calzone, which spanned about 35 feet, far surpassed the previous record set by Sweet himself a decade ago in Indiana, when he created a 23-foot, 7-inch calzone weighing 212 pounds. Since then, Sweet has moved to St. Thomas, where he became the owner of Café Amici and established himself as a local culinary figure specializing in pizzas and calzones – a passion he poured into his latest creation, which was stuffed with a range of fillings.