BBC News, West Midlands
BBC Radio Hearford and Warsster
A competitive devout has said that she gets an edge as a woman in an area dominated by men, when she ate a dozen burgers in 10 minutes for her latest challenge.
Lia Shutkewar, who lives in Bromsgrove, Vester Seshire, has been a professional competitive eater since 2018 and has his own YouTube channel.
He said The most jelly snake is eaten in 30 seconds.
“Being a woman has been a great advantage, because to be underestimated is the greatest [tool]”Ms. Shutkewar said.
She said that she enjoyed her job as she was competitive and loved to represent women in her field.
Ms. Shutkewar said that she fell into a competitive meal, challenging in local restaurants, before scouting for a Japanese TV show in 2013.
The former interior designer said, “They loved the idea that I was a woman and I defeated men.”
He said that his tricks include three-kilo borto food in about six minutes, as well as a challenge involving Swedish fermented fish crs.
He said, “Smell is embedded on your skin, on the walls of your house, in the memory part of your brain,” he said about the serpenting challenge.
Ms. Shutkewar compared herself to a professional player, saying that she had many years of experience and knows how to manage challenges safely.
If he made a Youtube video on his own, he faced the challenges that were not high risk for anyone at his level, he said.
When she tries a world record, a team is present to support her, and when she appears on the TV show, there are risk assessment and paramedics at the site, they said.
For her latest challenge last month, Ms. Shutkewar had to eat more and more burgers in 10 minutes.
He said, “I am an old hand on it now, so I know how I am going to feel later,” she said that she often feels “heavy” after a challenge but not sick.
Her post-challenge routine usually includes a long drive house, drinking a lot of water and going to the gym for cardio exercise, if she feels it.
He said, despite his day’s job, he still enjoyed food outside work.
“I still love food, I am a food,” she said.