Overview
- Organizers staged the event to mark the 25 de Mayo holiday and the restaurant’s 25th anniversary, and the attempt drew large crowds on May 25 that became restless after long delays in cutting and serving.
- Videos and eyewitness accounts show hundreds of people knocking down vallas and rushing the table to grab portions, producing pushes, runs and the theft of food and some event equipment.
- The owner of Parrilla El Tano says the team used about 1,800 kilos of matambre, a judge supervised the certification protocols on site, and documentation has been sent to Guinness World Records for verification.
- Organizers issued a statement lamenting that many attendees “lost control,” thanked those who waited calmly and reported that some people took organizational items as well as food.
- There are no widely reported arrests or major injuries in available coverage, verification by Guinness remains pending, and the episode has left questions about crowd management and the reputational cost for organizers and local officials.