Holding the record for the fastest fried egg.

There was a bimonthly competition between short order cooks and the winner was given the keys to a closet.

In the closet was a frying pan and an instruction leaflet telling how it should be cleaned. 

The winner five times in a row was a physics professor turned chef. 

The runner up was a cartoonist.

They were both asked for autographs in the street. 

Good to know the competitive spirit causes such a stir.