FIVE brave souls faced a tough challenge — eat a giant burger in the fastest time.

Cheers rang out at the Seacourt Bridge pub in Botley, Oxford, on Tuesday night when 16-year-old Joe Samways polished off his Belt Buster Burger – containing two beef burgers, three chicken burgers and one veggie burger, laced with bacon, eggs, cheese, lettuce, pineapple and much more – in an astonishing eight minutes two seconds.

Rivals Chris Johnson, Sam Granger, Andy O’Keefe and Michael Jaremczuk were full of praise for Joe, from Exbourne Road, Abingdon, a student at Oxford & Cherwell College.

All proceeds from the charity evening will go to the Oxford and district branch of the Multiple Sclerosis Society.