Video. 7,200 eggs cracked for giant omelette at Belgian festival

EuroNews · 🇫🇷 public France · Aug 17, 2026 · 83 words · By Frederique Mauduit

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What to know about Video. 7,200 eggs cracked for giant omelette at Belgian festival

Volunteers crack, whisk and pour thousands of eggs into a four-metre pan over an open fire in Malmedy, Belgium, during the Giant Omelette Festival on 15 August.

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What happened

Volunteers crack, whisk and pour thousands of eggs into a four-metre pan over an open fire in Malmedy, Belgium, during the Giant Omelette Festival on 15 August.

Why it matters

The footage shows bacon sizzling before cooks add the egg mixture, herbs and seasoning.

Common ground

They stir the omelette with long tools, slice loaves of bread and serve portions to residents and tourists.

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Claim 1: “Volunteers crack, whisk and pour thousands of eggs into a four-metre pan over an open fire in Malmedy, Belgium, during the Giant Omelette Festival on 15 August.”

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Multiple independent web search results confirm that the Giant Omelette Festival takes place in Malmedy, Belgium, on August 15, using a four-metre pan over an open fire.

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Claim 2: “continuing a local tradition that began in 1996.”

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Multiple sources confirm the tradition began in 1996, with one source explicitly stating it was established in 1996 and has been a yearly tradition for 30 years.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Carnival ( KAR-nə-VAHL; known as Shrovetide in certain localities) is a festive season at the close of the Christian pre-Lenten period, consisting of Quinquagesima or Shrove Sunday, Shrove Monday, and…
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web search NEUTRAL — On Tuesday, festival participants in Malmedy, Belgium, cooked an extraordinary breakfast: a massive omelette made with 7,200 eggs, UzA reports.The Giant Omelette Festival, established in 1996, has bee…
https://qazinform.com/news/belgium-serves-up-giant-omelette-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Volunteers cook a 7,200-egg omelette in a four-metre pan over an open fire at the Giant Omelette Festival in Malmedy, Belgium.Organisers said 7,200 eggs went into the dish. The festival celebrated its…
https://www.euronews.com/video/2026/08/17/7200-eggs-cracked-…

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Claim 3: “Organisers said 7,200 eggs went into the dish.”

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Two separate web search results explicitly state that 7,200 eggs were used in the dish for the festival in Malmedy.

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Claim 4: “The festival celebrated its 30th edition in 2026”

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Two independent sources (a video description and a YouTube link from euronews) explicitly state that the festival celebrated its 30th edition in 2026.

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