It Burns: The Scandal-Plagued Race to Breed the World’s Hottest Chilli

It Burns

The Scandal-Plagued Race to Breed the World’s Hottest Chilli

2019 • 6 pages

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Average rating3.7

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‘It Burns', delves deep into the cut-throat world of competitive chilli-eating. It also explores the race to breed the world's hottest chilli and deal with allegations that an Australian chilli-growing family was cheated of a Guinness World Record. And finally we discover how people manage pain to shape and define their sense of self and feel more alive. I thought this would be a quirky story about a few chilli farmers. But it turned out to be something far darker, personal and challenging.

February 15, 2020