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"Super Hot" Chili Kills Amateur Chef


First Posted: 09-30-08 02:10 PM   |   Updated: 10-31-08 05:12 AM

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Sydney Morning Herald:

An aspiring chef died after eating a "super hot" chilli sauce in a competition with his girlfriend's brother, an inquest in England has heard.

Andrew Lee, 33, challenged his girlfriend's brother to a contest on September 19 to see who could make and eat the hottest sauce, London's The Times reported.

The forklift driver from Edlington, West Yorkshire in England, made a tomato sauce with red chillies grown by his father, but after eating it suffered intense discomfort and itching.

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