This was a very exciting event that involved many people. The project was led by Peter Wachtel, the ACHS’s architecture and product innovation and design class teacher. The boards were recycled 65 years old gym bleachers from ACHS’ basketball court and were built in the high school’s wood shop. The length reached 204 ft 7.8 and thus reached the Guinness World Records title for the longest charcuterie board. I am proud of their achievement as I graduated from this school three years prior. I also feel a little nostalgic, as I’ve sat on those old gym bleachers.
Pacifica High School’s Culinary Arts Academy students filled the boards with 500 pounds of food. According to the Guinness World Records rules the spread had to include over five different meats, two kinds of fruits, two kinds of cheese, and 2 different fruit preserves.
Everything had to be eaten or donated to the community afterward. That’s where I came in. I was part of the team who took the leftovers and distributed them to a group of people in need.
