Restaurant makes 103-meter pizza to raise funds for Australian firefighters

People look on as a 103-meter-long margherita pizza sits on a table before receiving its final toppings, prepared by Pellegrini's Italian restaurant in its attempt to set a new record for Australia's longest pizza as part of a charity event to raise funds for the New South Wales Rural Fire Service, in Sydney, Australia, January 19, 2020, in this still image from video obtained via social media. Video taken January 19, 2020. Instagram/@ISSAC_EATSALOT via REUTERS

An Italian restaurant in Australia has made a 103-meter (338-foot) Margherita pizza to raise funds for firefighters battling bushfires.

The pizza was rolled out in rectangular, meter-long pieces of dough, pieced together and covered with tomato sauce and mozzarella, before being baked using a conveyor oven.

It was then liberally seasoned with basil leaves, oregano and olive oil.

The effort took about four hours, according to Pellegrini's restaurant, and yielded 4,000 slices.

An Italian restaurant in Australia, Pellegrini's Italian, made a 338-foot-long pizza which took four hours to bake and yielded 4,000 slices, to raise funds for firefighters battling bushfires https://t.co/2BBKwojLom pic.twitter.com/44yhuwkhhG

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The proceeds went to the New South Wales Rural Fire service.

A video of the pizza being made has gone viral on social media with lots of users marveling at its size.

The restaurant is now holding a contest to guess how many kilograms of flour went into making the pizza. — Reuters