NO food challenge is too big for this bloke.

Carrum Downs local Cameron “Chompamatic” Murphy has become a popular face on the professional eating circuit, his Facebook page featuring dozens of ridiculous eating challenges, that he more often than not can conquer.

But one challenge has proven too tough.

The Giant Parma Challenge at Hastings La Porchetta features a double chicken parma with a huge serving of fries that purportedly weighs 2.1kgs all up — and it must be downed within a 45 minute time frame.

“The parma was a great challenge because it wasn’t just a plain schnitzel,” Murphy said.

“I love sauce and food in bulk, so this challenge was right up my alley.

“It’s two individual parmas, allegedly to have weighed 1.1kg in total but each of these bad boys were the size of my head

“On top of that, you get an entire platter of fries piled so high u chomp away at it for ages and barely make a dent.

“I came into this challenge pretty confident, but once was served up in front of me I quickly felt pretty concerned whether or not this was possible.

Parma challenge Watch Chompamatic take on the giant parma challenge at Hastings La Porchetta.

“My theory is always the same: go fast before you fill up, so I dove right in, not even wasting time with cutlery.

“Before I knew it, my time was running out and what food remained on my plate just became harder and harder to chomp down as I was filling up more and more with every bite.

“All in all the challenge claims to be 2.1kg but I reckon its got to be closer to 3kg.

“All I had left was a small handful, maybe 100 grams.

“I wasn’t confident to begin with, but no matter the odds, Chomp will always give it 100 per cent.”

media_camera Chomp was all smiles before the challenge. Picture: Supplied

Hastings La Porchetta owner Stephen Montebello said the restaurant had sold more than 400 of the giant parmas since he came up with the idea three weeks ago.

He said only 15 people had completed the challenge, with one man knocking it off in a colossal 18 minutes.

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“You know what guys are like when you give them a challenge of eating,” Mr Montebello laughed.

“It was just an idea of mine to make a monster parma and make it a challenge and it’s just taken off.

“It’s been fantastic, not only for my business, which has been booked out just about every single night, but for Hastings as well.

“Every one is talking about it.”

People who complete the challenge are given a special trophy and certificate, but Mr Montebello said he was planning a “wall of fame and a wall of shame”.

media_camera Chompamatic fell agonisingly short of completing the challenge in 45 minutes, but has vowed to try again. Picture: Supplied

A former Karingal Park Secondary College student, “Chomp”, as he is affectionately known, says he’s a Frankston boy at heart and works as a plumber, but has lived a double life as a competitive eater for the past two years.

He takes his sport very seriously.

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“I’ve always had a bigger appetite then most, plus I’m lucky enough to have a fast metabolism to go with it,” he said.

“I signed up to a small event at a mates local pub to launch a new massive burger on the menu.

“Six people entered and I absolutely smashed it out of the park.

“I came first place and knew that day that I had a hidden calling as a professional eater.”

Ton of nuggets Smashing down 100 chicken nuggets in 36 minutes is no mean feat.

He warned that there is a lot of preparation and health checks that go into his career.

“I realise a lot of what I eat looks incredibly unhealthy, but that’s really just the ‘main event’,” he said.

media_camera Chompamatic has featured in the Leader previously for his hot dog eating exploits.

“My day to day diet is much more healthy, maybe slightly larger then most guys my size but with a lot more added fibre, plus I tend to drink litres upon litres of water to flush out toxins and all the other bad stuff that I do in competitions.

“I get health check-ups to ensure im not doing any serious damage too as I do take every element involved in this sport very seriously.”