Gareth Griffin said he had tried for more than 12 years to grow such a large onion Guernsey gardener Gareth Griffin's onion is believed to have broken the world record for size It weighs 8.9kg (19 ...

"The giant leeks and the giant onions - you can eat those," he says. "Once the shows are over, we chop up the ones we have left and freeze them for winter meals. We had a lovely sausage casserole ...