Graham's goal World champion vegetable grower ready for show

World champion ‘big veg’ grower says he’s had his best year ever - beating four global records alone in 2025.

- Alex DRISCOLL & Lauren BEAVIS

Graham Barratt, 66, from Abbeydale, has been growing veg “on and off” for most of his life.

But just over a decade ago, he started growing his produce on a communal farm with access to a commercial polytunnel - which is what sparked his competitive edge for growing big veg.

Since then he has gone on to beat world records for giant greens seven times, including four this year, his best year ever.

Graham won a Guinness World Record on June 2 with a mangetout, which measured in at 180mm (seven inches).

Just a month later Graham won another GWR for heaviest tomatillo, weighing 140g - and coming in four times bigger than a typical tomatillo.

He also took home a double-whammy of luffa records: the GWR for the longest luffa, measuring 1.396m (four foot seven inches), and the GWR for the heaviest luffa, measuring 2.82kg.

He's now set to appear at the Malvern Autumn Show 2025 where he hopes to take more records.

Graham said: “Certainly this year has been my proudest year and my best success.

“It makes all the last nine years worthwhile!