Gary tiplady biography

Gary Tiplady is the only 7ft 3in wire sculptor and Jaws lookalike the world has ever known.

Gary Tiplady.

As well as being a top class chef Gary was also a super heavyweight boxer, and has been known to wrestle in his time.

Gary Tiplady Left school where he went onto catering college and after that gained vast amounts of experience working in some of the best hotels in the.

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As well as being a top class chef Gary was also a super heavyweight boxer, and has been known to wrestle in his time.!

Gary was born a stones throw away from Wallsend (which is famous for the end of the Roman wall),
Newcastle Upon Tyne in the U.K, weighing in at a good 15 pounds.

(Butchers scales were needed to weigh him).
So when you see him today it’s not surprising he now weighs at a hefty 25 stones and stands 7’ 3'' tall,
along with a 56 chest and 42 waist.

You’ll be surprised to learn for although being a big baby, Gary was just an average size guy for half of his life,
(but always with a very big heart.)
It was not until his late teens he developed a life threatening condition called acromegaly,
a hormonal disorder produced by the pituitary gland which produces excess growth hormone.
After 3 life threatening brain operations, the disorder is now controlled by drugs.

His condition did not stop him from becoming one of the North East top chefs,
and he even cooked for Queen Elizabeth II on one occasion.
Throughout his career as a top Chef he has learnt and mastered an age old