Nestlé, the Fork and the Alimentarium in Vevey

11 June 2024

The Fork in Vevey has held the record for the world’s tallest fork in Guinness World Records since 2014.

The visual artist Jean-Pierre Zaugg (1928-2012) designed La Fourchette (The Fork), a work commissioned to celebrate the Alimentarium’s 10th anniversary in 1995. A steelwork contractor made the statute in 450 kg of stainless steel.

The Alimentarium and Charlie Chaplin

It depicts a monumental 8-metre high table fork, 1.3-metre wide at the tines at its base. The Museum Alimentarium was granted permission to embed it in Lake Geneva, 5 metres off Quay Perdonnet.

(Source: www.alimentarium.org)

The headquarters of Nestlé in Vevey