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Peru’s Pan Con Chicharrón Wins Ibai’s Breakfast World Cup as Ibai Plans Trip to Deliver ‘Golden Skillet’

The tight 12.8 million–to–12.6 million finish, tallied from TikTok, Instagram and YouTube votes, prompted Ibai to ask Peruvians where the trophy should go.

Overview

  • Ibai announced that Peru edged Venezuela by about 200,000 votes, with Peru’s totals split across Instagram (4.9M), TikTok (6.5M) and YouTube (1.4M).
  • The streamer unveiled the novelty trophy, La Sartén Dorada, and said he will fly to Peru to place or hand it to the chosen recipient.
  • He asked Peruvians to nominate a destination for the trophy, drawing suggestions from users that included Central, Maido, El Chinito, Gastón Acurio, Virgilio Martínez and the Lima mayor.
  • The result capped a tournament launched on August 18 with 16 countries and cross‑platform voting that aggregated likes and poll results from Ibai’s accounts.
  • Peruvian authorities and the public celebrated widely, with messages from the Presidency and President Dina Boluarte and offline activations such as giant pan con chicharrón distributions and public viewings.