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A married father of two may be the world's biggest KFC fan after the fast food giant granted him a year's worth of free chicken having visited stores in more than 50 different countries.

Kamlesh Mistry, 37, from Watford, first fell in love with the fast-food chain when he was 12 years old.

Ever since then he has travelled to the remotest corners of the world to find out which KFC is the best.

Is this the world’s most dedicated KFC fan? Kamlesh dressed as Colonel Saunders on his stag do

Kamlesh commissioned special KFC T-shirts for his friends attending his stag do

Chilly chicken: Kamlesh at a KFC in Reykjavik, Iceland, which he says is the strangest place he has ever found the fast-food chain

Kamlesh has enjoyed a KFC treat in more than 50 countries across the globe

List of locations Kamlesh has enjoyed a KFC treat while crossing the globe City/Country City/Country London/England Amsterdam/Netherlands Edinburgh/Scotland Prague/Czech Republic Cardiff/Wales Dublin/Ireland Paris/France Vienna/Austria Hamburg/Germany Sydney/Australia Munich/Germany Singapore/Singapore New York/USA Kuala Lumpur/Malaysia Miami/USA Hong Kong/Hong Kong Boston/USA Macau/Macau Las Vegas/USA Tokyo/Japan Hawaii/USA Dubai/UAE Toronto/Canada Abu Dhabi/UAE Cancun/Mexico Istanbul/Turkey Rio de Janeiro/Brazil Tallin/Estonia Buenos Aires/Argentina Tunis/Tunisia Iguacu/Paraguay Bromma/Sweden Rome/Italy Aarhus/Denmark Zurich/Switzerland Riga/Latvia Valencia/Spain Zagreb/Croatia Madrid/Spain Vilnius/Lithuania Barcelona/Spain Minsk/Belarus Albufeira/Portugal Mumbai/India Reykjavik/Iceland Brussels/Belgium Budapest/Hungary

The technical director's pursuit has seen him try the world-famous chicken in more than 50 different countries, including places such as Reykjavik in Iceland, Tallinn in Estonia and Minsk in Belarus.

He wore a Colonel Sanders outfit for his stag do in Valencia and asked for a KFC bargain bucket cake for his 25th birthday.

All of his efforts resulted in him being named the world’s first KFC Super Fan in 2020 and given a year’s supply of free chicken.

KFC's strangest ever dishes

Salted Egg Chicken: Sold in Indonesia in 2018, this dish features crispy fried chicken drizzled in a savoury salty egg sauce

Paneer Zinger: Launched in 2014 in India, this paneer cheese burger filled with spicy sauce in the middle was part of a meatless advertising campaign

Pachito Pasta: This spaghetti dish topped with tomato sauce, fried chicken and cheese is still available now in Vietnam

Cheese Top Burger: Debuting in 2012, this bizarre chicken burger – with the cheese on top of the bun instead of inside – was a hit in 2012 in the Philippines

Popcorn Chicken Poutine: Canada’s national poutine dish of French fries topped with cheese and gravy was converted on to the KFC menu for a limited time only featuring popcorn chicken

Deep Fried Chicken Cartilage: A common snack throughout Asia, this featured for a short period of time in Hong Kong in 2021

Zinger Porridge: Perhaps the strangest dish on this list – KFC introduced this savoury oatmeal option with fried chicken, shallots and sesame oil to their menus in Malaysia

Double Down Dog: There’s no need for a bun in this fried chicken hot dog that first appeared in the Philippines in 2015

Chizza: Last but not least, this odd twist on a traditional pizza, replacing the normal dough base with crispy fried chicken, was introduced in the Philippines in 2015 and featured across KFCs in Thailand, South Korea, Japan and the UK

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