THE plot thickens – it turns out that the famous “Ketchup Guy” who allegedly survived 24 days at sea with just a bottle of tomato sauce also spiced things up with garlic seasoning. The startling revelations came along with the good news that food manufacturer Heinz has managed to locate...
THE plot thickens – it turns out that the famous “Ketchup Guy” who allegedly survived 24 days at sea with just a bottle of tomato sauce also spiced things up with garlic seasoning.
The startling revelations came along with the good news that food manufacturer Heinz has managed to locate the lucky sailor after putting out a call on social media (CW 27 Feb).
Heinz wants to reward Elvis Francois for his ketchup (and now garlic)-fuelled survival efforts by giving him a new boat, and tracked him down on the Caribbean island of Dominica.
In an interview posted on the Facebook page of local media outlet EmoNews, Francois confirmed he spent 24 days on the ocean after his boat “developed some issues”.
“I didn’t have so much to make it, but just a bottle of ketchup and garlic seasoning”.
He tried eating seaweed but “it was too strong”.
“Everything happens for a reason…the ketchup has vitamins, my body was still OK.”
Heinz said its Instagram campaign to find Francois had reached almost five million people and received a record 4,000 likes, with the company saying “anyone who shared, liked or commented on the post…played an important part in finding Elvis”.
