Claus Pilgaard (born 30 March 1965), Musik & Fis 2 , Arena Nord, Hentet 14. januar 2014 also known as Chili Klaus or Klaus Wunderhits, is a Danish musician and entertainer. He is best known for his Chilismagning series on the internet and on television. For the series, he invites celebrities and other notable figures on several occasions to eat chili peppers with him. One video in particular, where television presenter Bubber participated in the video, received around 2 million views on YouTube. Internationally, he is known for his collaborations with Sean Evans on his Hot Ones series on the First We Feast YouTube channel. Pilgaard has received numerous awards for his videos.
In his career as "Klaus Wunderhits", he has performed at Smukfest with Lasse Rimmer. Together with his former wife, he has played in the Variteté 007 show at the Tivoli Friheden in Aarhus. Pilgaard still performs with his show Wunderhits.
In August 2013, Pilgaard visited GO 'Aften Denmark, where he, together with the host , tasted a chili pepper Pilgaard himself had grown. Apart from being clearly labeled as a chili pepper during the broadcast, he later stated that it took 10–15 hours before he got over it. TV 2-vært fik blackout af chili: Det var et helvede . TV 2. After Gordon Kennedy's involvement in Klaus's videos, Kennedy made a parody of cooking with chili peppers, where Kennedy and Klaus taste sugar instead of chili peppers, but otherwise take place in the same way as Pilgaard's. The video was uploaded in November 2013.4/11-2013 Chili-Klaus hos Gordon. Youtube.com. For 2013, Pilgaard went to the stage in Copenhagen to challenge the hosts Christian Fuhlendorff and to eat a very strong chili pepper.
For an event in the summer of 2014, he challenged about 1,000 people to a hot pepper challenge at the Rådhuspladsen in Copenhagen. Both Pilgaard and Bubber were hosts, and they ate Bhut jolokia. TV: Chili Klaus sendte Rådhuspladsen til tælling . Ekstra Bladet.
At the end of October 2014, he uploaded a video where he, along with the Danish National Chamber Orchestra, ate Carolina Reaper, Trinidad moruga scorpion and ghost peppers at the Koncerthuset, and the orchestra subsequently played the Tango Jalousie conducted by Pilgaard himself. The broadcast of the video occurred while discussing the closure of the orchestra. Glem spareplan: Chili-Klaus nedlægger underholdningsorkester. Ekstra Bladet. Syge på scenen: Her sender Chili Klaus DRs Underholdningsorkester i knæ. BT.
In December of the same year, he challenged the Brazilian television host to eat chili peppers with him, although Luca initially just wanted an interview for his travel program Vai Pra Onde?. Together with the chili pepper, they drank a pepper-based beer named after Pilgaard called "Chili Klaus Ghost", which is produced by Midtfyns Bryghus. Chili Klaus Ghost. Midtfyns Bryghus. Luca stated "I think I will die" before the clip ended, and afterwards he had to go to Århus Kommunehospital. Chili Klaus sender tv-vært på hospitalet. BT. Luca was the first guest to have been sent to the hospital after eating peppers with Pilgaard. Chili Klaus sender tv-vært på hospitalet . TV 2.
In June 2014, he won the "Mad på sociale medier" Award from mad+medier. The prize was given to him for his great passion for chili peppers, which he shares with people through YouTube. Vindere af mad+medier-prisen 2014 . mad+medier.
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