Bay of Plenty Polytechnic is hungrily preparing to dip its way into the world record books using toasted soldiers and more than 178 boiled eggs.

On July 22, the polytechnic's Windermere campus will host its first ever world record attempt – to have the biggest number of people simultaneously dipping toasted bread ‘soldiers' into eggs at a single venue.

Wiremu Te Kanawa, Gemma Bond, Kirsten Crossan, Kara Allison, and Lizzie Dunn dip into their eggs in rehearsal.

The current record stands at 178: held by soldiers of the Allied Rapid Response Corps at Imjin Barracks, Gloucestershire, on January 22 this year.

But BOP Polytechnic student experience coordinator Kirsten Crossan is quietly confident the campus will break it.

'We [the marketing team] always thought it would be cool for Bay of Plenty Polytechnic to break a record.

'I just jumped online and read through all the millions of them and came across that one, which I thought was pretty achievable.”

Kirsten says the attempt is a perfect fit, utilising its hospitality students to accurately boil the eggs – donated by Henergy Cage-Free Limited.

Initial plans are pointing towards 200 participants and with the attempt coinciding with re-orientation week.

She is also optimistic this could be the start of more world record attempts for the polytechnic if successful.

'Yeah maybe, possibly, we will just see how we go and see if we can get our students enthused about it.”

The world record attempt is at midday on July 22, at Bay of Plenty Polytechnic's Windermere campus, A Block.