Claus Pilgaard (born 30 March 1965), 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. Early life and career Pilgaard is originally from the Tjørring suburb of Herning, but moved to Aarhus in 1992 when he applied for admission to the Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus. He graduated in 1996. He has been a bandleader for several revues, as he has performed with Jette Torp and Finn Nørbygaard, on the show Musik & Fis. 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. Eating chili peppers Pilgaard started to grow his own chili peppers in 2008. He initially cultivated tomatoes, but he thought they smelled too much, and as a result, he began to grow chili peppers. He uploaded his first chili pepper-related video on YouTube on 5 August 2013. In addition, his Facebook page "Chili Klaus" has over 310,000 likes. In terms of consumption, he eats them both raw without accessories and produces juices, soda, dip, fruit salad, snaps, tea and fries with fruits made with peppers. In addition, he has special episodes where he, together with a well-known person, eats some of the world's strongest peppers. Notable guests include Christine Antorini, Bubber, Jacob Bundsgaard, Hella Joof, Jøden, Preben Kristensen, Allan Simonsen, Jette Torp, Kristian Valen, and the Danish National Chamber Orchestra, where they played Tango Jalousie while they ate chili peppers. The video with Bubber has over 2 million views as of 2016. 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