Nigerian celebrity chef, Hilda Effiong Bassey, popularly known as Hilda Baci, has now surpassed the current Guinness World Record holder for the ‘longest cooking marathon by an individual’, Africa Today News, New York can confirm.
With her feat, she’s poised to set a new world record after hitting the 87 hours 50 minutes mark.
Recall that the restaurateur had begun the competition on Thursday after she turned on her cooker at 4pm and surpassed the current world record holder on Monday morning.
If certified by the Guinness World Record, she will be displacing the current world record holder, Lata Tondon, an Indian chef who achieved the feat in 2019 with 87 hours 45 minutes record uninterrupted cooking.
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Baci’s cooking marathon is currently ongoing at Amore Gardens in Lekki, Lagos State.
Africa Today News, New York reports that in her ongoing record-breaking attempt, Nigerians, including several celebrities defied the rain to physically cheer up the visibly tired chef.
Baci hit the four-day mark on Monday morning.
The chef won the maiden edition of the Jollof Face-off Competition in 2021, pocketing a grand prize of $5000.
The Guinness Book of Records is a reference book that contains human and natural world records.
It was first published in 1955 by the Guinness Brewery in Ireland and has since become one of the world’s most well-known and frequently read reference books.
Individuals or groups must submit proof to the Guinness World Records team and go through a verification process to qualify for a world record listing.
Baci is not new to cooking competitions, she was a participant in the maiden edition of the Jollof Face-off Competition in 2021. The talented chef made Nigeria proud by winning the competition and walking away with a grand prize of $5000.