AMAZING!!! Watch Moment Nigerian Chef Hilda Baci Dethrones Lata Tondon To New Guinness World Record In Cooking Marathon [VIDEO]–Nigerian chef, Hilda Effiong Bassey, popularly known as Hilda Baci, has surpassed the current Guinness World Record holder.
Baci, with her feat, is poised to break the Guinness World Record for the “longest cooking marathon by an individual” after hitting the 87 hours 50 minutes mark.
The restaurateur began 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.
Baci’s cooking marathon is currently ongoing at Amore Gardens in Lekki, Lagos State.
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.
She DID IT!!!! Gosh!!! 🥺🥺😭😭❤️❤️
Hilda just broke the world record!!!
I started crying!!!😭😭😭😭. #Hildabacicookathon pic.twitter.com/X8ipzxKOXw— Kunle Kenny (@kunle_kenny) May 15, 2023
