Nigerian chef Hilda Bassey Effiong popularly called Hilda Baci has lost her title as the World Guinness Record holder for the longest cooking session.
Hilda Baci had on May 15, 2023 set a new world record high of 100 hours cook-a-thon, the authority of Guinness World Records on Tuesday, June 13, 2023 named her the new “Record Holder For the Longest Cooking Marathon.”
The organisation announced it on his official Twitter handle.
“After reviewing all the footage, we’re delighted to announce that Hilda Baci is the new record holder for the longest cooking marathon (individual)
“Watch the video to find out the official time we’ve awarded Hilda and read the full explanation below,” it stated on its official Twitter handle in June this year.
The Daily Crucible reports that 27 – year old Sociology graduate and Akwa Ibom State born chef had at the time broke the record of 87 hours, 45 minutes, and 00 seconds earlier set by Chef Lata Tondon in Rewa, India, in 2019.
Hilda Baci hit her 100 hours mark on May 15 this year.
Hilda was initially scheduled to stop at 4 pm Nigerian Time culminating into her former 96-hour target but stopped at 8pm after an extension of four hours.
Supportive Nigerians at the cook-a-thon competition, which took place at the Amore Gardens, Lekki, saw her through the event which commenced on Thursday, May 11, 2023.
But barely four months and three weeks after, this epitome of resilience, focus, determination, vision, perseverance, creativity and audacity lost the title to an Irish chef, Alan Fisher.
The GWR announced this on its official X handle (former Twitter) on Tuesday.
Alan Fisher cooked for 119 hours and 57 minutes to break the world record for the Longest Cooking Marathon by an Individual at his restaurant in Japan.
While the session lasted, he cooked and baked for nine days and made 357 kg worth of soda bread and 590 kg worth of dishes (3,360 portions consisting of 32 recipes).
