Hilda Baci has been officially named the new record holder for longest individual cooking on Tuesday by Guinness World Records.
“Following a thorough review of all the evidence, Guinness World Records can now confirm that Hilda Effiong Bassey, better known as Hilda Baci, has officially broken the record for the longest cooking marathon (individual), with a time of 93 hours 11 minutes,” the GWR stated in a statement on its website.
The 26-year-old Nigerian chef began on Thursday 11 May and continued through to Monday 15 May, cooking over 100 pots of food during her four-day kitchen stint.
Hilda attempted to set a record of 100 hours, however, almost seven hours were deducted from her final total because she mistakenly took extra minutes for one of her rest breaks early on in the attempt.
The Guinness World Record explained that “As with all ‘longest marathon’ records, the participant is permitted a five-minute rest break for every continuous hour of activity. These rest breaks can be accumulated if not taken. They were the only times Hilda could use the bathroom or sleep during the attempt”.
Chef Hilda Bassey could not hold back her tears after the record was confirmed.
“This is the best news ever omg omg omg thank you so much,” she tweeted.
On her Instagram story, an excited Hilda also broke down in tears, thanking God for the feat.
Hilda’s cook-a-thon generated buzz on social media and attracted interest within and outside Nigeria, a fact corroborated by Guinness World Records.
“Hilda’s cook-a-thon was in fact so popular that our website crashed for two days due to the immense volume of traffic we received from her legion of loyal fans,” a post on the Guinness World Records read.
“Several high-profile Nigerian figures visited Hilda to support her during her record attempt, such as the Vice President of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbajo; the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu; and award-winning singer Tiwa Savage.”
Her feat has triggered a wave of attempts by certain Nigerians to break some records.
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Nigerian comedian, Mr Macaroni and others have congratulated Chef Hilda Baci.
She was confirmed to be the new record holder for the longest cooking marathon of 93hrs and 11mins.
Mr Macaroni, reacting to the news via his Twitter page, said, “Congratulations Hilda Baci 🎊🎉
“The greatest lesson here is that Hilda did not stop even after surpassing the 87 hours set by Lata Tondon.
“She went all the way to 100 hours and the decision to do so helped her set a new world record despite GWR taking away 7 hours!!!. I’m inspired to do more. Thank you Hilda.
@Irunnia said, “Congratulations Hilda Baci. Guinness Book of Records just announced her as the record holder for the longest Cookathon ever.
“We are waiting for Dammy to finish with her own so Ekitipikin can announce her as the winner for Ekiti book of records 😭😭
@innehjoseph said,”I was expecting to hear how they miscalculated the time and the proper measure that should have been taken. Y’all literally ripped her of 7 HOURS. We must reclaim this mandate, see you in court. Meanwhile, congratulations Hilda.
@MercyEgbai said,” Congratulations Hilda, the Ekiti chef should be decieving herself with the 120hrs prank-a-thon. I hope the tribal bigots will rest now.
@ralphlumi said,” Guinness World Records Dey cook lol they waited for chef Dammy to reach 100hours before confirming Hilda Baci’s record.
@RayoKasali said,”Congratulations Hilda Go Dammy. Congratulations Hilda Baci on your Guinness World Record fest.
“Thank God she aimed way beyond the previous record to 100hrs and that gave her 93hrs 11mins.
“Imagine she had stopped at exactly 86 hours and then GWR deducted those hours she miscalculated for rest, mehn…😩
@meet_latifah said,” So what’s Ekiti chef doing, cos according to the rules here, 2meal suppose to be cooking at a time, but our madam dy off gas dy dance. Well what do I know. Congratulations Hilda.
