Hilda Bassey
Effiong, the Nigerian chef fondly called Hilda Baci, has broken the Guinness
World Record (GWR) for the longest cooking marathon by an individual.
Baci achieved the new feat in the early hours of Monday at
the Amore Gardens, Lekki in Lagos.
The competition — better known as cook-athon — started on
Thursday at exactly 4 pm after the restaurateur turned on her cooker.
Baci aimed to beat the 87 hours 45 minutes record set by Lata Tondon, the Indian chef who is the current Guinness World Record holder. Tondon achieved the feat in 2019.
But on Monday, the Nigerian surpassed Tondon’s time to set a
new record for the longest cooking marathon by an individual.
Baci, it is understood, will be stopping the cook-a-thon
when she hit the 97-hour mark.
NigerianEye how thousands of Nigerians took to Lekki
to rally support for the Akwa-Ibom
chef.
Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Lagos state governor, visited the Lekki venue, while Atiku
Abubakar, the former vice president, hailed Hilda for “standing at the crossroads of history”.
A plethora of celebrities like Dremo, IK Osakioduwa, Eni
Adeoluwa, Timini Egbuson, Liquorose, Tiwa Savage, Spyro, Charles Okocha, and
Skiibii also visited the venue of the competition to cheer up Baci.
Advertise on NigerianEye.com to reach thousands of our daily users
No comments
Post a Comment
Kindly drop a comment below.
(Comments are moderated. Clean comments will be approved immediately)
Advert Enquires - Reach out to us at NigerianEye@gmail.com