Nigerian chef, Hilda Baci, a few years ago developed a burning ambition to become the world's longest-cooking record holder.

She set out to cook for 100 hours non-stop, hoping to beat the previous record of 87 hours 45 minutes by Lata Tondon (India) in 2019.

Hilda Baci, who officially goes by the name Hilda Effiong Bassey, seemed to have achieved her goal, according to the Guinness World Record on its website. However, she was in for a rude shock.

Effiong Bassey also known as Hilda Baci

The Guinness World Record announced today that Hilda Baci "has officially broken the record for the longest cooking marathon (individual), with a time of 93 hours 11 minutes."

That means about seven hours of her cooking were chopped off and according to the Guinness World Record, this is because "she mistakenly took extra minutes for one of her rest breaks early on in the attempt."

Baci smiling while stirring food

Despite this setback, Hilda Baci has still been awarded the record for world’s longest cooking marathon.

Baci awarded record for world’s longest cooking marathon

The 26-year-old Nigerian chef started on Thursday 11 May and finished on Monday 15 May, cooking over 100 pots of food during her four-day kitchen stint.

Hilda had to follow several rules during her record-breaking cook-a-thon:

She had to prepare or cook at least two items at any time and she was allowed to have a sous-chef to help her with prep work, washing up, and cleaning the kitchen area, but she had to do all the cooking herself.

One of the most important rules of food-related record attempts is that all items must be eaten after cooking.

To this end, Hilda invited anyone from the Nigerian public to come and enjoy her freshly made meals. All leftover food was given to the Festus Fajemilo Foundation.

Source: The Independent Ghana