GWR Announces Hilda Bacci as New Record Holder

Rebecca Ejifoma

Guinness World Records (GWR), Tuesday, announced Hilda Baci as the new record holder for the longest cooking by an individual.

In a statement on its website, GWR noted, “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 26-year-old Nigerian chef began the cook-a-thon on Thursday, 11 May, to Monday, 15 May, cooking over 100 pots of food during her four-day kitchen stint.

Baci 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.