UPDATE: Chef Hilda breaks Guinness World Record for ‘longest cooking marathon by an individual’

Nigerian chef Hilda Effiong Bassey has broken the Guinness World Record for the “longest cooking marathon by an individual” after hitting the 87 hours 50 minutes mark.

Chef Hilda who started cooking 4pm on Thursday, broke the record early Monday morning.

If certified by the Guinness World Record, she will be displacing the current world record holder, Lata Tondon, an Indian chef who achieved the feat in 2019 with 87 hours 45 minutes record uninterrupted cooking.

Baci’s cooking marathon is currently ongoing at Amore Gardens in Lekki, Lagos State as of the time of filing this report.