A Kenyan chef, Maliha Mohammed, has announced that she plans to break the Guinness World Record for the longest cooking marathon in August.
Hilda Baci had just broken the World Record on Monday, 15th May, by cooking for more than 100 hours.
According to the Kenyan chef, she had broken the same record in 2017 and 2019 consecutively within a shorter time frame.
In 2018, Maliha broke the record by cooking for 72 hours; in 2019, she cooked non-stop for 75 hours.
Unfortunately, she claimed that her efforts were never officially recognised by the Guinness World Records.
However, to win the record this time, Chef Maliha will have to cook for more than 100 hours for the title of ‘Longest cooking by an Individual Marathon’ as was set by Hilda Baci this week.
She also announced that she would be breaking another record, the ‘home kitchen cooking marathon’.
Chef Maliha said she applied for Guinness World Record last year in December and has gotten a go-ahead reply through email.
“I will be training hard from May all the way to July as I prepare to break these records,” she said.
Social media reactions:
@001prof_’ said; “Everybody now go wan break our girl’s record. It won’t work for you o.”
@Comedian_eddyranking stated: “U never dey cook u dun taya to talk. Sha no fall for groundnut oil.”
@Iamnaniboi reacted: “Baci will re-break it. Our joy must not be cut short this year. Cooking wey unite Nigerians for 4 good days.”
@Chief_dr_ejirookurame added: “This is exactly how some people are in our lives, they don’t regard, respect or notice when you are struggling to get to the top. But the moment you make a tremendous bold step of success, they pull you down by competing with you, and being envious of your achievements! “Fellow African Chefs, didn’t you all know about GWR existed before now? Why did you just realize you are a Chef?? Didn’t you know about the former record holder? Did you see any Chef in her continent trying to set their own record. Na only una things dey different for this world. Please go and clear SAMBISA FOREST and break your own record.. Allow Hilda to shine in peace abeg una own don dey too much abeg! So annoying
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Meanwhile, In a related story, Nigerian chef and entrepreneur, Hilda Effiong Bassey, popularly known as Hilda Baci, has received the official certificate of her record holder status after she broke the Guinness World Record for the “longest cooking marathon by an individual”.
This is coming after the chef surpassed the 87-hour mark with 45 minutes on Monday morning.
Prior to now, an Indian chef, Lata Tondon was the holder of the world’s longest cooking marathon record.
The Indian chef had completed the task in 87 hours, 45 minutes, and 00 secs in Rewa, India in 2019.
Celebrating her feat and her certificate, Hilda wrote on Twitter saying: “We made history 🥺Thank you for all the love,Thank you.🙏🏾”