NIGERIAN CHEF ATTEMPTS TO BREAK GUINESS WORLD RECORD

Hilda Effiong Bassey is a  27-year-old chef  born in Akwa Ibom state Nigeria.From a home of cooks as her mother is a chef and owns a restaurant in Nigeria called Calabar pot. She has her brand called My Food by Hilda.

Hilda is on a mission to break the world record of longest cooking chef, she set up her  cooking marathon at Amore Garden Lekki, Lagos State Nigeria and called it “Cook-A-Thon” inspired from the word marathon.She started this cook-A-Thon on Thursday 11th of  May 2023 and will end on the 15th of May 2023. The longest cooking time anyone has ever done is held by an Indian Chef Lata Tondon who cooked for  87 hours, 45 minutes and won the Guinness world record in 2019.For Hilda to beat this record, and become the world’s longest cooking Chef, she plans to cook for 97 hours for four days. She is set to cook multiple dishes for an expected period of time.

Here are some interesting things to know about the cooking marathon:-

1. She is allowed to eat food,drink juice and take glucose.

2. She is not allowed to take coffee,stimulants or any energy drink to artificially boost her energy and body strength while cooking.

3. She is required to Stand while cooking.

4. She has the discretion to cook different meals. There is no restrictions as to what she can  cook or not. The world record title is about cooking within a time frame and not about what is cooked. So long as she is cooking then she is on track. 

5. She  is entitled to 5 mins break every hour, and she can either take it every hour or cumulate it.

6. What ever she cooks is shared for free to  those who came to support her, and nothing  Is waisted.

7. All the meals she cooks is recorded.

8. Her restaurant by name My Food by Hilda did not provide for everything she is using. She has partners and supporters that have covered part of the cost of everything she needs. A partner is even transporting supporters at 40 percent discount from everywhere in Nigeria to Lagos.

9.She is cooking in collaboration with his passionate and committed kitchen assistant.

10. She cooks around the clock non sleep that is morning, afternoon, evening. So for four nights she will not sleep.

11. She has a medical team on standby that are ready to massage her body, check her pulse, heart rate, etc each time she takes a break. In a live video, her manager says she is mentally still very strong, that’s after her 80th hour of cooking.

12.Her food is tasty all through as testified by those who were there to support her and ate her food.

13. She has a Yoga Instructor on ground, showing her standing positions that will help relax her muscles as she stands for hours to cook.

14. She hit the world record of #worldlongestcookingbyalonechef of 87 hours 45 minutes at 7:46 am on Monday 15th May 2023.

15. She is still cooking to set her own record.

16. She has been receiving massive support from Nigerian influencers , actors,artist, yoga instructors, dancers, ex big brother housemates, vice president of Nigerian , the president of the labour party peter obi wife, pastors, family, friends,other Nigerian GUINESS world record holders, from lata Tondon the present hold of the record, Nigerian population as they take turns in celebrating and encouraging Hilda.

The support from Nigerians is massive.

Wondering what she will get after this from Guinness book of record?, a certificate.

Hilda is a world record breaker