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Originally Published 3 months ago — by AP News
Nigerian chef Hilda Baci set a new Guinness World Record by cooking the largest pot of jollof rice, weighing 8,780 kg, after a nine-hour effort that involved teamwork and a dramatic pot collapse, with the rice distributed to spectators in Lagos.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by BBC
Nigerian chef Hilda Baci's non-stop cooking record has been officially recognized by Guinness World Records. She cooked for 100 hours, but GWR logged her record at 93 hours 11 minutes, docking her seven hours for taking a longer break than allowed on one occasion. She still beat the previous record by more than five hours set in Rewa, in central India in 2019 by Indian chef Lata Tondon. Baci used more than 100 different dishes, mostly Nigerian meals, such as jollof rice, as well as different types of rice and pasta, and also made akara - a popular street food made from deep-fried mashed beans.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by NBC News
Nigerian chef Hilda Baci cooked nonstop for 100 hours, surpassing the Guinness World Record of 87 hours and 45 minutes set in 2019 by an Indian chef. Baci cooked dozens of Nigerian delicacies, including the iconic Jollof rice, to campaign for young African women who are sidelined in society. She took five-minute breaks every hour and one hour after a stretch of 12 hours of cooking for everything else, from bathing to medical checkups and resting. Thousands of locals and celebrities cheered her on at the scene through day and night, and many more monitored online via several streaming platforms.