Hilda Baci Confirms Receipt of Guinness World Record Plaque via Instagram
Nigerian chef Hilda Baci took to her official Instagram page to share her confirmation of receiving the Guinness World Record plaque. She shared a video alongside the post, simply captioned, “Our plaque is here @guinnessworldrecords.”
Recall that Hilda was last Tuesday finally declared the Guinness World Record holder for the longest cooking marathon.
The Guinness World Record in a statement on its website said Hilda now holds the record following a thorough review of all the evidence.
“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,” GWR wrote.
Recall that the 26-year-old Nigerian chef began on Thursday 11 May and continued through to Monday 15 May, cooking over 100 pots of food during her four-day kitchen stint.
GWR said that Hilda 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.
The previous record of 87 hours 45 minutes was set by Lata Tondon (India) in 2019.
Hilda’s record attempt took the world of social media by storm, with millions in Nigeria and beyond following her progress via an Instagram live stream.
Meanwhile, the Guinness world record had acknowledged that after proclaiming Hilda as the current cook-a-thon record holder, its live stream had received the highest engagement in its entire history.
GWR revealed this in a recent tweet, after quoting a previous tweet, with the caption, “Yeah, so this is our best-performing tweet of all time with nearly 25 million news feeds reached.”
A check on the same tweet on Monday, June 19 showed that it has now reached 30.9 million views.
