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27-year-old Nigerian chef, Hilda Baci, who plans to have her name in the Guinness World Record, is cooking for 97 hours (four days) to break a world record for the longest cooking hours.

The food entrepreneur, resident in Lagos, is aiming for the record of the longest cooking hours by an individual, a record currently held by an Indian chef, Lata Tondon, who cooked for 87 hours, 45 minutes in 2019.

To achieve this, Hilda Baci plans to cook for 97 hours (four days) starting from May 11.

However, according to Journalist101, here is a list of 20 facts about Hilda Baci and her marathon cooking

1. The young chef goes by the name Hilda Bassey Effiong. She is from Akwa Ibom State. She is also the owner of the “My Food by Hilda” food business in Lagos.
2. She will be cooking for four days non-stop.
3. She must stand to cook, she is not permitted to sit while cooking.
4. She’s not allowed to take coffee, stimulants, or any energy drink to artificially boost her energy and bodily strength while cooking.
5. She’s allowed to eat food, drink water or fruit juice, and take glucose.
6. Her cooking is taking place at Amore Gardens, Lekki, Lagos State, Nigeria.
7. She cooks round the clock, no sleep (Morning, afternoon, evening, and night. So, for four nights, she won’t sleep)
8. She has just five minutes rest per hour [meaning for every 1 hour, she is entitled to just 5 minutes rest or break, that’s an hour break in every 12 hours].
9. Whatever she cooks is shared to the people at the venue for FREE. She is not selling the food.
10. She cooks different meals simultaneously. She is at liberty to cook any meal she likes. There are no restrictions as to what she can cook or not cook. The World Record title is about cooking within a time frame, not about what is cooked. As long as she is cooking, she is on track.
11. Every meal cooked and every plate served is recorded. She has cooked over 115 meals so far with almost 3,000 portions if not more by the time you are reading this.
12. She started the cooking on Thursday and is expected to complete the target time frame by Monday 15th May, 2023 evening.
13. The current holder of the title Hilda seeks to break is an Indian chef Lata Tandon, who set a Guinness World Record for cooking for 87 hours and 45 minutes non-stop in 2019.
14. To break the record, Hilda Baci is attempting to cook for 96 hours, using extra 9 hours to break the world record as the first human on earth to spend such an amount of time cooking a marathon.
15. She tagged the cooking project “Cook-a-thon”, a phrase literally coined from the word “marathon”
16. She appears exhausted already, but the people around her are cheering her on to boost her morale. And they are available with her as she cooks 24/7, even at night.
17. Most of the food items, ingredients, utensils, etc she used for this project are provided by her sponsors. So, the money expended on this project is not 100% from Hilda or her Food brand.
18. Uber, one of her partners is offering a 40% discounted ride to the venue for people who wishes to join and cheer her up at the venue.
19. Hilda’s mum is also a chef. She owes a food brand called “Calabar Pot”
20. She is 27 years of age.

Meanwhile, over the past three days, Hilda Baci has had prominent figures pay her a visit to support and encourage her while cooking. This includes singers such as Dremo, Spyro; social media influencers, and also the Governor of Lagos state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu.

The president-elect, Bola Tinubu also joined Hilda Baci’s live video on Instagram to encourage her, while the incumbent vice-president, Yemi Osinbajo called her to wish her well over the phone.

She has just one more day to go.