The Guinness World Records on Tuesday via its social media handle announced Irish chef, Alan Fisher as the new record holder for longest cooking marathon by an individual.
Fisher who owns a restaurant in Japan completed the cooking marathon in 119 hours and 57 minutes.
“Nigerian cooking queen Hilda Baci has been dethroned. Alan Fisher from Ireland cooked for an incredible 119 hours and 57 minutes at his restaurant in Japan,” it wrote.
Sadly, his achievement mean Nigerian chef, Hilda Bassey Effiong aka Hilda Baci, has been dethroned, as her record time was 93 hours 11 minutes.
Hilda had cooked over 110 meals for 100 hours to beat the previous Guinness World Record of 87 hours, 45 minutes and 00 seconds.
Her time was reduced by 7 hours for slightly breaking a rule, and officially gave her the record time of 93 hours 11 minutes.
Fisher additionally claimed the longest baking marathon (individual), with a time of 47 hours 21 minutes. The previous record holder was Wendy Sandner (USA) with a time of 31 hours 16 minutes.
Amazingly, he took on both attempts back to back, meaning he was at work in the kitchen for over 160 hours with just over a day of rest in between.