Irish Chef Breaks Guinness World Record for Longest Cooking Marathon, Dethroning Nigerian Hilda Baci

Nigerian chef, Hilda Baci, has been unseated as the Guinness World Record holder for the longest cooking marathon by an individual. An Irish chef, Alan Fisher, is now the record holder for the longest cooking hours after he clocked in a time of 119 hours and 57 minutes.

His feat is 24 hours more than that of the previous record held by Nigeria’s Hilda Baci.

“Alan Fisher (Ireland), an owner and chef of a restaurant in Japan, has broken two cooking-related Guinness World Records titles. First up, he’s claimed the longest cooking marathon (individual) after clocking in a time of 119 hours 57 minutes. That is more than 24 hours longer than the previous record held by Nigerian chef Hilda Baci.” the British organization stated

Apart from the longest cooking marathon, Alan also broke the longest baking marathon (individual). He had a time of 47 hours and 21 minutes while the previous record holder was Wendy Sandner (USA) with a time of 31 hours and 16 minutes, the Guinness World Records added.

“What’s even more impressive is that Alan 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!” the post further read.

26-year-old Hilda Baci from Akwa Ibom state was on Tuesday, June 13, officially declared the Guinness World Record holder for the longest cooking marathon. She made history when she cooked for with a time of 93 hours 11 minutes.