A Kenyan Chef Maliha Mohammed, has reportedly beaten the ‘longest-cooking-time’ award recently given to Nigeria’s Hilda Baci by the Guinness World Records.
Chef Maliha Mohammed, who began her cook-a-thon on 11 August, has unofficially set a new record after cooking for 95 hours.
Until today, Hilda Baci was the holder of the Guinness World Record for marathon cooking with 93 hours 11 minutes, setting a new record after surpassing Indian chef Lata Tondon 87 hours, 45 minutes cooking marathon in 2023.
Nigerian Chef Hilda Baci
In a post on her Instagram page on Tuesday, Maliha announced her feat with a special flyer boldly stating, “NEW WORLD RECORD”.
“@seagasltd Yes, we did it! New world record holder for the longest home kitchen cooking marathon in town Shukran for the support,” she wrote.
Chef Maliha had successfully done two cook-a-thon trials prior to her new cooking marathon.
Her new record has not been recognized by Guinness World Records.
Celebrating her, a netizen @joewy254 said: “Amazing,, believing in yourself , congratulations.”
Another user @minat_.huncho commented: “MaShaAllah MaShaAllah
I knew you’d make it Allah is always with you.”
@sane_ropian also reacted: “Congratulations . Sasa nikulala for a week! It ain’t easy having sleepless nights inorder to attain the set goal”
However, some Nigerians were not too pleased with the update. See screenshots of some reactions below:
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