Adeola Adeyeye, a chef from Ondo State has begun a 150-hour cook-a-thon to break Hilda Baci’s 93 hours 11 minutes Guinness World Record.
This comes after another Nigerian chef, Adeparusi Damilola aka Chef Dammy embarked on a 120-hour cook-a-thon in Oye Local Government Area of Ekiti State.
Adeyeye began the cook-a-thon on Friday, June 30, 2023, in the Ile-Oluji/Okeigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State and is scheduled to conclude on Thursday, July 6, 2023.
As at the time of filing this report, she is already 15 hours in.
See photos from the cookathon below
Here is how Nigerians are reacting to the news.
Una no go wound us with Cook-a-thon
— Tommmie 😍😍 (@Tommmie7) July 1, 2023
I hope GWR can ban longest cooking record, an Indian held that record for years & nothing unhealthy happened, Hilda Baci successfully did, named it cook-a-thon & people from states who couldn’t even vote their governors have tried to break it, twice.
Can’t even be namely creative— LABCOAT GIRL 🔬🥼💉🩸 (@LabCoatGiirl) July 1, 2023
Ondo lady set to unseat Hilda Baci with 150-hour Cook-a-thon.
We will not hear the last of this cook-a-thon Hilda did 😩🤧 pic.twitter.com/jADFlf0elD— Juliet (@JGirlwil) July 1, 2023