Hilda Baci Gets One Year Free Flight Tickets Amidst Other Gifts For Setting New World Cooking Record

Nigerian chef and businesswoman, Hilda Effiong Bassey, better known as Hilda Baci, has broken the world record for the “longest cooking marathon by an individual”. The chef has currently surpassed the world record after she reached the milestone of 87-hours on Monday morning.

Last Thursday at precisely 4 o’clock in the afternoon, the cook flipped the stove to commence the record-breaking attempt. The chef set out to set a new record of 96 hours by Monday evening at precisely 4pm.

The previous record holder Lata Tondon, an Indian cook who achieved the feat in 2019, held the Guinness World Record with a time of 87 hours and 45 minutes, which Hilda has now broken. Hilda has been congratulated by both Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari and President-Elect, Bola Tinubu.

Meanwhile, the Guinness World Record-breaking Chef, Hilda Baci has been rewarded with a one year free tickets for all her domestic travels by Dana Air. The Chief Operating Officer of Dana Air, Ememobong Ettete, announced this in a statement through its official Twitter handle on Tuesday.

Speaking on the development, Ettete assured that the company will always support the craft, creativity, efforts, and innovations of young Nigerians, who embody the true Nigerian spirit as a proudly Nigerian brand.

He added that “We understand her mum is also a chef and she must have gotten this inspiration from her and in the light of this, we shall be supporting her mum with 3 months of local flights for free. We thank Hilda’s mum for giving us an amazing daughter and for being a huge support system to Hilda. We thank all those who came out to dispassionately support one of our own. You are the real MVP.” He said.

It is now on record that the 27-year-old started cooking on Thursday 11th May 2023 and surpassed India’s Lata Tondon who set the record with 87 hours 45mins in 2019.