Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated 27-year-old Nigerian chef, Hilda Bassey Effiong, aka Hilda Baci, who made history by breaking the world record of longest hours of cooking.
The Imformant247 had reported that the Akwa Ibom State-born on Monday, broke the current Guinness World Record holder, chef Lata Tondon from India.
Hilda, who has so far cooked for 91 hours, 06 minutes and will cook for 96 hours, is expected to complete the task today at 4pm.
Buhari, while reacting in a statement issued by his spokesman, Bashir Ahmed, on Monday commended the young culinary expert for turning her talent and passion into a career.
He also commended her for running a restaurant in Lagos that trains other talents on entrepreneurship, and now leads the world in resilience, perseverance, and consistency in cooking.
”The antecedents of the restaurateur, who dazzled at the Jollof Face-off Competition, 2021, preparing mouth-watering dishes that won the choice prize, and settled an age-long rivalry with Ghana on which African country should own the trademark for cooking better jollof- rice,” he added.