Popular Nigerian chef Hilda Baci has been bestowed with another incredible award from Guinness World Records, cementing her status as an extraordinary culinary talent. This recognition comes after she shattered a new record in a remarkable feat.
On June 13th, 2023, Intel Region reported that Guinness World Records declared Chef Hilda Baci as the longest cooking individual, following her monumental cookathon. Although Hilda, hailing from Akwa Ibom State, cooked for an astonishing 100 hours and 40 minutes, Guinness World Records later revealed in a tweet that she had officially broken the record with a time of 93 hours and 11 minutes.
The tweet read, “After carefully reviewing all the footage, we are thrilled to announce Hilda Baci as the new record holder for the longest cooking marathon (individual) 💫 Watch the video to discover the official time we have awarded Hilda and read the comprehensive explanation below 👇.”
However, in a recent tweet, Guinness World Records declared that the aforementioned tweet, in which they announced Hilda Baci as the longest-cooking individual, has become the most successful tweet in the company’s history on Twitter since its inception in 2008.
The tweet garnered a staggering reach of 25.8 million news feeds, along with 85.8k retweets, 19.2k quotes, 217.2k likes, and 5,4111 bookmarks.
Via their verified Twitter handle, Guinness World Records expressed, “Yeah, so this is our all-time top-performing tweet, reaching nearly 25 million news feeds 🤯.”
During the remarkable cook-a-thon of the recently honored Nigerian Chef, Hilda Baci, the tremendous popularity and widespread interest in the event caused the website of Guinness World Records (GWR) to experience an unprecedented surge in traffic, leading to its unfortunate crash for a duration of two days. The overwhelming response from audiences eager to witness Hilda Baci’s extraordinary feat temporarily overwhelmed the GWR website, highlighting the immense attention garnered by her remarkable achievement.