A trending video has captured Nigerian chef Hilda Baci’s reaction to being confirmed by Guinness as the world record holder for the longest cooking time by an individual.

The GWR, in a statement on its website on Tuesday, announced that the 26-year-old restaurateur successfully broke the record with a time of 93 hours and 11 minutes.

“Following a thorough review of all the evidence, Guinness World Records can now confirm that Hilda Effiong Bassey, better known as Hilda Baci, has officially broken the record for the longest cooking marathon (individual), with a time of 93 hours and 11 minutes.” The statement was read in part.

Following the announcement, Hilda Baci, in a video on her Instagram Story, was seen shedding tears of joy as she expressed gratitude to God.

An emotional Hilda, who was in a car when she received the news, burst into tears as she went on to pray and thank God that her hard work paid off and all her effort was not in vain.

Watch video below,

In other news, Guinness World Records has revealed why almost 7 hours was deducted from Hilda’s record time.

After a thorough review of the evidence, Guinness World Records adjusted Hilda’s record time to 93 hours and 11 minutes, deducting about 7 hours from her initial claim.

According to GWR, this adjustment was made because Hilda mistakenly took extra minutes during one of her rest breaks early on in the attempt. Read here.

A brand has taken to social media to publicly accuse Nigerian chef Hilda Baci of breaching a N3 million contract with them.

A few days ago, Hilda trended on social media when a flier promoting a N25,000 meet and greet event with the chef made the rounds online.

However, Hilda promptly took to Twitter to deny any involvement with the event. She tweeted, “Hi everyone, this is to inform everyone that I’m not doing any meet and greet in Abuja. I would also never ask anyone to pay for such. Thanks.”

Now, the brand organizing the event has come forward, alleging that they paid Hilda N3 million as an advance payment for her participation in the event, to which she had previously agreed but suddenly backed out.

According to a statement shared on their official Instagram page, arrangements for the event had been finalized, including promotional materials, after an advance payment was made to Hilda Baci. Surprisingly, Hilda publicly denied having any prior knowledge of the event.

The brand claims that Hilda’s actions have had a negative impact on their reputation, and as a result, they have taken legal action to address the matter.

The statement read,

“We regret to inform you that the highly anticipated event, scheduled to take place on 24th June 2023, has been canceled. We extend our sincere apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused, you, our esteemed customers.

Arrangements for this event were already concluded, as both parties agreed to put out publications for the event, after an advanced payment was made to Miss Hilda Bassey. However, Hilda Bassey, suddenly denied publicly having any prior knowledge of the event.

Her conduct has negatively affected our reputation as a brand. Consequently, we are taking all necessary legal steps, towards ensuring that justice is seen to have been done in this matter. We understand that many of you have been looking forward to this event, and we share in your disappointment.

Our team has been working tirelessly to explore all possible alternatives to ensure the event could proceed as planned, but unfortunately, we have been left with no other viable options but to take the steps as enumerated herein.

We would like to express our gratitude for your continued patronage and understanding. We deeply value our relationship with each and every one of you, please accept our sincere apologies once again, and we hope to have the opportunity to entertain you with another remarkable event this summer. Thank you for your understanding.”