Failatu Razak: Ghanaians Praise Chef After Beating Nigeria's Hilda Baci's 93-Hour Cook-a-thon Record

Failatu Razak: Ghanaians Praise Chef After Beating Nigeria's Hilda Baci's 93-Hour Cook-a-thon Record

  • Ghanaians have basked in the over 110-hour cooking milestone of Chef Failatu Abdul Razak on social media
  • It comes after the culinary artist surpassed Nigeria's Hilda Baci's previous record of 93 hours and 11 minutes
  • Many celebrated her trailblazing milestone as many took to the online platform X to share compliments

Ghanaians on X, formerly known as Twitter, have lavished Chef Failatu Abdul Razak with praises for successfully cooking for over five consecutive days.

On the eve of the New Year 2024, Chef Faila began her Guinness World Record attempt for a person's most prolonged cooking hours.

Photos of Chef Abdul-Razak Failatu and Hilda Baci.
Ghanaians hail Chef Failatu Razak after she surpassed Nigeria's Hilda Baci's 93-hour cook-a-thon record. Photo credit: @NdcVictory/@SKIES_NATIONS.
Source: Twitter

Her initial plan was to cook for 120 hours to surpass the current cook-a-thon record held by Irish Chef Alan Fisher, who cooked for 119 hours and 54 minutes.

However, reports claim Chef Failatu will attempt to cook for over 200 hours due to reports that a Ugandan chef had also completed a 144-hour cook-a-thon attempt.

Read also

Cook-a-thon: Chef Failatu Razak unofficially breaks Irish Chef Fisher's 119-hour record

Chef Failatu has done over 119 hours without displaying signs of fatigue, surpassing Hilda Baci's previous record of 93 hours and 11 minutes.

Many online users have taken to the micro-blogging site to praise the Ghanaian culinary artist for beating her Nigerian counterpart Nigeria.

YEN.com.gh compiled some of the comments below:

@nana_amatiwaah1 said:

Hilda Baci at 20hours vrs Faila at 96 hours.

@milito177 commented:

Ghana will always lead #FAILACOOKATHON. Hilda Baci at 20 hours, Faila at 96 hours.

@socialtrends_tv commented:

Hilda Baci should have waited to learn from Faila, now her record is missing Faila is still cooking and never getting tired.

@BenopaOnyx1 reacted:

Choose between Faila for Ghana and Hilda Baci for Naija.

@Kojolarry01 claimed:

The foods Faila has done are actually more attractive than Hilda Baci’s own. I am not even gonna lie.

Read also

Tamale cook-a-thon: Chef Failatu suffers a meltdown as Chief of Staff lends support

Soldiers thrill fans of Chef Failatu Abdul Razak at cook-a-thon venue

In a previous story, YEN.com.gh reported that personnel from the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) wowed the crowd while supporting Chef Failatu Abdul Razak in her bid to break the Guinness World Record (GWR) cook-a-thon.

Cook-a-thon involves any attempt to set a milestone surpassing an individual's previous record for the most prolonged GWR cooking.

Chef Faila began her attempt on Monday, January 1, 2024, at the Modern City Hotel in Tamale, where she is expected to end on Friday, January 5.

Wedding photos of Chef Failatu Razak and her hubby

Relatedly, YEN.com.gh reported that the beautiful pre-wedding and wedding pictures of Ghanaian Chef Failatu Abdul Razak and her husband surfaced online amid her Guinness World Records cook-a-thon attempt.

Facebook user Laa Bang Paha posted the pre-wedding photos, while Shaharan Suhuyini shared the couple's actual wedding snap on his Facebook page.

New feature: Сheck out news that is picked for YOU ➡️ click on “Recommended for you” and enjoy!

Source: YEN.com.gh

Authors:
Nathaniel Crabbe avatar

Nathaniel Crabbe (Human-Interest editor) Nathaniel Crabbe is a journalist and editor with a degree in Journalism from the Ghana Institute of Journalism, where he graduated in 2015. He earned his master's from UPSA in December 2023. Before becoming an editor/writer of political/entertainment and human interest stories at Asaase Radio, Crabbe was a news reporter at TV3 Ghana. With experience spanning over ten years, he now works at YEN.com.gh as a human interest editor. You can reach him via nathaniel.crabbe@yen.com.gh.