Guinness World Records Provides Update On Chef Smith: "He Does Not Hold The Title"

Guinness World Records Provides Update On Chef Smith: "He Does Not Hold The Title"

  • The Guinness World Records has offered clarity on the brouhaha surrounding Chef Smith's cook-a-thon attempt
  • The organisation denied naming the Ghanaian chef as the individual with the longest cooking time
  • Many people who thronged the comment section of the post were disappointed in Chef Smith

The Guinness World Records says Ghanaian chef Ebenezer Smith has not been named the new world record holder for the longest cooking time held by an individual.

This comes after a Ghanaian named Edem Kojo sent an email to the organisation seeking clarity, especially after the Ghanaian chef held a press conference announcing that Guinness World Records had declared him the new record holder.

Guinness World Records provides update on Chef Smith record
Guinness World Records offers clarity on Chef Smith's record. Photo credit: @Millenium Chef Smith/Facebook
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Responding to the email, Guinness World Records stated that Chef Smith had not set any new record, as he purported to.

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Also, the organisation clarified that they did not issue the certificate Chef Smith showcased during the press conference.

The email concluded by reiterating that the current holder of that record is Irish chef Alan Fisher.

"No, this is not true at all. He does not hold the GWR title and that is not our certificate.The current and true record holder is: The longest cooking marathon (individual) is 119 hr 57 min 16 sec and was achieved by Alan Fisher (Ireland) in Matsue, Shimane, Japan, from 28 September to 3 October 2023."

At the time of writing this report, the post had raked in over 500 likes and 200 comments.

Ghanaians unhappy with Chef Smith

King Del stated:

Oh yawa oo...so what could push him to do this??

Wonderman Josh-nart replied:

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He is famous now and that is what matters to him

Krima Stephenson added:

GWR too can’t u say you don’t know and that the person enquiring should eat her house matter? Which kind yawa be this?

Betty Odai indicated:

On a more serious note the guy has really disgraced the whole country ooo that’s a bad blood for Ghana this is not good

One-year-old boy named world record holder

Earlier, YEN.com.gh reported that a little Ghanaian boy has been officially declared the youngest male artist in the world by Guinness World Records.

Ace-Liam Nana Sam Ankrah set the record at one year and 152 days old. Kukua, the young artist's mother, who is also an artist, made this known at a press conference in Accra.

Proofread by Edwina N.K Quarcoo, journalist and copy editor at YEN.com.gh.

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Philip Boateng Kessie (Human-Interest editor) Philip Boateng Kessie started writing for YEN.com.gh in 2022 and is the Head of the Human Interest desk. He has over six years of experience in journalism and graduated from the University of Cape Coast in 2018 with a bachelor's degree in Communication Studies. Philip previously served as a reporter for Graphic Communications Group Limited (GCGL) and as a content writer for Scooper News. He has a certificate in Google News Initiative News Lab courses in Advanced Digital Reporting and Fighting Misinformation. Email: philip.kessie@yen.com.gh.