Irish chef breaks Nigeria’s Hilda Baci’s Guiness World Record

A Chef from Ireland, Alan Fisher, has broken the world record for the longest cooking marathon by an individual held by Hilda Baci.

Alan Fisher, is said to be the owner and chef of a restaurant in Japan.

In May this year, Baci had broken the world record of 87 hours and 45 minutes set in 2019 by Indian chef, Lata Tondon.

Baci who prepared over 100 pots of food during during the marathon cooking event set a record of 93 hours and 11 minutes.

Confirming the development, the Guinness World Records (GWR) announced that Fisher, now holds the record.

The World Record body confirmed this through its website that the latest record holder cooked for 119 hours and 57 minutes at his restaurant in Japan.

Guinness World Records announced Fisher’s record on X (formerly known as Twitter) on Tuesday.

GWR wrote, “Nigerian cooking queen Hilda Baci has been dethroned.

“Alan Fisher from Ireland cooked for an incredible 119 hours and 57 minutes at his restaurant in Japan.”

Fisher also claimed the longest baking marathon (individual), with a time of 47 hours 21 minutes. The previous record holder was Wendy Sandner (USA) with a time of 31 hours 16 minutes.

It was reported that Fisher took on both attempts back to back, meaning he was at work in the kitchen for over 160 hours with just over a day of rest in between, breaking two cooking-related Guinness World Records titles.