The Guinness World Records (GWR) is aware of Damilola Adeparusi’s attempt to break the record for the longest cooking marathon by an individual, PulseNets can report.
Alina Polianskaya, a public relations executive at the GWR, confirmed this to reporters on Thursday.
The confirmation came after 26-year-old Adeparusi, also referred to as Chef Dammy, concluded a 120-hour cooking marathon in Ilupeju, a town in Ekiti State.
The GWR also debunked the claim that the chef’s effort was in vain as she did not apply before attempting to break a record. “We are aware of Chef Dammy’s cooking marathon,” the organisation stated. “It is possible to submit evidence after a record attempt has been completed.”
Polianskaya said there was no waiting time to break an existing record and added that it was possible for people to break their own records.
This means Chef Dammy can become the next record holder for the longest cooking marathon by an individual if GWR receives and ratifies all the evidence.
It also means she can still break the same record again if she wants to do so.
HOW DID NIGERIANS REACT TO CHEF DAMMY?
Nigerians received Chef Dammy’s attempt to break this record with mixed feelings when she kicked off her cooking on June 9.
While many hurled a barrage of insults and condescending remarks at her, others urged her on with words of encouragement.
These mixed reactions were not unexpected because between May 11 and 15, Hilda Effiong Bassey, a 26-year-old celebrity chef, cooked non-stop for about 100 hours in Lagos State.
With a time of 93 hours and 11 minutes, Bassey, popularly called Hilda Baci, is the latest world record holder for the longest cooking marathon by an individual.
The GWR confirmed Baci as the record holder on June 13. This means as of June 9, she was still awaiting an update from the body on the evidence she had submitted.
So, at a time Baci and many other Nigerians were waiting for the GWR’s verdict, it was not unusual that social media would be abuzz when the news of Chef Dammy’s cooking goal went viral.
But against all odds, Chef Dammy, a 300-level mass communication undergraduate at Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), reached her 120-hour cooking target on June 13.
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In an interview with BBC Yoruba, she said the cooking marathon was neither an attempt to break the GRW nor a move to compete with Hilda Baci.
“I just did it because I enjoy cooking. It makes me happy,” she said.
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