Irish Chef Dethrones Hilda Baci, Breaks Guinness World Record For Longest Cooking Marathon

Alan Fisher, an Irish restaurant chef in Japan, has broken the record for the longest cooking marathon (individual) previously held by Nigerian celebrity chef Hilda Baci.

VerseNews reports that this was announced by Guinness World Records through their official website.

Alan was in the kitchen for 119 hours and 57 minutes surpassing Hilda Baci’s 93 hours 11 minutes.

According to the website, “Alan Fisher (Ireland), an owner and chef of a restaurant in Japan, has broken two cooking-related Guinness World Records titles.

“First up, he’s claimed the longest cooking marathon (individual) after clocking in a time of 119 hours 57 minutes. That is more than 24 hours longer than the previous record held by Nigerian chef Hilda Baci.

“Alan then 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.

“What’s even more impressive is that Alan 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!”