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[00:00.67] Hilda Baci is a chef in Lagos, Nigeria.

[00:03.85] She recently stayed in the kitchen for 100 hours and only took short breaks each hour.

[00:13.15] She started cooking on May 11 and did not stop until May 15.

[00:19.52] Baci’s goal was to break the Guinness World Record for longest cooking time.

[00:25.64] An Indian chef set the current record of 87 hours, 45 minutes in 2019.

[00:34.67] Baci made classic Nigerian food like soups, stew and meats.

[00:41.83] She even made Jollof rice, one of the most famous West African meals.

[00:48.75] Baci finished her cooking on the night of May 15.

[00:53.79] Thousands of people were there when she put down her cooking tools at 7:45 at night.

[01:01.23] Guinness published a tweet about Baci’s effort.

[01:05.74] It said it knew about her record-breaking attempt but noted that it would need to do a review before “officially confirming a record.”

[01:16.11] Baci said she wanted to break the cooking record to show the world how determined Nigerian people are.

[01:25.13] She also said she wanted to make people understand that there are not enough work opportunities for Nigerian women.

[01:34.96] She said women “have to go an extra mile to be taken seriously.”

[01:41.60] Baci added that she wanted to teach the world a little bit about Nigerian food.

[01:48.24] Thousands of people came past the kitchen to cheer for Baci as she cooked for four days.

[01:55.42] Many more people watched an online video showing her work.

[02:00.72] Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari used Twitter to say good words about the chef.

[02:08.16] He praised her “drive, ambition and resilience.”

[02:14.27] Kingsley Ofoma was there as Baci got close to the 100-hour mark. He got to eat some of her food for free.

[02:24.37] But he said that was not even the best part of the experience.

[02:30.21] “The energy here is very high and positive,” he said. “Everybody is having fun.”