Hilda Baci, confirmed on Tuesday by the Guinness World Record, for the longest cookathon record, on the same day revealed how she spent more than N80 million on the exercise to achieve the feat, which has now drawn a lot of global attention.

In response to a brand’s claim that she broke an N3 million agreement for a meet-and-greet event in Abuja, Bassey, who broke the record on May 11 at 4:00 pm, after a four-day cooking marathon aimed at breaking the previous record, denied having such an arrangement in place.

She said: “I spent over N80m of my hard earned money for my cookathon so people could eat and drink for free.”

At last, the expected reply has come to Hilda Baci, the Nigerian sensation, who set the social media ablaze and gained global attention with her sheer tenacity and resilience, as the Guinness World Records (GWR), on Tuesday, finally confirmed as the new record holder for the longest cooking marathon, more three weeks after she performed the fat.

The global institution for recognising special feats across the world, made the confirmation on their official website on Tuesday, crowning the efforts of the Akwa-Ibom born chef, popularly known as Chef Baci, which she achieved on May 15 before hundreds of cheering Nigerians who watched her for days.

The post reads: “Following a thorough review of all the evidence, Guinness World Records can now confirm that Hilda Effiong Bassey, better known as Hilda Baci, has officially broken the record for the longest cooking marathon (individual), with a time of 93 hours 11 minutes.

“The 26-year-old Nigerian chef began on Thursday 11 May and continued through to Monday 15 May, cooking over 100 pots of food during her four-day kitchen stint.

“Hilda attempted to set a record of 100 hours, however, almost seven hours were deducted from her final total because she mistakenly took extra minutes for one of her rest breaks early on in the attempt.”

The previous record of 87 hours 45 minutes was set by Lata Tondon (India) in 2019.

Nollywood diva, Tonto Dikeh, has let out to the world the reason why she could not be found in revealing clothings like many of her counterparts in the entertainment industry, saying it had very much to do with her early upbringing.

In fact, the beautiful damsel, mother of one, and one of the most popular female celebrities in Nigeria, informs that if she had followed her trajectory in her early life, she would have ended up a pastor.

The talented actress, who used he Instagram page to let her fans into her early life, said she was raised in the church and worked as a cell leader, adding that her beginning had played a major role in her behavioral pattern in as an adult.

Stressing that regardless her level of her exposure, the nature of her job, and what people could have perceived of her, she priorities decency and felt uneasy in engaging in certain indulgences, especially off set, such as dressing in revealing clothes.

She wrote:“I grew up in church… I was a cell leader. I was a department assistant. I almost became a pastor. I still have a 70% village mentality. I’m so uncomfortable with revealing clothing. I just cld never learn it.”