An Irish Chef, Alan Fisher, owner of a restaurant in Japan, has officially dethroned Nigerian Chef, Hilda Effiong Bassey popularly known as Hilda Baci as he emerges Guinness World Record holder for the longest cooking marathon.

Guinness World Record (GWR) revealed this in a statement on Tuesday, November 7 2023 where Alan Fisher was announced the new record holder.

The statement read, “Alan Fisher (Ireland), an owner and chef of a restaurant in Japan, has broken two cooking related Guinness World Records titles.”

“He claimed the longest cooking marathon (individual) after clocking in a time of 119 hours 57 minutes. This 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!”

In June, Hilda was declared the Guinness World Record holder for the longest cooking marathon.

The Guinness World Record in a statement on its website said Hilda was declared as the record holder following a thorough review of all the evidence.

The 26-year-old Nigerian chef began on Thursday, May 11 2023, and continued through Monday, May 15 2023, cooking over 100 pots of food during her four-day kitchen period.

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

Hilda Baci had broken the previous record of 87 hours 45 minutes which was set by Lata Tondon (India) in 2019.