A chef from Africa has set a new Guinness World Record by cooking for the longest time ever, thereby beating the current record by an amazing margin.
The chef, Maliha Mohammed who hails from Kenya was crowned winner by the Guinness World Record after she cooked for 75 hours non stop, beating a 68 hour 30 minute record formerly held by Rickey Lumpkin from California in the United States of America (USA).
We can clearly confirm that the 36-year-old Maliha set the world record on Sunday, August 18, at Kenya Bay Beach Resort in Mombasa.
Moreover, she prepared 400 dishes of meals, both local and international flavours to emerge the winner in the cooking marathon.
It was gathered that Maliha, mother of two applied for the competition in April 2018 and was nominated but failed to participate in the event due to financial setbacks which made her drop out.
Relentless Maliha applied for the contest again in December 2018 and luckily for her in February 2019, she received an email confirming her nomination for the second time in the contest.
In as much as the competition was a great opportunity for Maliha to compete for the international recognition, it also came with financial costs amounting to about KSh 500,000.
Maliha said after she won the competition…. “It is a costly event and that is why last year (2018) I failed to participate due to financial challenges, I could not meet the cost. I am calling on well wishers to support me this year so that I bring the award home,”
The 36-year-old graduate of Jaffrey Academy prepared local and international recipes as her signature recipe was the Korean Chicken Bulgogi.
It was also noted that at the end of every hour of cooking, Maliha had five minutes of freshening up with an option of accumulating the time so she could have a longer time off the heat.
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