Ghanaians in awe as Chef Faila ‘beats’ Nigerian Hilda Baci with culinary skills

Chef Faila

 The rivalry between Ghana and Nigeria has taken an interest­ing twist over the past few days when Chef Faila Abdul Razak began her attempt to break the Guinness World Record (GWR) for the longest cooking marathon (cook-a-thon) on January 1.

Prior to that, Nigerian Chef Hil­da Baci, in 2023, claimed the world cooking record with a 100-hour perfor­mance but was later dethroned by Alan Fisher who holds the current record for 120 hours.

Elsewhere, Uganda Chef Dorcus Mirembe had cooked for 144 hours in an attempt to beat the current record, though yet-to-be validated.

In order to be on the safe side, Chef Faila made an outstanding 227 hours of cooking, with 2864 plates served with 156 meals in 10 days just incase the Ugandan’s attempt had been ap­proved.

Her attempt, however had been nothing short of the usual superiority banter between Ghanaians and Nige­rians.

With her outstanding presentation and attention to details with her va­riety of cuisines as compared to Chef Hilda’s, Ghanaians took to social media to celebrate yet another victory.

As they compared the dishes from Chef Hilda and Faila, many thought the Ghanaian’s emergence had settled yet another score and perhaps raised the bar as far as cooking skills were concerned.

“But for Chef Faila, Hilda Baci had scammed all of us that she is the best cook in West Africa,” a Nigerian Face­book user said.

“Hilda Baci must be arrested for the kind of things she prepared and man­aged to confuse the public that she is the best,” a Ghana-based Nigerian said on Instagram.

“God Bless Chef Faila for show­ing Nigerians how to prepare proper jollof,” another Ghanaian Facebook user commented.

Many of such com­ments and counter arguments have emerged since Chef Faila took the interesting chal­lenge which, just like the Sing-a-thon, had attract­ed patronage and support from Gha­naian dignitaries and celebrities.

Notable among them were the Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, Chief of Staff, Frema Ako­sua Osei-Opare, former First Lady, Lordina Mahama, for­mer Black Stars players, Stephen Appiah, Laryea Kingston and Asamoah Gyan and a delegation from the Chief Imam, Sheik Osman Nuhu Sharubutu.

 By Michael D. Abayateye