An elated Hilda Baci announced on Instagram that she has broken the Guinness World Record for the third time.
Baci on Tuesday explained that her largest serving of Nigerian-style jollof rice in September 2025, also earned her the title for the largest serving of rice overall.
“Woke up a three-time Guinness World Records holder and I’m still trying to wrap my head around it. What a way to step into 2026,” she wrote.
The Guinness World Records team informed Baci through an email from Andrew Fanning, Head of Client Partnering – Records Creative Team, that her attempt at the “Largest serving of Nigerian-style jollof rice” had simultaneously broken another record.
“Congratulations, you are Officially Amazing (again)! It has come to our attention when comparing record guidelines of the two record titles, that when you and your team attempted and achieved ‘Largest serving of Nigerian-style jollof rice,’ you also achieved the record title of ‘Largest serving of rice,’” Fanning wrote.
Reacting to the announcement, Baci said she was both shocked and thrilled.
“This morning, I was just doing my usual routine, casually scrolling through my emails, when I saw the message come in. I was shocked and happy at the same time, completely caught off guard. Five months after the initial record announcement, I was just finding out that there was more,” she said.
Hilda Baci came to limelight when she broke the Guinness World Record for marathon cooking (cook-athon) with 93 hours 11 minutes in May 2023. Later that year, Irish chef Alan Fisher surpassed the record with 119 hours, 57 minutes.
Her latest achievement follows her September 2025 record for the largest serving of Nigerian-style jollof rice, when she prepared 8,780 kilograms (19,356 pounds) of jollof rice during a Lagos cookout — a feat recognised as the largest pot of the dish ever prepared worldwide.
