Guinness World Record addresses chef Dammy’s 120-hour culinary conquest

Guinness World Record has disclosed they are not aware of Nigerian chef, Damilola Adeparusi who is better known as chef Dammy’s 120-hour culinary conquest dubbed Cook-A-Thon.

It would be recalled that chef Dammy commenced the contest on Friday, June 9 in Oye Ekiti with a 120-hours cooking time as aim and objective.

During the early hours of Wednesday, June 14, News Round The Clock reported Adeparusi hit her target of 120 hours of cooking amid jubilation from folks and criticisms from others.

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Several pundits have been wondering if Adeparusi followed the right procedure and had actually broken Hilda Baci’s record of 93 hours, 11 minutes.

In a bid to get first hand information on the situation, on Wednesday evening, Legit sent a press enquiry to the Guinness World Records on Tuesday, June 13.

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A response received from the body maintained that the chef did not seek their approval before choosing to commence the cook-a-thon as there are procedures and rules which would have been sent to her to follow.

The message read,

“We have not received an application for this attempt. Applications can be made via the Guinness World Records website for our records management team to review.

“Once an application is accepted, the record claimant receives a set of detailed guidelines specific to that record category that must be adhered to.

“This also details a list of evidence that must be submitted for our team to verify the record. Guinness World Records maintains a rigorous review process to maintain the integrity of each Guinness World Records title.”