By Joy Essien, Contributing Editor, Lagos Metropolitan.
Congratulations, you are Officially Amazing (again)!
The year is beginning on a very beautiful note for Hilda Baci. Imagine receiving an email from Guiness World Records that you broke another record same day you broke the last record.
What this simply means is she’s now a 3X Guinness Record Holder.
“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.
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.
"It had 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.
“What I didn’t know, until now, is that on that same day, we had also broken the record for the largest serving of rice overall. So what I thought was one record… turned out to be two. And now, officially, that makes three Guinness World Records in total,” Baci added.
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.
She first set a record in May 2023 for completing a 93-hour, 11-minute cooking marathon, which made her Nigeria’s first chef to hold multiple Guinness World Records.
Baci credited her team for the record, particularly Oreoluwa Atinmo, describing their collaboration as crucial to the success.
“The very first person I called was Oreoluwa Atinmo, because this journey, this vision, and this record would not have been possible without her. We did this together. From idea to execution, side by side, fully aligned. Sharing that moment with her made everything feel real,” she said.
She also praised God for guiding her journey and providing unexpected blessings.
Hilda Baci, is fast becoming one of Nigeria’s most decorated chefs as she keeps making us proud and telling the world more about Nigerian food.
