Nigerian chef cooks for 100 hours in world record attempt

Thousands of people in Nigeria and beyond have spent the past few days glued to a live stream of chef Hilda Bassey, known online as Hilda Baci. The 27-year-old Nigerian chef cooked for 100 hours and now hopes the Guinness Book of World Records will deem her attempt to be the world’s longest cooking marathon. Host Marco Werman has the details.

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