Chef Hilda Baci has celebrated her new Guinness World Record for the largest serving of Nigerian-style jollof rice, weighing 8,780 kilogrammes (19,356 lb 9 oz).
Announcing the achievement on Monday on X (formerly Twitter), Baci wrote, “We have done it again #nigeria #hildabaci.”
The record, which was achieved in partnership with Gino on Friday in Victoria Island, Lagos, has been officially confirmed by Guinness World Records.
Announcing the feat on Monday on X (Formely Twitter), GWR wrote,”New record: Largest serving of Nigerian style jollof rice – 8,780 kg (19,356 lb 9 oz) achieved by Hilda Baci and Gino in Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria”
Baci’s achievement has once again placed Nigerian cuisine in the global spotlight.
The event on Friday drew a large crowd of supporters, celebrities, and food enthusiasts. Nollywood actress Funke Akindele joined Baci on stage to stir the tomato base for the rice, while the First Lady of Ogun State, Bamidele Abiodun, was also present.
Other notable attendees included dancer Kaffy, Tomike Adeoye, Enioluwa, Peller, Veekee James, Femi Atere, Tacha, Papaya, Samuel Banks, Alex Unusual, Folagbade Banks, and Spyro.
Speaking to newsmen on Friday, Baci said she used 200 bags of rice because the measuring crane and scale designed to weigh the final dish had a limit of 20,000 kilogrammes, including the weight of the custom-made pot.
“If you notice, when we started, we weighed the pot, and we need to weigh every single thing that goes into the pot when we’re done.
“The goal was that by the time I was done making 5,000 kilogrammes, I was hoping to achieve about 17,000 to 18,000 kilogrammes. Right now, if I include the weight of the pot, that’s about 20,000,” Hilda said.
According to her, the 200 bags cooked still amounted to 4,000 kilogrammes of rice, enough to feed 20,000 people.
