Hilda Baci, 27, started cooking on Thursday, May 11, at 16 p.m., and she did not stop for more than four days, making more than a hundred recipes. The rules are drastic to achieve the longest "marathon of the kitchen": no sleep, prohibition to sit except during short breaks (five minutes per hour maximum) On Monday morning, the young Nigerian broke the previous world record set at 87 hours and 45 minutes by chef Lata London in 2019.