The giant pot in which Nigerian chef and former Guinness World Record holder Hilda Baci attempted to make the world’s largest dish of jollof rice has broken as it was being hoisted on a crane to be weighed.
Thousands of people gathered in Lagos to watch the latest world record bid from the well-known food influencer, who in 2023 held the title for the longest cooking marathon.
Her recipe for jollof, a popular West African dish, included 4,000kg (8,800lb) of rice, 500 cartons of tomato paste and 600kg of onions - all poured into a custom-made pot that can hold 23,000 litres.
Given that its a rich Nigerian supported by a large company, its quite possible numbers were inflated, either by those trying to break the record to make it more impressive, or by the people contracted to make the dish who might inflate numbers so that they can be paid better (esspecially given the immense wealth inequality in Nigeria). From what I’ve been told, that sort of fraud is very common.