We spend a few hours in the kitchen, and we feel tired throughout the day! Now, imagine standing and cooking for more than five days straight! Hard to imagine, isn’t it? Well, Liberian-Australian chef Evette Quoibia proved her love for cooking by setting the Guinness World Record for the longest cooking marathon (individual) recently. Scroll on to know more about it.
Chef Sets Guinness World Record By Cooking For More Than 5 Days
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Melbourne-based chef Evette Quoibia claimed the Guinness World Record for the longest cooking marathon (individual) by cooking for 140-hour 11-minute and 11-seconds. To give you a better perspective, she cooked for over five consecutive days to set this record!
Talking about her love for cooking, she said that she would always help out with family meals and found joy in sharing her love of good food with others. She shared that instead of toys, she would be cooking with little cups. She has grown to become a successful restaurant owner and chef. For this Guinness World Record, Evette Quoibia completed the exhausting task and claimed the title for longest cooking marathon (individual) by cooking for more than five days.
Dishes With Flavours Inspired By Nigerian, Asian & Australian Cooking
So, what did chef Evette Quoibia cook to claim the Guinness World Record? According to the website, she cooked the flavours of Liberia. For almost six days, she kept the doors of her kitchen open to anyone in Melbourne who wanted to try the cuisines of West Africa. She revealed that before applying for the record, she prepared for two months.
The chef shared that she spent talking to the event planner, the church, an assistant chef, and her team of kitchen volunteers to prepare for this momentous task. She cooked Liberian-style jollof rice, cassava leaves, and different stews and soups, which had vegetables like pepper, okra, and cabbage, with white rice. Her dishes were inspired by Nigerian, Asian, and Australian cooking.
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Kudos to chef Evette Quoibia for taking up this task and setting the Guinness World Record!
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