Nigerian celebrity chef Hilda Baci has been officially acknowledged as having cooked the largest pot of jollof rice by the Guinness books of records.

The cooking took place at an organized event at the Eko hotels and suites in Victoria Island in Lagos on September 12th, 2025.

The event which is called the Gino world jollof Festival was attended by a mammoth crowd and it lasted several hours.

Several celebrities attended the ceremony and it generated a lot of social media attention.