Guinness World Records: Hilda Baci’s largest-serving jollof rice confirmed

Hilda Baci’s jollof rice record

“New record: Largest serving of Nigerian style jollof rice – 8,780 kg…”

Famous chef Hilda Baci has added another feather to her cap as her largest serving of Nigerian-style jollof rice, weighing 8,780 kilogrammes (19,356 lb 9 oz), has been confirmed by Guinness World Records.

The feat was accomplished on Friday in Victoria Island, Lagos, in the presence of fans and supporters, with comments and reactions on social media.

Officially announcing the achievement on Monday, Guinness World Records posted on its official X handle, “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.”

While speaking before the historic moment, Hilda Baci revealed that the specially designed pot used for the challenge has a capacity of 22,619 litres, and her goal is to fill it up to 80 per cent.

Hilda also told members of the press on Friday that 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,” she said.