Nigerian celebrity chef Hilda Baci has become a three-time Guinness World Record holder after her September 2025 achievement was confirmed to have earned her an additional global title.
Baci announced on Tuesday that her record for the largest serving of Nigerian-style jollof rice also qualified as the largest serving of rice overall, bringing her total Guinness World Records to three.
She shared the update on Instagram, where she also amended her bio to read “Chef X3 Guinness World Record Holder”.
“Woke up a three-time Guinness World Records holder and I’m still trying to wrap my head around it. What a way to step into 2026,” she wrote.
According to an email from Guinness World Records, signed by Andrew Fanning, Head of Client Partnering at the Records Creative Team, the overlap between the two record categories meant Baci had broken both titles during the same attempt.
“Congratulations, you are Officially Amazing (again)! It has come to our attention when comparing record guidelines of the two record titles, that when you and your team attempted and achieved ‘Largest serving of Nigerian-style jollof rice,’ you also achieved the record title of ‘Largest serving of rice,’” Fanning wrote.
Reacting to the confirmation, Baci said the discovery came as a surprise months after the initial announcement.
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