Irish Chef breaks Hilda Baci’s Record for Longest Cooking Marathon

Guinness World Record on Tuesday announced that an Irish chef, Alan Fisher, has broken two Guinness World Records for the longest cooking and baking marathons by an individual.  Via its website. Fisher cooked continuously for 119 hours 57 minutes, surpassing the previous record of 93 hours 11 minutes set by Nigerian chef Hilda Baci earlier this year.

The Irishman also baked for 47 hours and 21 minutes, beating the prior record of 31 hours and 16 minutes. Fisher undertook both record attempts back-to-back, spending over 160 hours straight in the kitchen.

The Chef achieved these feats at his restaurant in Tokyo,  Kyojin Stewhouse, where he serves traditional Irish meals. Fisher took on the challenge to recover from pandemic hardships that nearly shuttered his business and prepared over 550 kg of food and 3,360 portions of 32 Irish recipes. Fisher said support from his local community kept him going through fatigue and hallucinations.

“I was representing myself, my family, and Irish food, and sharing our story. I couldn’t give up. That was the only option,” he stated. He started the 48 hours of baking at 9 a.m. on Monday, September 25, finishing at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, September 27, having baked 487 loaves of soda bread, averaging at ten loaves an hour. Alan began his non-stop cooking marathon on Thursday, September 29 at 4 p.m., making traditional Irish dishes such as bacon and cabbage, Irish stew, and chowder, finishing triumphantly 120 hours later on Monday.

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