There is nothing small about being a chef. – Hilda Bacci

Hilda Baci, a chef from Nigeria, has urged prospective cooks not to demean themselves by thinking that beginning a profession in cooking is insignificant.

Even before the loud throng encouraged her to a historic cook-a-ton in Nigeria's busy commercial capital, Baci had long since set the aim.

The Guinness World record holder Lata Tondon cooked for 87 hours and 45 minutes in the Indian city of Rewa before setting out on this challenging endeavor.

However, Bacci smashed the record on Monday and at 4:00 pm that same day reached 96 hours after four days in the Amore Gardens in Lekki. The Guinness World Records organization, however, claimed it was still examining her achievement.

On March 14, two months before she became a household name, Baci had admitted that one of the goals of her cook-a-thon was to demonstrate that cooking is a skill that can be mastered. "I believe that we ought to be more loud and proud of what we are doing in this position that we are in. There is nothing tiny about cooking. There is nothing tiny about being a chef. You must own it, whether you are a man or female cook.

"The sky has enough room for all of us to fly. You must declare it loudly and proudly. You need to let people know that what you are doing is important, even if a million other people are doing it as well, since there is a difference and something unique about you, she said.

Baci, who formerly hosted "Dine on A Budget" for a television station, claimed that she has always been interested in cooking, even when she was a program host.

“I still hosted cooking segments on my breakfast show. Despite the fact that I had the talent and capacity to be a presenter, the part of me that is the cook and chef didn’t go away, so I just married but of them together. Along the line, I transitioned into full-time cooking,” she said.

Despite wanting to live a posh lifestyle, the celebrity chef admitted that there is money to be made from using her culinary skills.

She continued by saying that mothers often teach their kids to cook for domestic purposes without emphasizing the prospect of them using this talent to support themselves.

"I watched my mother sell her cooking for a living. In her cooking business, my mother taught us. While I was at it, I also realized that there is money to be made in this (cooking), she added.

Because of the sentiments associated with price and cost, she lamented, newcomers to the cooking industry do not develop properly. "You are not doing them a favor and they are not doing you a favor," she said.

"Neither you nor them are doing the other party a favor. Your service is being rendered. You also need to get compensated, just like a speaker, doctor, or lawyer do," she continued.