Ghanaian chef and entrepreneur Chef Ebenezer Smith, also known as Chef Smith, has completed his Guinness World Record attempt for the longest cooking marathon by an individual at 820 hours today, March 6, 2024.
Chef Smith started his Guinness World Record attempt on February 1, 2024, at the Amadia Shopping Centre at Spintex, Accra, to break the existing record of 119 hours held by Alan Fisher.
He initially planned to go 360 hours, then 1200 hours, before announcing that he would be ending on March 6, 2024.
Although the cook-a-thon did not get much publicity, Chef Smith got attention in the latter days as a host of celebrities and musicians, including Amerado, Kofi Jamar, Nana Ama McBrown, Clemento Suarez, Kwaku Manu, and others, visited the venue to support Chef Smith in his remarkable feat.
On March 6, 2024, Chef Smith officially put his tools down and announced the end of his GWR attempt.
Sources close to the Chef to DailyNewsGhana that, he has been admitted to the hospital for a check. The source added that it is nothing serious but a mandatory check-up after his 35 days of nonstop cooking.
