Popular Nigerian chef Hilda Bassey Effiong, commonly known as Hilda Baci, has said that it was grace that allowed her to receive so much attention for her attempts to break the Guinness World Record.
However, she said that not everyone was pleased with her quest to beat the record for the longest solo cooking marathon.
The graduate, who is 27 years old, made the remark during a conversation on the FK Abudu and Jollz-hosted podcast I Said What I Said.
Hilda claims that some others were unhappy because they believed Hilda was “too blessed” in terms of her beauty, success in her work, and attractive figure.
The chef said; “There were a lot of ‘It’s not fairs’, like, ‘how can only her be fine, be hot, ah ah. How can only her have all these things? That’s not how life is.”
She denied paying for publicity and said that only grace could have made that possible.
She added that the huge outpouring of support, with people turning up every day until she finished her 100-hour cooking marathon, is something that no one can plan or pay for.
“The PR that we invested in, how much, how many was it? The kind of earned media that the attempt got, you can not pay for it. You can’t plan for it, you can’t pay it. It’s grace. You can only hope,” Hilda said.