- Safiu Kehinde
Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele, and musician, Folarin Falana, popularly known as Falz, have both turned up at the Guiness World Record breaking attempt by celebrity chef, Hilda Baci, thrilling the audience with their appearance.
NPO earlier Reported that Hilda Baci had on Friday embarked on a new record-breaking attempt to cook the largest pot of jollof rice.
The event currently holding at the Eko Hotel and Suite had attracted thousands of youths and celebrities.
Joining the list of public figures at the event were Funke Akindele and Falz.
As seen in a video shared on X, Funke Akindele the thrilled the audience with her dance steps as Falz performed on stage.
Akindele would later join Hilda Baci at the pot where she was given a wooden turner to stir the content in the steaming jollof pot.
Other celebrities who had earlier arrived at the venue were social media influencer, Enioluwa, and dancer, Kaffy.
Baci is to cook 250 bags of rice in a cook-a-thon that was originally slated to hold at Muri Okunola Park.
The venue was however changed due to the need for a larger stage to accommodate the huge fans who had shown interest in being present.
The cooking started on Friday afternoon with Baci and her mother pouring about 12 kegs of cooking oil into the giant cooking pot which was fabricated in Lagos.
The pot was fabricated in the Gbagada area of Lagos and was transported to the venue via a low bed truck with the Gino brand on it.
According to report, the fabricated pot weighs around 1,430kg.