After making history with her marathon cooking session, Guinness World Record holder Hilda Baci now faces a delicious problem: what to do with mountains of leftover food that could feed hundreds of people.
The celebrity chef has issued an urgent appeal to Lagos residents, asking them to help prevent what could be one of the city’s biggest food waste disasters.
Despite her team’s efforts to package and distribute thousands of meals during her record-breaking cook-a-thon, enormous quantities of perfectly good food remain at the venue.
“There’s still food, please you guys come and get it. It’s a lot and I can’t waste it,” Hilda pleaded on social media, her concern about food waste clearly evident.
She’s opened the doors at Eko Hotel and Suites, inviting anyone with food containers to come and take home free meals.
Her determination to ensure no food goes to waste is admirable. “The food is good, so come with your cooler.
We still have so much left, even after all the packaging,” she explained. “I won’t leave this place until everybody in Lagos has tasted this food.”
The scale of leftover food speaks to just how massive her cooking marathon was, but it’s also sparked an important conversation about food distribution in a city where many go hungry daily.
Lagosians quickly responded to her call, though not everyone thought asking people to come to Victoria Island was the best approach.
Social media users offered practical suggestions that could reach those who need free meals most.
“Take it directly to communities like Mushin, Orile, Mile 12, Ojuelegba, and Ijanikin,” suggested one user named Juliette580, pointing out that many people in these densely populated areas might struggle to get to the upscale hotel venue.
Others had similar thoughts. User afromediabyokomile recommended targeting “orphanages and people living on the streets,” while some joked about Hilda bringing portions to mainland areas where transportation to Victoria Island can be challenging and expensive.
press9jatv said: “Abeg lagosians should eat the rice ooooo. 🍚 Hilda baci rice 🍚 sweets niii. Who don chop it
immortalcrown said: “There’s something I need to understand about this post. Do the pictures show what the public is invited to come and eat?
Juliette580 advised: “She should take it to the streets in mushin,orile,mile 12, ojuelegba, ijanikin
afromediaby okomile added: “Also orphanages Beggars on the streets Tfare nko? Better to eat in my street ooooo Pele ooooo
Rexymania said: “Carry ma come mainland”
sprints1 commented: “Simple thing call Naija yeyebrities to leave their buses or cars for their driver and they should drive the food plenty coolers if she sees 30 vehicles with 10 big coolers the food will finish they should take to mainland suburb egbeda mushin paja orile agege ogba somolu shitta the food go finish.”
OgbeniOja1 said: “All the ebin pawas and hungry omoluabis should pls take great advantage of this offer ooooo. I’m sure na the major reason for situating it in Lasgidi. The cosmopolitan state. Poverty alleviation that is effective.
OgbeniOja1 stated: ”Oshodi. Yaba and Ojuelegba boys will appreciate it. Then all those people seeing shege at ago palace, ejigbo and ikotun down to igando. Hunger deyshaaaa. Then some should be exported to ogun at mowe and Osun state most especially at Irabiji.
