“I actually tried to get on Big Brother (Naija) for 5 times before my cook a-thon”- Hilda Baci

Renowned Chief, Hilda Effiong Bassey, better known as Hilda Baci has revealed her personal interest in the Big Brother Naija, she said she tried getting in five times but was not chosen.

She made this declaration while appearing as a guest on The Big Friday Show hosted by Tacha in cool Fm.

According to her before she decided to audition for the popular reality show but the cook-a-thon was still in the pipeline. She noted that she planned to hold her cook-a-thon after coming out of the Big Brother house. She said, “I actually tried to get on Big Brother [Naija] for a while. I think I auditioned about four or five times.

“The plan for the cook-a-thorn was still in the pipeline, so my goal was to go to Big Brother and then come out and do the cook-a-thorn.”

She also acknowledge that god had a better plan for her

In her words, “But I guess God just knew, he was like you know what, this is fine just focus on this, this is going to take a lot more from you.”

Recall that, Hilda Bassey set a new record in Guinness world record with 93 hours 11 minute after surpassing Indian chef Lata Tondon 87 hours, 45 minutes cooking maranthon in 2023.

In March 2023, she announced she would be attempting the record for the longest cooking marathon. On 11 May 2023, she started her record attempt titled “Cook-a-thon”. She broke the record on 15 May, on Monday at exactly 7:45 am, as longest cooking marathon by any individual hitting 87 hours 50 minutes above the previous record holder in 2019. She officially received her certificate from the Guinness World Book of Records in June 2023.