Damilola Adeparusi, the Nigerian chef better known as Chef Dammy, has denied rumours that she plans to break the Guinness World Records (GWR) for the largest pot of beans.
Dammy’s clarification comes a few days after Hilda Baci was officially certified by the GWR for cooking the largest serving of Nigerian-style jollof rice.
Recent rumours had suggested that Chef Dammy was preparing her own record attempt for the largest serving of beans.
However, in an Instagram post on Wednesday, Dammy denied the reports, stating that embarking on such a project is “impossible”.
The chef also extended her congratulations to Baci and the sponsors of the jollof rice event, emphasising that “it is a win for all West Africans”.
She explained that she made the video statement because colleagues and followers have been persistently asking her to confirm the beans-cooking rumour.
“I want to say a very big congratulations to Miss Hilda for the just concluded project of cooking the biggest pot of jollof rice to feed thousands of people,” she said.
“Imagine cooking in a very big pot to feed thousands. Congratulations to Nigerians as a whole too because this is a win for everybody; to all West African countries.
“Congratulations and thank you to Gino for sponsoring this event. Aside the fact that I sent congratulatory message to Hilda’s DM, I will still have to say a big thank you to her.
“I am actually making this video because people have been asking me where I was in the kitchen, that ‘Chef Dammy are you truly cooking beans’. No why would I do that?”
