A facebook post by one the friends of celebrated “Guinness Book of Record” setting chef for longest time cooking, Hilda Baci, has disclosed how some Brand Managers of some Corporate organizations turned Hilda’s request for sponsorship some weeks before her project.

Hilda, who on Monday, May, 15th, 2023, set a new record of 100 hours for the longest time in cooking, erased the record earlier set in 2019 by Indian,  Lata Tandon.

in the post on Facebook, the friend said: “Someone close to Hilda told me about her and how she conceptualized the historical idea that we just witnessed and then went to work looking for funding to make the idea a reality.”

“Not many brands took her seriously. So many brand managers turned her proposal down because they didn’t understand what she wanted to do or what it was all about. I wonder how those brands and brand managers are feeling this morning.”

“Those disappointments did not deter her, as she kept pushing and knocking on doors.

She wants to make the point that women who look like her can be smart, break the glass ceiling, and inspire the next generation of girls that impossible does not exist and is just a word.

But what is not fine is when you stop taking a bet on yourself, when you stop pushing yourself, and when you stop knocking on doors.

Credit: Chukwudi Iwuchukwu