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Meet Alan Fisher The Chef Who Broke Hilda Baci’s Guinness World Record
Alan Fisher is an Irish-born Chef who recently broke two cooking-related Guinness World Records titles. He is particularly in the headline for displacing the Nigerian Chef Hilda Baci as the latest record holder for the longest cooking Marathon (individual) after clocking in a time of 119 hours 57 minutes. Here is what we know about Alan Fisher and how he was able to acquire his recent World Guinness Titles.
Alan Fisher is an Irish-born Chef who recently broke two cooking-related Guinness World Records titles. He is particularly in the headline for displacing the Nigerian Chef Hilda Baci as the latest record holder for the longest cooking Marathon (individual) after clocking in a time of 119 hours 57 minutes. Here is what we know about Alan Fisher and how he was able to acquire his recent World Guinness Titles.
Biography
Alan Fisher is an Irish-born chef based in Japan. He owns the Kyojin Stewhouse restaurant which focuses on the mainstays of Irish households: stews, soups, homemade breads, and potatoes. Not much is known about Alan’s early life, but he graduated from Dublin City University in 2008.
After going through an overseas graduate programme, which introduced Irish graduates to companies in Asia, Alan received a job offer at a company in Tokyo. He further established himself in the eastern Asian country, getting married and working for many further years.
In August 2014, as stated in his interview with the World Guinness Records Article, Alan took the leap of faith and decided to start his own business. He decided to focus on Irish food and culture as the main themes of the business.
As earlier stated the business is named the Kyojin Stewhouse restaurant, which focuses on the mainstays of Irish households: stews, soups, homemade breads, and potatoes. According to Alan, customers would not only feel like they’re in Ireland but also feel as if they are in his home.
Breaking The GWR Records
In March 2023, while participating in the “I Love Ireland” festival in Tokyo, Alan Fisher learnt about the longest cooking marathon. During a break, he searched on the internet to find out that the record at the time was held by Lata Tondon (India) with a time of 87 hours 45 minutes. Then in May, Alan realized that Hilda Baci had extended the record to 93 hours and 11 minutes.
Lata Tondon and Hilda Baci’s record achievements served as an inspiration to him. As a result of these Alan Fisher decided to take on the record-breaking journey himself.
The record attempt proved to be extremely challenging, even during the preparation phase. Alan had to make a food distribution plan so that there would be no wastage of the food he cooked. “Everything must be for human consumption. My attempt would only be successful if the people of Matsue got behind what I was doing and showed up to support the challenge” he said. In addition, Alan needed to film the record of his attempt for evidence. TSK the local TV provider, came to help.
During the record attempt, Alan Fisher had to overcome different types of obstacles as time went by. During the longest baking marathon (individual) record attempt, it was his back that caused him trouble. Because Alan was mixing dough by hand, his posture got distorted, and as a result, his back got tight and sore. Towards the end of the longest cooking marathon (individual) record attempt, Alan had to endure fatigue and sleepiness.
After nine days of baking and cooking, Alan had made 357 kg worth of soda bread and 590 kg worth of dishes (3,360 portions consisting of 32 recipes). But it was all worth it when he received his two world record certificates for the longest cooking marathon (individual) and longest baking marathon (individual)
What’s even more impressive is that Alan took on both attempts back to back, meaning he was at work in the kitchen for over 160 hours with just over a day of rest in between!
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