June 12, (THEWILL) – The immediate past Commissioner for Works in Osun State, Remi Omowaye, has called on Nigerians to support Chef Dammy in her bid to set a new world record for longest cooking hours.
Omowaye, in a statement, said rather than discouraging the chef with a barrage of criticisms that have trailed her efforts to break a record set by another Nigerian for the longest cooking hour, Adeparusi should instead be encouraged to fulfil her dream.
He subsequently announced the donation of a sum of N100,000 to the chef and commended her for cooking traditional cuisines that were not so popular outside Ekiti State.
The statement further read in parts, “I throw my weight behind the Ekiti-born chef, Miss Damilola Adeparusi, with a cash support of N100,000 in her quest to break the Guinness World Record for the longest cooking marathon.
“Records are made to be broken. Damilola did not commit any crime by attempting to break Hilda’s record. The sky is wide enough to accommodate different types of birds. Let her spread her wings and fly. I think she is also trying to make a name for herself too. Healthy competition is not bad.
“Even if the lady doesn’t break the record, at least, we have known her now, like we knew Hilda and I think Hilda should also be happy to have been able to motivate someone to try to do the unthinkable.”
He, however, chided the Ekiti chef’s poor planning for the exercise, saying provision should have been made for a standby medical personnel in case of emergency but commended her for cooking local food.
He also advised the chef to prepare more traditional Ekiti meals like Feregede, Otili, Pakala, Usu Eura, Usu Olo, Ewa Alagbado, Eusaa, and Egbo among others, during the cooking marathon.
Adeperusi is gunning to surpass the 100 hours cooking marathon set by Hilda Effiong, aka Hilda Baci. She plans to attain 120 hours.
