Guinness World Records (GWR) has issued rules/guidelines to Ghanaian Chef, Abdul-Razak Failatu for her Cook-A-Thon attempt.
During Faila’s application to attempt the longest cooking marathon, GWR has informed her that once her request is accepted, the company would send guidelines to be followed.
According to Guinness World Records, these rules are to be obeyed as they are the principles to adjudge her evidence qualified or not.
Just as the GWR does to other record titles such as Sing-A-Thon, where Ghanaian Afua Asantewaa attempted, Chef Faila was not exemption.
It must be borne in mind that the rules for longest cooking marathon are different from that of longest singing marathon. Other record titles have their respective rules or guidelines.
In this article, the guidelines given by Guinness World Records to Cook-A-Thon challengers, especially Chef Faila are below.
Rules/Guidelines for Longest Singing Marathon (Cook-A-Thon)
1. The attempt must be carried out in an environment with suitable equipment in close proximity.
This means before a participant would start the attempt, there must be well prepared environment, where utensils or appliances that would be used must be close.
In other words, equipment that are going to aid the attempt must closer to the participant. This will help prevent him/her from going off camera.
2. The methods of cooking to be used must be submitted to Guinness World Records for pre-approval.
There are different methods of cooking. These methods must be sent to GWR to approve before the attempt begins or can start.
Failure to submit methods of cooking to the GWA before the beginning of the attempt may result in disqualification of the challenge.
3. The attempts starts as soon as the first food item either is prepared or has started cooking.
Once the challenger begins cooking or has cooked any food item, the attempt must start.
Simply put, there is nothing like trial in the longest cooking marathon record title, so participants are supposed to by this.
4. Hot or cold dishes are permitted.
This means that if a challenger wishes to do cold dishes, there is permission to do so. The Challenger can also prepare hot dishes supposing the other rules are followed.
5. No ready meals are permitted as all dishes must be freshly prepared.
No already prepared food is allowed. All dishes must be prepared with fresh items/ingredients from the scratch.
This must be done under camera, while recording evidence in public.
6. No reheating is allowed.
Once the meal is prepared, it must be consumed. Reheating to count is prohibited. In this case, challenger can prepare little meal to avoid leftovers.
7. The food can be marinated in advance.
Any food item which is hard or not can be soaked for minutes before preparing. Food item such as beans, maize, etc can be marinated before actual preparation.
8. One oven/multiple ovens/microwaves/stoves can be used at the same time.
Cook-A-Thon challenger can use single or more than one oven, microwaves or stoves at the same time. This is permitted by the GWR.
9. No industrial scale or restaurants grills will be considered.
No already prepared fishes/meats or grilled fishes/meats from restaurants or industries will be considered.
This can be tracked in the evidence, if this rule is disobeyed, sanctions may affect the attempt.
10. There must be at least two items being prepared/cooked at any time.
Once a participant place an item on fire cooking, another item must also be prepared alongside. The least items to be prepared at the same time is two.
11. Once the dishes have been put in relevant cooking appliance (oven, stove, etc.), the participant must immediately start preparing the next dish.
12. It is permitted for a helper to assist in preparation work, washing up, cleaning the kitchen area, etc. but all of the cooking must be done by the individual attempting the record.
Anyone in the kitchen helping must not involve in the cooking of any food. Rather, such person can only help clean up, wash plates etc.
13. The number, name and weight of each cooked item must be submitted with the evidence.
The number of items cooked, the name of the item and their weights must be recorded and submitted with the evidence of the attempt.
14. All items must be consumed after cooking. Items may be given out as charity.
According to Guinness World Records, no cooked item must be left unconsumed. So therefore, it is good to give out the cooked items as charity.
15. The challenger must demonstrate that the food has been prepared according to local food hygiene standard laws.
Hygienic standards for food cooking must be followed and demonstrated by the one attempting the record.
16. The food needs to be kept in hygienic condition throughout the attempt of the record.
All food prepared or unprepared must be kept under good hygienic condition throughout the period of the record attempt.
17. Where the food is prepared in a commercial kitchen, copies of the food hygiene certificate of that kitchen must be provided.
Challenger must provide copies of hygiene certificate if he or she prepares her food in commercial kitchen.
18. After the attempt, food items must be divided and distributed or donated for general consumption by humans.
Food items must not be left to go waste. They must be shared among people to consumer after the attempt.
19. Prior to the attempt, the challenger must submit their plans for food distribution to GWR for pre-approval.
Before the attempt begins, how the challenger would distribute the food must be submitted to the Guinness World Records for pre-approval.
The Guinness World Records’ initiative has sparked stir in Ghanaian media space. The first Ghanaian challenger, Afua Asantewaa, who has many achievement has ended her attempt. Faila is the second challenger from Ghana.
The Cook-A-Thon rules are specific and straight forward, so they need to be heeded to by the challengers.
Source: bbcpulse.com