Alan Fisher, an Irish chef based in Japan, has set two Guinness World Records for the longest cooking marathon by an individual.
The GWR announced this on its website on Tuesday.
Fisher cooked for 119 hours and 57 minutes, breaking the previous record of 93 hours and 11 minutes set earlier this year by Nigerian chef Hilda Baci.
The Irishman also set a new record for the longest baking marathon, baking for 47 hours and 21 minutes, breaking the previous mark of 31 hours and 16 minutes.
Fisher, astonishingly, attempted both records back-to-back, spending over 160 hours straight in the kitchen.
The Tokyo resident serves traditional Irish food at his restaurant, Kyojin Stewhouse, where he accomplished these feats. Fisher accepted the challenge of getting better from the pandemic setbacks that almost caused his company to close.
The chef prepared over 550 kg of food and 3,360 portions of 32 Irish recipes in order to break the previous record. Fisher claimed that despite his exhaustion and hallucinations, the support of his neighbourhood kept him going.
“I was representing myself, my family, and Irish food, and sharing our story. I couldn’t give up. That was the only option,” he stated. Guinness praised Fisher’s “incredible feat of endurance,” he said.
