The mother of celebrity chef Hilda Baci has credited prayer, fasting, and God’s mercy for her daughter’s latest Guinness World Record in Nigerian-style jollof rice.

Speaking during Pastor Jerry Eze’s NSPPD online morning service on Tuesday, Mrs. Bassey, who runs Calabar Pot restaurant in Abuja, shared a moving testimony of the events leading to the record-breaking feat.

She recalled her daughter’s bold plan to cook a six-metre-wide pot of rice using 250 bags of basmati. “When Hilda told me, I was shaking. That pot was like my office. I was afraid,” she admitted.

According to her, they immediately embarked on fasting and prayer. “We prayed every night, joined NSPPD daily, and put the event before God. I asked Him to turn fear into praise.”

Mrs. Bassey revealed that the giant pot eventually contained 200 bags of rice, 20 goats, 30 gallons of oil, and large quantities of tomato paste and spices. She said cranes were brought in to lift the heavy pot and its cover.

She confessed that her biggest fear was that the pot might collapse or leak. “If it leaked, the gas could catch fire. But God did it. Everything ended in praise.”

Breaking into gratitude, she declared, “What God cannot do does not exist. My daughter has become a two-time Guinness World Record holder. It can only be God.”