577 SHARES Share Tweet [mc4wp_form id=33047]Nigerian celebrity chef, Hilda Bassey, has spoken of the heart-stopping moment when a giant cooking pot collapsed during her attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the largest pot of jollof rice ever cooked. In a video interview shared on X by HipTV on Tuesday, Hilda revealed how the incident shook her confidence. Advertisement“When we had the mishap with the pot, in my first few seconds, my heart was in my hands. As the crane hoisted the pot for weighing, one side gave way and the support legs collapsed, though the rice remained intact. Her team submitted photographic and video evidence of the weighing to Guinness World Records, which later certified her as the official holder of the largest pot of jollof rice cooked at one time.