Professional chef from Ghana, Failatu Abdul-Razak broke the world record for marathon cooking after cooking for more than 120 hours straight.
She has been continuously preparing local dishes on TV in a hotel in the northern city of Tamale since the New Year, which was cheered and celebrated in that West African country.
The Guinness World Record for cooking was 119 hours and 57 minutes of continuous cooking, and the record was held by Irish chef Alan Fisher.
Abdul-Razak "put Ghana on the map," said Isak Saki, president of the Ghana Chefs Association. "That's why we have to honor her".
West Africa has been gripped by frenzied world record attempts in several categories since Nigerian chef Hilda Bachi set the world cooking record last May with a 100-hour performance before being dethroned by Fischer.
The Guinness World Records organization has yet to publicly comment on Abdul-Razak's attempt. Any confirmation of her feat from the organization will likely come much later.
Celebrities, politicians and hundreds of ordinary people flocked to the Modern City Hotel in Tamale where a cooking stage was set up. Onlookers danced, sang and enjoyed prepared food amid the 120-hour countdown.
Ghana's Vice President Mahamudu Bavumiya spoke about it on Facebook earlier this week and gave 30.000 Ghana cedis ($2.564) to the cook.
"Go for the gold," he urged her.
Abdul-Razak said at the start of the feat that her attempt was a "national task" on behalf of Ghana and its citizens. Among the dishes she prepared were Ghana banka — fermented cornmeal balls in soup — as well as the spicy jollof rice enjoyed throughout West Africa.
"If I fail to do this, believe me, I have disgraced our president, Ghana, the people who have supported and nurtured me, my family and friends," she said.
According to the instructions, she is only entitled to a five-minute break every hour or one hour after 12 hours of continuous cooking.
Concerns have been raised about the possible mental consequences of this venture for the cook. Last month, Afua Asantevaa Ovusu Aduonum, also from Ghana, was forced to end her attempt to break the world record for the longest singing time after her medical team said her body was showing signs of mental stress.
It's the thrill that keeps record seekers going during the attempt, said Anabela Osei-Tutu, an associate professor of psychology at the University of Ghana.
"A lot of effort went into it, so right now they're running on adrenaline, which they might start to feel in their bodies as a toll," Osei-Tutu said.
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