Tears of joy, army salute and more: Watch scenes from Tamale after Chef Faila ended her cook-a-thon bid

Chef Failatu Abdul Razak, the Ghanaian woman hoping to break the current Guinness World Record for the longest cooking marathon – cook-a-thon – ended her bid today, Wednesday, January 10, 2024.

Chef Faila, as she has become widely known, ended her bid after 227 hours and 2 seconds of cooking, from Monday, January 1, 2024, to Wednesday, January 10, 2024.

Chef Faila, who is the first Ghanaian to attempt the feat and has become the pride of the nation, rightly ended her bid with the National Anthem of Ghana, God Bless Our Home Land, Ghana.

Videos of the closing of Chef Faila’s cook-a-thon at the Modern City Hotel in Tamale are now dominating social media.

One of the videos showed the chef saluting personnel of the Ghana Armed Forces, who have been supportive of her, as they played the national anthem.

After the anthem, she was embraced by her husband, Lieutenant Reginald Ofosuhene Adjei, a personnel of the 69 Airborne Force of the Ghana Armed Forces.

She then came out of her kitchen to embrace the soldiers and some of her supporters as she was shedding tears of joy.

The chef was not the only person in tears, as many of the Ghanaians who have been supporting her since day one could be seen crying as others sang and danced.

The street leading to the hotel was filled 1000s of people, who came to celebrate Chef Faila's success.

Watch the video below:

Ladies & Gents,

Chef @FailaAbdulRazak

A National HEROINE! #CookathonByFaila #CookathonOnGTV pic.twitter.com/rC86hhy4Mw

— GTV Ghana (@GTV_Ghana) January 10, 2024

#failcookathon: @JahBless_Faila has finished her 227-hour cook-a-thon. We are incredibly proud of her. ???????????? pic.twitter.com/uDhxt37LUY

— Class 91.3FM (@Class913fm) January 10, 2024

Now Chairman will have to buy food till there is another Cookathon ????
'Free food' era has officially been ended
@guinnessworldrecords #Failacookathon#CookathonByFaila#AdomShowbiz#FAILCOOKATHON Rest in Peace KPMG John Mahama Sarkodie President Akufo-Addo #DumsorIsBack pic.twitter.com/xUEPxVtB85

— Adom TV (@adom_tv) January 10, 2024

Officially over @ 227:00:02
Congratulations @FailaAbdulRazak
Thank you chef Eric#Ghana is proud of you#FAILCOOKATHON #FAILACOOKATHON @GWR over to you pic.twitter.com/VxeboNvuLP

— Priscilla Naa-Dei Kotey (@Naa_Nilla) January 10, 2024

At first I thought it was a f!ght????

Crowd reaction as chef Faila prepares to put down her utensils and ingredients to end her Cook-a-thon journey

Video credit: Zionfelix

#FAILCOOKATHON pic.twitter.com/pujuNJ5hKJ

— Eviana Gh (@EvianaGh) January 10, 2024

He spent 3 days riding on a bicycle from Ashaiman to Tamale.
All for the love of Faila

@guinnessworldrecords #Failacookathon#CookathonByFaila#AdomShowbiz#FAILCOOKATHON Rest in Peace Abena Sarkodie Blacko #DumsorIsBack President Akufo-Addo Jimmy Kimmel Amerado pic.twitter.com/305C8nhNfh

— Adom TV (@adom_tv) January 10, 2024

Countdown as Chef Faila brings her one-week 'free food' to an end for Ghanaians.

@guinnessworldrecords #Failacookathon#CookathonByFaila#AdomShowbiz#FAILCOOKATHON Rest in PeaceJohn Mahama Blacko President Akufo-Addo KPMG Seal Team 6 #DumsorIsBack Ecuador Faila Stonebwoy pic.twitter.com/Pv0xS1DQ7b

— Adom TV (@adom_tv) January 10, 2024