Guinness World Record holder, Hilda Baci will display her world-beating culinary skills in Lagos on Friday, 14th July to raise funds for a widow.
Baci’s dishes will be tasted in an initiative by Joseph Edgar (popular known as The Duke of Somolu) to assist widows and empower them to be self-reliant.
Edgar, Chief Executive Officer of Duke of Somolu Productions, a theatrical play-producing outfit, disclosed this to newsmen on Sunday.
He said that Baci is expected to display her “mesmerising skills which enamoured the world and saw her emerge as the Guinness record holder in a bid to raise one million naira for a widow”.
He said that the initiative, which had been running for the last three years, had raised more than N10 million for deserving widows.
Edgar further said: “The initiative involves very close friends and associates of The Duke of Somolu, donating cash instead of gifts to mark his birthdays.
“The cash gifts are then sent to needy widows, who would have been nominated by members of the public.
“Last year, two million naira was donated to four deserving widows by the friends and associates of the Duke of Somolu
“This year, three million naira was raised with the winner, who got one million naira, nominated by a director at Keystone Bank, Mr Yemi Odusanya, who incidentally shares the same birthday with the Duke”.
Edgar himself chose 10 other widows from among the close to 100 nominees who shared N1 million.
He said that Baci would be cooking for 10 people at the Ivy Hotel at Emerald in Ikeja GRA, Lagos.
According to him, N1 million will be donated to a widow of her choice.
He said that Prothrive Astute Heights Limited, makers of Grandios Pap, would sponsor the event as part of its social responsibility.
