Ghanaian chef Ebenezer Smith, widely known as Chef Smith, has been arrested and detained for falsely claiming a Guinness World Record for the longest cooking marathon by an individual.

On Tuesday, Smith announced on social media that he had set a new world record with a purported 820-hour 25-minute cooking marathon, spanning from February 1, 2024, to March 6, 2024.

However, Alina Polianskaya, the Public Relations Executive for Guinness World Records, refuted Smith’s claims in an interview with the BBC. “No, this is not true at all. He does not hold the GWR title, and that is not our certificate,” she stated.

Polianskaya clarified that the current record for the longest cooking marathon by an individual is 119 hours, 57 minutes, and 16 seconds, achieved by Irish chef Alan Fisher in Matsue, Shimane, Japan, from September 28 to October 3, 2023.

Fisher’s record surpassed the previous record held by Nigerian chef Hilda Baci.