Alleged Fake GWR Certificate: Reactions As Chef Smith Arrested For Fraud

Renowned Ghanaian chef, Chef Ebenezer Smith, has been arrested and detained at the La police station on allegations of fraud.

His arrest and detention are reported by Asaaseradio.com to be in connection with an alleged “defrauding one of the sponsors, Amadia Shopping Mall, of his cooking marathon of about GHC350,000.”

This is coming not long after Chef Smith held a press conference announcing that he is the latest Guinness World Record holder for the longest cooking marathon.

He stated this at the press conference held at La Palm Royal Beach Hotel in Accra on Tuesday, 2 July where he announced, “Today is the day that I will forever remember. I am incredibly humbled and honoured to stand before you today as the Guinness World Record holder.”

The event, which took place at La Palm Royal Beach Hotel, saw Chef Smith claim to have cooked continuously for an astounding 820 hours from 1 February to 6 March 2024.

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Alleged Fake GWR Certificate

The Guinness World Record confirmed that the certificate Chef Smith showed the world is fake.

Responding to an inquiry from Edem Kojo, the prestigious awarding body confirmed that the certificate in question is not an authentic GWR document.

Madalyn Biefeld, a representative from Guinness World Records, emphatically stated that Chef Smith is not the new world cook-a-thon champion.

According to GWR, the current record for the longest cook-a-thon is still held by Alan Fisher from Ireland.

Fisher set an impressive record with a time of 119 hours, 57 minutes, and 16 seconds in February this year.

Reactions

Ghanaians on the internet are calling for the prosecution of Chef Smith for faking his GWR certificate.

@DFW Baron – Chef Smith has scammed the whole of Ghana.

@IamAsantewaa – Very shameful act. Nigerians really go over cook us.

@Akosua TunTum – Animguase sei
Youngest Ceo – Why would he do this to Ghanaians