Temitope Adebayo, popularly known as Tope Maggie, is a Nigerian chef from Ogbomoso. He is currently on a mission to break the Guinness World Record for the longest cooking marathon by an individual. He has set a 200-hour cook-a-thon target, which is about eight days. The event, which started on Thursday by 6 pm, is being held at Ogbomoso Recreation Club, opposite LAUTECH College of Health Sciences, Isale-General, Ogbomoso, Oyo State. Tope Maggie is seeking to outdo an Irish chef, Alan Fisher, who owns a restaurant in Japan and currently holds the Guinness World Record for longer cooking hours.
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Full name: Alhaji Auwalu Abdullahi Rano
Nickname: Tope Maggie
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Nationality: Nigerian
Marital status: Married
Education: Federal Polytechnic Ede, Osun State
Occupation: Chef
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Tope Maggie Biography and Early Life
Tope Maggie was born and raised by a prominent Chef in Ogbomoso, popularly known as Mama Maggie, coined from her name Mama Margaret. She’s reputed to be the first certified caterer in the ancient city of Ogbomoso in Oyo State. Tope grew up learning culinary skills from his mother and grew up to love the food business.
He attended the Federal Polytechnic Ede, Osun State, where he studied Hotel and Hospitality Management. He has worked with different hotels and currently runs a chain of restaurants in Ogbomoso called ‘Tope Maggie’s Kitchen’.
Career
Tope Maggie is a chef and entrepreneur. He is known for his culinary skills and has been featured in several media outlets. He is currently running a 200-hour Cook-a-thon in order to return the longest cooking hours record formerly held by fellow compatriot Hilda Baci, to Nigeria. Since the beginning of the cooking marathon on Thursday, he has served over 12 different local and continental delicacies, serving over 1,200 people freely in about 28 hours covered so far and still counting at the time of this report around 9 pm on Friday night.
Personal Life
Tope Maggie is married with children.
Net Worth
There is no publicly available information on Tope Maggie’s net worth.