Chef in Ghana aims to break world record with 120-hour cookathon

Failatu Abdul-Razak is being cheered on and widely celebrated in west African country

A chef in Ghana has been preparing regional dishes on live TV since New Year's Day in an attempt to break a world record for marathon cooking.

Failatu Abdul-Razak had cooked for more than 110 hours as of Friday afternoon at a hotel in the northern city of Tamale where she is aiming to break the Guinness world record for a cookathon of 119 hours and 57 minutes held by the Irish chef Alan Fisher.