Draft:Failatu Abdul-Razak

Failatu Abdul-Razak (born November 7, 1978), also known as Faila, is a Ghanaian chef and woman and child rights anti-trafficking advocate. She is known for having attempted to break the longest cooking marathon.

Education
Failatu Abdul Razak attended Tamle Business School in Tamale. She read Integrated Community Development (ICD) at the University for Development Studies (UDS) Wa Campus. She also attended Sunyani Technical University.

Career
Failatu Abdul Razak is the owner and founder of Mickey's Inn, a continental restaurant in Tamale. She opened the restaurant in 2017 and is a team member of the Ijbah Ghana Foundation, a non-profit government organization (NGO) that aims to help and assist orphans in the city. Right after her undergraduate program, she started working with the Bank of Africa but resigned subsequently. She worked briefly with Mafara Hotel and Relax Lodge in Tamale to acquire culinary skills.

Longest cooking marathon
In December 2023, Failatu announced that she would attempt to break the record for the longest cooking marathon. She started cooking on January 1, 2024 at the Modern City Hotel, located in Tamale, Ghana. She cooked non-stop for 227 hours.

Personal life
She is married to a military man, Reginald Ofosuhen Adjei and they have a child