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  • Tosan Jemide celebrates golden age

    CELEBRITY cake maestro, Tosan Jemide, literarily made Lagos stood still as he clocked 50 last weekend.

    He played host to  family, friends, clients and the crème of Nigerian society who came out to support the launch, including Senator Florence  Ita-Giwa, Senator Daisy Danjuma to a double celebration at  The Lekki Coliseum as  he unveiled his much-anticipated book, “Sugar Icing: A Story of Grit and Glory”.

    He also used the occasion to announce his retirement after two decades from the business to face other projects. His focus includes mentoring and setting up a cake school.

  • Celebrity baker, Tosan Jemide marks birthday in style

    It was a gathering of bigwigs in the society as celebrity cake maker, Tosan Jemide marked his 50th birthday last Friday. The birthday soiree which held at The Lekki Coliseum, Lagos also featured the presentation of his book, “Sugar Icing: A Story of Grit and Glory”.

    Welcoming guests to the event, Jemide said that although he is retiring from active cake making, it is his desire to move on into other things.

    “I have done great, if I say so, in that field,” Jemide said, referring to his baking skills.

    “So I’m now going into what I call the legacy phase of my life where I feel the need to give back. I feel the need to begin to impact the industry that I’ve built my life around; the need to mentor influence and grow the younger sugar artistes which I had done already in so many ways. But I now want to formalise it by setting up a cake school, a proper state of the art, globally recognised baking, cake decorating school where you will get certification and you will be acknowledged as having gone to a proper school.”

    The book chronicles the road to building the tallest cake for which Jemide is reputed; the challenges that came with it and how he was able to surmount it.

    Congratulating him on the successful launch of his book, media personality, Betty Irabor who was a guest reader at the event said that she is happy to share this day with the celebrant.

    “I read somewhere that there are some things that each of us must do before we leave this planet,” she said.

    “And one of those things is to plant a tree and also to write a book. We were placed on this earth to live our lives in such a way that we must make an impact on others.”

    Among guests present at the unveil were HRH. Erelu Abiola Dosunmu, Senator Ita Giwa, Senator Daisy Danjuma and others.

  • Celebrity cake maker, Tosan Jemide

    Celebrated cake maker, Tosan Jemide, reputed for making the iconic “Tallest Cake in Africa”, has announced that he will officially be retiring from active cake-making to focus on new projects including mentoring and setting up a cake school. This is coming after more than two decades in the business.

    Jemide of the Cakes by Tosan fame is known for designing some of Nigeria’s most iconic cakes and winning several awards.

    The baker who is turning 50 this month will also be launching a book, Sugar Icing, as part of activities marking the celebration.

    Speaking on his retirement plans, Jemide said that he is indeed grateful for the many opportunities he has received over the past two decades. He also expressed his excitement about what he called the “new phase” of Tosan Jemide, which will be referred to as CBTImpact, focused on giving back to society and mentoring Nigeria’s next generation of cake masters.

    “I am not retiring into oblivion; actually, I may become even busier with some of the new projects we will be embarking on over the next few months and years. The whole idea is to help the new generation of entrepreneurs and professional bakers be better at what they do by instituting a new and minimum standard for excellence in the industry,” he said.

    Jemide also said he owed his success in part to the formalized training he received as a young baker in the United Kingdom, and that, even though he faced several challenges as a rising star, he never lost hold of the fundamentals.

    As a master icing expert and cake decorator, Tosan Jemide’s iconic ‘Tallest Cake in Africa, a 28 feet masterpiece was unveiled in 2013 to global recognition and acclaim. He is currently the President of the Premium Breadmakers Association of Nigeria (PBAN). He is also the Managing Director of Topcrust Bakeries.

  • Celebrity cake maker, Tosan Jemide to set up school

    Celebrated cake maker, Tosan Jemide, reputed for making the iconic “Tallest Cake in Africa”, has announced that he will officially be retiring from active cake-making to focus on new projects including mentoring and setting up a cake school. This is coming after more than two decades in the business.

    Jemide of the Cakes by Tosan fame is known for designing some of Nigeria’s most iconic cakes and winning several awards.

    The baker who is turning 50 this month will also be launching a book, Sugar Icing, as part of activities marking the celebration.

    Speaking on his retirement plans, Jemide said that he is indeed grateful for the many opportunities he has received over the past two decades. He also expressed his excitement about what he called the “new phase” of Tosan Jemide, which will be referred to as CBTImpact, focused on giving back to society and mentoring Nigeria’s next generation of cake masters.

    “I am not retiring into oblivion; actually, I may become even busier with some of the new projects we will be embarking on over the next few months and years. The whole idea is to help the new generation of entrepreneurs and professional bakers be better at what they do by instituting a new and minimum standard for excellence in the industry,” he said.

    Jemide also said he owed his success in part to the formalized training he received as a young baker in the United Kingdom, and that, even though he faced several challenges as a rising star, he never lost hold of the fundamentals.

    As a master icing expert and cake decorator, Tosan Jemide’s iconic ‘Tallest Cake in Africa, a 28 feet masterpiece was unveiled in 2013 to global recognition and acclaim. He is currently the President of the Premium Breadmakers Association of Nigeria (PBAN). He is also the Managing Director of Topcrust Bakeries.

  • Tosan Jemide soars high

    Tosan Jemide soars high

    WHEN Nigerian brides are preparing for their wedding day, they search far and wide, high and low, for one man who can make their wedding cake dreams come true. Tosan Jemide’s cakes are considered masterpieces not only because they taste good, but mostly because they always look spectacular. Despite recording huge success in his business, the unassuming Sociology graduate of the University of Ibadan is battling with the home front. The once married sugar crafter is separated from his wife, Dionne, who used to work with him.