Wednesday 17 February 2016

Mentoring with Ikeolu

Mrs. Ikeolu Biobaku is the CRO (Chief Responsibility Officer) who ably leads the mix and bake team. An Economics graduate of the University of Ibadan,
An Alumnus of the prestigious Daystar leadership Executive Academy,
And graduate and Alumnus of the prestigious Lagos Business school, Pan-Atlantic University.
She was formally a banker, who resigned from her banking career, to develop and pursue her passion in confectionery, sugar-craft and event decorations and in recent times Ministry work.
She runs a ministry where men, women & youths are taught the confectionery art absolutely free and Salvation ministered to participants with record number of transformed lives: Spiritually, physically, emotionally & financially.
She is highly committed to making the best use of her talent and what GOD has entrusted unto her, thus over the years, She has honed her skills & knowledge of the confectionery craft with constant training/personal development.
As part of her commitment to “know her craft” She regularly attends the Sugarcraft and Cake Decoration Show, the NEC Birmingham, in the UK, and other sugar craft and cake exhibitions in London & South Africa annually, She also attends ICES (International Cake Exploration Society) conventions & exhibitions in the USA yearly.
Other Institutions she has attended include:
  • New York Institute of Culinary Education, Manhattan.
  • The Wilton School of Cake Decorating-Chicago.
  • Squires Kitchen International School of Cake Decorating in the UK.
  • French pastry school Chicago.
  • Rekivita Emulsifying Systems for Bakery Production and Technological aspects of Bakery in Singapore
  • PME Knightsbridge International School of Cake Decorating and Sugar craft U.K.
She has exhibited and showcased her work in several exhibitions (home and abroad). Having passed through the various stages of development involved in the process of becoming a top cake maker and confectioner, Mrs. Ikeolu Biobaku understands the challenges facing the budding confectionery entrepreneur.
She has therefore, over the years committed herself to doing all she can to help the upcoming ones survive and grow as far as the art and business of cake making is concerned.
In line with this, she, since year 2000 has organized teaching seminars and classes, and since 2005 (April) organized free classes where various aspects of cake baking, cake decorating, sugar craft and events decorating are taught. Thousands of upcoming cake makers and confectioners have since benefited from these classes. In May, 2006, she added the free ‘business classes’ idea to help start-ups in the industry have a grasp of how to run a business.
Mrs. Biobaku, her MIX AND BAKE team, and the free class ministry team successfully organize yearly conventions:
  1. THE CAKE BAKING & SUGARCRAFT FESTIVAL.
  2. THE MIX AND BAKE CAKE DECORATING EXHIBITION AND COMPETITION
  3. Which comprises of:
    • World class sugar crafters in attendance.
    • Massive cake displays, showcasing new trends in the industry.
    • Cake making and sugar craft tools from around the world.
    She is a member of:
    • The International Cake Exploration Society (ICES), headquartered in USA with branches around the world.
    • Nigeria sugar craft guild
    • British sugar craft guild, England
    In Nigeria, Mrs. Ikeolu Biobaku has done demonstrations and teaching seminars organized by several organizations
    Ikeolu is happily married to Tunde Biobaku, a successful business man who runs the Lagos based manufacturing and building company, Carat Building products Limited and they are blessed with two lovely children.
    For enquiries about her mentorship class,she can be reached through:
     +2348037276296, +2347046053415,
    Email: ojodu@mixnbakeng.com,www.mixnbakeng.com

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