Nigerian Sets Record As She Beats Nine Others To Emerge Winner Of Baking Show In Canada
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- April 22, 2021
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Raufikat Oyawoye becomes the first Nigerian to win the Great Canadian Baking Show.
A Nigerian, Raufikat Oyawoye has made history in faraway Canada after she beat nine other bakers to emerge as the winner of the ‘Great Canadian Baking Show‘ Season 4.
She also became the first Nigerian to win the competition since the contest started in 2017. The Great Canadian Baking Show is a Canadian cooking competition television series that premiered on CBC Television on November 1, 2017.
It is an adaptation of the U.K. series The Great British Bake Off, which is aired in Canada under the title The Great British Baking Show.
The Great Canadian Baking Show kicked off its season 4 on February 14, 2021, and Raufikat was crowned the winner on April 4, 2021, after 8 weeks of competition.
35-year-old Raufikat is a mother of two and an information technology support engineer at Milton, Ontario.
The Electrical and Computer Engineering graduate of the University of Technology, Minna had worked in MTN Nigeria, Galaxy Backbone, and Nigeria Communication Commission before she left for greener pastures in Canada.
She was up against fellow finalists Tanner Davies of Winnipeg, Man., and Mahathi Mundluru of Markham, Ontario, in the season finale, and she says it was a lifetime experience.
In a touching ceremony that reunited the finalists with fellow bakers from earlier in the season, hosts Ann Pornel and Alan Shane announced Raufikat as the winner.
“Raufikat totally deserved that win. She’s such a phenomenal baker, so talented, and never delivered anything less than perfection,” says Mahathi.
Her husband, Taofeek revealed that what makes her wife special and so unique is that she puts her love into what she does.
“Even when she’s missing home, and homesick, she will want to get up and bake.”
Raufikat says her flavours were inspired by her mother’s kitchen when she was in Nigeria.
