Lagos Nigeria welcomed the arrival of Tosan Jemide\u2019s much anticipated book, \u201cSugar Icing: A Story of\u00a0Grit and Glory\u201d on Friday April 6 th . The Lekki Coliseum venue of the book presentation, which also Yomi Owope and Tosan<\/p><\/div>\n Betty Irabor<\/p><\/div>\n Bobo Omotayo and Betty Irabor<\/p><\/div>\n Jemide gave a first look inside Sugar Icing with compelling reads from various sections of the book,\u00a0which had audiences watching live and online deeply touched and inspired. Tosan Jemide<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/somesolutions.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018-04-09-PHOTO-00000336.jpg\")
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\ndoubled as the 50th birthday celebration for the celebrity cake maestro, was filled with the cr\u00e8me of\u00a0Nigerian society who came out to support the launch including Senator Ita Giwa, Senator Daisy\u00a0Danjuma and many more.
\nGreat food, wine and cocktails and live music from violins and a grand piano set the mood for a great\u00a0morning of candid thoughts and intimate conversations around Tosan\u2019s triumphs and trials as an\u00a0entrepreneur, cake maker, father and husband. Betty Irabor, Bobo Omotayo, Titi Oyinsan and Oriana Jemide.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a>
\nThe book was unveiled by HRH, Erelu Abiola Dosunmu, who reminisced about her relationship with\u00a0Nigeria\u2019s foremost cake maker and how he did his best to accommodate her complicated and\u00a0sometimes whimsical cake requests over the years.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>
\nSugar Icing, Tosan Jemide’s tell-all book about his challenges and triumphs in the cake industry\u00a0comes at a time when the celebrated cake maestro is also announcing his retirement from the\u00a0business to face other concerns.
\nAfter more than two decades in the business, celebrity cake maestro and leading baker, Tosan\u00a0Jemide of the Cakes by Tosan fame has announced that he will officially be retiring from active cake-\u00a0making to focus on new projects including mentoring and setting up a cake school.
\nIn the book; Jemide, who made his name in the early 2000s as the go-to cake maker for celebrities\u00a0and Nigeria’s elite is open and honest about his struggles not just as a rising star in the cake business,but also as a husband, father and public figure. Sugar Icing is written in part as an autobiography and\u00a0in part an inspirational message for up and coming entrepreneurs seeking to enter the industry. Far\u00a0from being a hackneyed text however, the book carries weight both as a well-written story and\u00a0business journal and makes for a good read for vacationers or busy executives on long haul flights.<\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n