By Ibrahim Garba
Chef Gladys Abulu has emerged at the recently concluded West African food festival held at Lome Togo.
She emerge winner ahead of other contestants having been declared winner at the previous edition that took place in Lagos Nigeria.
At the food festival, Chef Gladys Abulu baked 32 varieties of bread over a given period of time by the judges, and meeting target set by the organisers of the competition to bring Nigeria the honour as the best in bread production.
Chef Gladys Abulu who is also the Chief Chef and Chief Instructor at an Abuja based White Dish Culinary Academy, is bringing Nigeria this honour for the second time in a row as she was the winner of the last year’s regional edition which was held in Lagos where she took home the trophy ahead of many others country representatives.
Reports has it that this year’s edition at Lome, Togo was even more tensed attracting several participants from other countries with lots of guests attending knowing about her prowess after emerging champion in Nigeria last year.
One of the competing Chef confessed that “she came prepared to beat Gladys but she noticed however that “she changed the game by mixing all her ingredients with hands while many were using mixers – that took many including the judges by surprised, and more interesting is her accuracy in measurements, a feat never imagined since the competition started which gave her an edge over other competitors”.
Today, according to Gladys “the Nigerian flag is flying higher in Lome, Togo with this win as Nigeria is best in bread production in the whole of West Africa”.
