Osarhieme Fola-Alade is a Sociologist, an Ex-Banker, a prolific Baker, and the CEO of Baking Intelligence & Sweetheart by Cassata.
Osarhieme started baking as a hobby and then due to demand from family & friends began selling commercially during her teenage years and quickly she became very skilled and known for the craft. However, an extended period working in the corporate world of Banking & Finance meant she temporarily mixed baking with her banking career for some years until when she exited the bank and established Sweetheart by Cassata.
Sweetheart by Cassata, grew in reputation both online & offline, and then progressed to opening Café Cassata in Lekki Lagos Nigeria. Osarhieme soon carved a niche for herself becoming well renowned in the baking industry for her scrumptious cakes & desserts .
By late 2017 Osarhieme Fola-Alade was receiving more requests for training than she could possibly handle via conventional methods but she was keen to share her knowledge in an open & inclusive way.
In February 2018 Osarhieme & her team launched Baking Intelligence as Africa’s first Full Elearning Platform specifically catering to bakers. Baking Intelligence operates from Lagos Nigeria, Accra Ghana and London UK. The users who register on the Baking Intelligence Platform have access to various modules with hours of educational content in which they can learn various recipes, & techniques for baking and decorating. Baking Intelligence currently has over 140 tutorial videos hosted on its Elearning Platform from which students learn daily within their access periods. Students also get access to a large community of thousands of bakers from over 24 countries with whom they can network, ask questions and learn new things altogether.
Baking Intelligence has since grown to be Africa’s largest E-Learning knowledge platform for bakers having trained over 7000 students from 24 countries across it’s training platforms & having impacted an even larger social media network of over 98,000 followers collectively across it’s social media handles, and growing everyday.
Osarhieme Fola-Alade’s vision is to continue to improve and grow Baking intelligence while simultaneously delivering outstanding value and innovation to bakers around the globe.