The finale had her baking 3 cakes, a signature bake, show stopper bake and technical bake.

Pulse Nigeria, spoke with Raufikat Oyawoye she said that she had no technical knowledge of baking. "One of the requirement to being on the show is that you should not have gone to pastry school."

According to Raufikat "I occasionally bake birthday cakes for my family and friends." She only moved to Canada 4 years ago but she had previously been in the UK where she practiced her baking frequently. 

She loves to bake. In her words; "Baking makes me feel calm and centred. It requires precision and focus and I find it very soothing to concentrate on what I’m making"

Her signature bake was an ice cream bombe, and moist cake. Raufikat went with dark chocolate cherry ice cream. The technical bake was Gateaux St Honore.

A Gateaux St Honore is made up of puff pastry ring and Choux pastry. It looks like puff puff but it is actually baked.

For the main show stopper cake, Raufikat had to make a lemon and rose battenberg cake, gold chocolate and raspberry macarons, almond jesuites and strawberry ginger mousse pie. That was a whole lot!

For the show stopper cake they were prepared to make it beforehand but the technical cake, they had to learn it right there in the tent.

Everyone had raving reviews about her, including the two other finalists. They all agreed that she deserved to win. Raufikat was also happy to meet other bakers in the show, she said “I met nine lifelong friends and I learnt a lot.”

The judges attributed her win to scientific precision in selecting ingredients and her Nigerian influence helped with the flavour.

On whether she wants to bake full time, she says that she is still thinking of ways to share her baking with the world.