Why you should attend the Baileys Bake Fest this December
Baileys Bake Fest is a day-long event set aside for silky, sweet and rich Baileys-infused treats and cocktails.
Everything at the Baileys Bake Fest has that Bailey's indulgence, from cakes, buns, spring rolls and other kinds of pastries. It?s that time of the year again when you get to experience the light, lush Bailey's Delight. The Baileys Bake Fest is the biggest baking festival in Lagos.
The 2019 Baileys Bake Fest will hold on Sunday, 1st December, 2019, at the lush Muri Okunola Park, Victoria Island Lagos.
It promises to be a food experience like never before. The bake fest will be packed with different activities that celebrate the baking craft of professional and unprofessional bakers in Nigeria. The fest is simply something you won?t want to miss.
The History of Baileys
The Baileys? story began in 1973. Baileys is the world?s first cream liqueur that perfectly blends the aged Irish whiskey together with fresh Irish dairy cream, a hint of cocoa and vanilla. The cream and Irish whiskey from various distilleries are homogenized to form an emulsion with the aid of an emulsifier containing refined vegetable oil. The quantity of other ingredients is not known but they include herbs and sugar. No preservatives are required as the alcohol content preserves the cream.
Baileys was created with the idea to make a liqueur that was unapologetically luxurious and delicious. An idea triggered by the thought that ?alcoholic drinks don?t have to taste punishing.? The first version of Bailey?s recipe was created with an original kitchen mixer. It is also the world?s biggest seller, with over 82 million bottles sold worldwide each year. Not only is Baileys the world?s first cream liqueur, but it?s also its favorite. Over the last 40 years, they have sold out around the globe and now cover over three-quarters of the world, and in over 150 countries.
Baileys? Irish Cream was created by Gilbeys of Ireland, a division of International Distillers & Vintners. The cream used in the drink comes from Glanbia, an Irish dairy company. Glanbia?s Virginia facility in County Cavan produces a range of fat-filled milk powders and fresh cream. It has been the principal cream supplier to Baileys? Irish Cream Liqueurs for more than thirty years.
The Bake Fest 2019
Baileys BakeFest is Nigeria?s annual baking festival that unites food lovers with the indulgence of Baileys in the most decadent treats. In its first year, over 5000 Nigerians participated in the day-long baking extravaganza featuring a unique bake-off where treats specialists were paired with established superstars. And this December, Baileys Nigeria presents its third edition of the Baileys Bake festival in Nigeria.
The event will showcase different ways of infusing Baileys into delicious treats such as cakes, doughnuts, waffles, and cocktails. The festival will have a variety of Nigeria?s finest treat vendors, a bake-off, games and lots. The Baileys Bake Fest is a food exhibition that would let pastry lovers explore the exciting and delicious world of Baileys infused treats that cut across confectionery and cocktails. There will be vendors at the event selling to treat lovers ? everyday cupcakes, donuts, spring rolls. Apart from that, a wide variety of professional bakers and mixologists will be creating and showcasing a range of Baileys infused treats and cocktails, and demonstrating the versatility of the world?s no. 1 cr?me liqueur, Baileys.
The highlight of the event is the Baileys Bakeoff which will feature a team of upcoming professional and unprofessional bakers in a baking competition while using Baileys as an ingredient in a creative way. BaileysBakeFest baking competition will give the bakers an opportunity to show off their baking and mixing skills for a chance to be Baileys Next Rated Baker. Of course, these treats will be made with cutting-edge kitchen appliances and equipment that were designed and tailored to suit the modern baker -- the kind of appliances you?d definitely want to use to create the perfect Baileys baking mix.
The theme of the event is ?Baileys-Infused Everything? which focuses on the creation of pastries, from cakes to ice cream and cocktails with Baileys. And, it doesn?t matter if you?re an established baker, a newbie or you just love to indulge, the Baileys Bake fest is definitely a place to be this December.
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What to expect at the Baileys Bake Fest
Baileys Bake Fest is simply an event for lovers of good food and wine. Or for those who crave indulgence during a festive period. There would be more than one activity going down at the Bake Fest, from exploring the uniqueness of Baileys Delight with a twist to baking and pure entertainment. Guests would be treated to food supplied by the finest treat vendors in Nigeria. Games like the evergreen tic-tac-toe, darts, table tennis, and table soccer will take place. Baileys will also provide free cocktails to the indulgence-seeking crowd, as well as Baileys-infused treats.
Baileys Cream Drink
Guests would be offered Baileys Cream Drink at the Bake fest. Baileys Cream is acclaimed as the finest cream made from the most indulgent ingredients and world-class aged whiskey from distilleries across Ireland, perfected with luxurious vanilla pods and rich cocoa beans which add a distinct chocolate character that?s unique to Baileys.
Baileys Treats
If you are a fan of Irish Cream (particularly Baileys? Irish Cream) you will love their roundup of 29 recipes, perfect for turning your dessert game up a notch which would be available at the Baileys Bake Fest. From pumpkin tarts, cookies, cheesecake, truffles and fudge sauce to buttercream and macaroons, there would be a Baileys? Irish Cream recipe for everyone!
Baileys Bake-off
The Baileys Bakefest festival features a bake-off where upcoming bakers are paired together for the ultimate Baileys-infused bake-off. At the end of the competition, appointed judges will decide who the Baileys Next Rated Baker is.
Meet the Judges
Chef Stone
Abiola Akanji is also known as ?Chef Stone,? grew up in Lagos, the most vibrant city in Nigeria. He studied in London, where he worked part-time in a couple of restaurants. Along the way, he picked up some of the culinary skills and took professional training at the French Culinary Institute in New York City.
His interest in food was stirred up at a very young age; he only perfected the art of cooking when he became an adult. He owns a culinary school situated both in Lagos and Abuja where he teaches individuals his acquired culinary skills.
He has had previous ?judge? experiences; in March 2017, was a judge at the annual Oando "Teens Can Cook", and was a judge for the online Food Plating competition held by Supermart NG. This year, he is going to be one of the judges behind the scores of the selected bakers at the 2019 Baileys Bake Fest?s Bake-off.
Bisola Borha
Bisola Borha is an extraordinary event planner in Nigeria. She is popularly known as ?the event planner extraordinaire? and is the brain behind the high flying events company Trendy Bee Events
. Bisola Borha has planned many luxury dream weddings in Nigeria where she infused a lot of dramatic couples? entrance. She planned the biggest weddings of 2016 tagged #PDA16 & # CHIKAZ2016, and also the biggest celebrity wedding of the year #BAAD2017.
She has also appeared on Spice TV ? as the Host on The wedding planner episodes, and has had special appearance moments on Ebony Life TV, discussing her passion for Events, and also on Cool FM, discussing developments in events management in Africa. She?s going to be one of the judges at the Baileys Bake-off scheduled on Sunday 1st December 2019.
Chef Alex
Alex Oke aka ?Chef Alex? was raised in Ibadan. He attended the International School Ibadan before furthering his education in the United States, United Kingdom and Canada. He transitioned to culinary arts after a six-year career in marketing and management.
Alex trained in classical and contemporary French cuisine at the Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts (PICA) in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and also worked at Lear Faye in East Vancouver.
He makes Nigerian recipes influenced by European and Asian cuisine to create his own style of cooking which he describes as "gentrified Nigerian food".
He is the owner of XO Boutique Bakery and also teaches at the Culinary Academy in Lagos, Nigeria. He is also has been shortlisted as one of the judges at the Baileys Bake Fest?s baking competition.
Lara Rawa
Lara Rawa is a master bartender and a certified mixologist at Eventi Cocktails. She is the first female Tales attache in Nigeria for Tales of Cocktails, New Orleans - USA.
She is the founder of Lagos Cocktail Week. Lara has worked with several international brands like Diageo, Pernod Ricard, amongst others. She has had previous judging experiences: she was a judge at Baileys Bakefest 2017 & 2018, World-class Nigeria 2017 and Barman TV.