Pics: Finalists Emerge in Power Oil Sponsored ‘Making of the Chef‘ Cooking Competition

Top three finalists have emerged in the ongoing
Season 2 of Making of the Chef cooking
competition organized by Rhodium Global Chef
LLC in partnership with Anchor Digital Media and
proudly sponsored by Nigeria’s leading vegetable
oil brand, Power Oil from the stables of Raffles
Oil LFTZ Enterprise, a subsidiary of the Tolaram
Group.
The trio ofMr. DapoLambo, Mrs. Edna Ojuma and
Miss TobechiOguemerged top 3 contestants out
of the 20 candidates that were selected from the
audition stage for camping, training and
mentorship by the American Master ChefEdwin
Sholly, one of the world’s leading celebrity Chef.
DapoLambo from Lagos, holds a Bachelor’s
Degree from Ambrose Ali University and works
with Eko Hotel & Suites, Lagos. Mrs Edna Ojuma,
a lawyer from Edo State while Miss TobechiOgu
from Imo State, an HND holder in Business
Administration who currently runs a private
catering business.
Presenting the top 3 contestant to the project
sponsor- Power Oil at a ceremony held recently at
the head office of Tolaram Group in Surulere
Lagos, the creator of the project and the Creative
Director, Rhodium Global Chef LLC, Mrs.
IdonoGbenro explained that the finalists earned
their place through commitment and real passion
for cooking exhibited from the audition stage
through the camping period.
Mrs. Gbenro announced that the finalists would
be traveling to the United States of America with
the Master Chef where they will go through
further trainings in different international cuisines
at Stratford University in battle for the ultimate

title of ‘Top Chef’.
She then reinstated the contestant who eventually
emerges as the winner ‘Top Chef’ would win up
to 30,000 dollars in prize including receiving a
membership from the prestigious American
Culinary Federation.
In his own remarks, the Head of Public Relations
& Event, Tolaram Group, Mr. TemitopeAshiwaju
commended the organizers for the journey so far
in the Season 2 of the competition while assuring
them of a more robust sponsorship of the
subsequent editions of the project.

Ashiwaju also revealed during the ceremony that
the brand -Power Oil has concluded plans to foot
all travelling expenses of the top 3 finalists and
the crew to the United States of America. He then
urged the finalists to take full advantage of the
opportunity offered them by the competition to
become a world-class chef.
In their reactions, the finalists applauded the
organisers of the competition and Power Oil for
the sponsorship and support while promising to
be good brand ambassadors.