B’lore Boy from Whitecaps Finalist at Cake Masters Awards 2018 in London

Samie J Ramchandran from Whitecaps International School of pastry Bangalore was the finalist in the “Rising star” category at the Cake master awards 2018 London. This annual event is popularly referred to as the cake Oscars. He has been the top four in the cake masters category since the inception of the award.  The awards were first established in 2014 and are the longest running and largest in the cake industry. Cake Masters Magazine Awards are where artists are recognised and celebrated across certain categories in cake decorating and sugar artistry. Now in their 5th year, following an astounding 2017 event with over 65,000 nominations, the 2018 awards event took place during Cake International show weekend at the National Conference Centre on 3rd of November 2018.

Chef Samie, a computer engineer by qualification, fell in love with cakes. His short but blessed journey of the past 5 years has earned him many accolades. Awarded as one of the top 10 cake artists in India by Cake Masters Magazine London. His awe-inspiring 22x7 feet London bridge garnered him a whole lot of media attention. He is also the finalist for Cake Master aka Cake Oscars for 2018. He has been on the panel of Judges for various Cake competitions held across India.

He imparts this passion to his students, teaching them to challenge creative frontiers in cake art as an advanced sugar art instructor at Whitecaps Bengaluru.

Chef Samie can be attributed as the new Viking of Whitecaps.

Chef Samie says “it’s been an honor participating in this prestigious contest held every year I have been associated with cake masters since inception, with this association I get to meet a lot of International chef and bring their expertise to India and pass my learning’s through Whitecaps”. 

Established in November 2016, WHITECAPS International School of Pastry was founded with the vision to create an environment in which people from all walks of life could indulge in their passion, by joining Whitecaps courses and honing their baking and chocolate-making skills. WHITECAPS International School of Pastry is amongst India’s premier cooking institutes, scaling new heights in the patisserie and chocolate arts scene, every day. Over 150 students have successfully completed the course and have been placed strategically at various corporate houses. WHITECAPS is an educational institution providing an unsurpassed platform for the students to bring out their best talent and hone them with suitable skills to match the requirements of the global patisserie industry.