Born in Lagos, Nigeria, Kunmi Oluleye, moved to the United States at the age of 14. She started cooking at the age of 8, not by choice, but because she is the oldest of four children and was in charge of the house while both parents pursued full time careers.

While growing up, her father owned and operated a bakery business and she was required to work when not doing homework or other chores. From the 1950s, her grandfather, Joshua Ade Tuyo, had a business in Nigeria called DeFacto Bakery and Eateries at Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria.  It was famous throughout Nigeria and other parts of Africa, for its breads, cakes, meat-pies and sausage rolls. His establishment greatly influenced the baking industry in most of Africa. One could say that cooking is in the family.

Kunmi’s undergraduate and graduate degrees are from Simmons College in Boston, Massachusetts. She has over 15 years of experience in these industries: Food, Technology, Consulting and Corporate Event Planning. As of July 2007, Kunmi’s latest trade participation was in February 2007 with the USDA Trade Mission to Nairobi, Kenya, and AGOA Workshop with the West African Trade Hub, to Douala, Cameroun.

Sheba Foods has been widely covered by media. To view TV clips, magazine articles and other news, please visit this webpage www.shebafoods.com/news.aspx.

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Kunmi is the author of two other books:

Selling My Food to Super-markets, Distributors, Etc.

The Cure of Chronic Hepatitis B:  One Man's Cure