A Peek Into the Life Of…Head Chef – Tomi ‘Imoteda’ Aladeokomo

We made a call for BellaNaija readers to be a part of a new exciting feature, titled ‘A Peek Into The Life Of‘ which the Features Team has been working on. {Click here if you missed it} We’ve been very excited by the feedback we’ve received and we’re happy with the submissions we’ve been receiving. It feels so good to get to know our readers better – what they do. So far, we’ve had four interestingly diverse features. ‘Deyemi Okanlawon, Chinedu Anarado , Jennifer Akporehe and Tosan Iwere.

Presenting Adetomi ‘Imoteda’ Aladeokomo – Head Chef at Heels in the Kitchen

Job title
Chief Everything Officer at Heels In the Kitchen

• What you do specifically?
I am the Head Chef for HITK and also the creator and hostess of the upcoming show Heels in the Kitchen.

• Core responsibilities
I cook! Lol. The company is divided into two parts. Food service and the TV show. For the food service aspect I do mostly cooking and I create menus that cater to client’s needs. I supervise all branding and packaging, deal directly with customers (because I’m a control freak) and test out new recipes and products. For the TV show which is in pre-production right now, I write up recipes, compile guest lists, work with the stylist to get all the outfits perfect (yay fun!), and chase money (no fun)

• How long have you been at this job?
About a year now.

• Highlights of your job
The food!!! I am literally paid to play with flavours and tastes. I love to cook so being able to spend my days thinking about nothing but food is pretty exciting. I also get to engage with a lot of different people from all works of life and that’s amazing.

• Downsides of your job
The food. I’ve gained so much weight! There is no real downside just yet. I’m doing something I love so I don’t have much to complain about.

• If you weren’t doing this, what would you be doing?
I would be doing makeup full time. I was a makeup artist for 8 years before I made the switch to the culinary world.

• On a scale of 1-10, how would you grade your skill set at this job?
I’m probably a 7 right now. There is still so much room for me to grow and learn and I work at that every day.
• I’m living my career dream. Yes? No?
Yes!

Don’t you just LOVE LOVE LOVE Chef Imoteda? Now let’s take a peek into her daily routine…

TYPICAL BUSY WORK DAY
5:30am – 7am: Wake up, shower, make notes and lists for the day
7am – 9am: Prep food orders going out for the day. Breakfast
9am – 11am: Cook and package meal orders
11am – 12:30pm: Send out meal orders, deliver some if the demand is heavy that day
12:30pm-1:30pm: Break, gather self, eat. Watch food network
1:30pm – 3pm: Research recipes, grocery shopping.
3pm – 5pm: Test kitchen. Try out new recipes. Take pictures for the blog
5pm – 7pm: Check and respond to emails. Review work done by vendors (websites, graphics, branding, financials)
7pm – 9pm: Dinner, back to test kitchen.
9pm – 10:30pm: Review day. Make notes. Prep for the next day.
10:30pm-1:30am: Online research. Create mood boards, type up recipes. Google interesting foods. Watch videos on youtube.
1:30am-5:30am: Sleep

How great is it to actually do what you love and earn an income for your efforts! Find out more about Heels In The Kitchen by clicking HERE.

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