The attempt is scheduled to take place from Monday, June 3 to 7, 2024, at Tema Community 1, Samtashie Plaza, Meridian road.

Gertrude is expected to bake for about 120 hours, spanning five days.

She will be trying to surpass the current record held by Irish Chef Alan Fisher.

He broke the record for the longest baking marathon by an individual at 47 hr 21 min 21 sec in Matsue, Shimane, Japan, from 25 to 27 September 2023.

Gertrude Osei Mensah, who is the CEO of Cakes and Bites, is a former student of Our Lady of Mercy (OLAM) Senior High School in Tema, where she studied Home Economics.

She also holds a Professional Diploma in Pastry Making, Cake Design, and Sugarcraft from Cake Tekniks.

Gertrude aims to represent Ghana and showcase her baking skills on the international stage.

In addition to breaking the world record, she has a desire to train and mentor underprivileged youth in Tema and Ashaiman in the art of baking for free.

She hopes to promote Technical and Vocational Education and Training (T-VET) and reduce the high level of unemployment in Ghana.

 

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Tafari Campbell, 45, worked in the White House before staying on with the Obama family after Mr Obama left office in 2016.

On Sunday, he went missing in the waters of Edgartown Great Pond on Martha’s Vineyard.

The Obamas released a statement hailing his talent inside the kitchen and out.

“Tafari was a beloved part of our family. When we first met him, he was a talented sous chef at the White House – creative and passionate about food, and its ability to bring people together,” Mr Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama said on Monday.

“In the years that followed, we got to know him as a warm, fun, extraordinarily kind person who made all of our lives a little brighter.”

Mr Campbell had been visiting the Massachusetts island from his home in Virginia at the time of his death. Police say the Obama family was not home at the time of the accident.

The search was launched on Sunday night for “a male paddleboarder who had gone into the water, appeared to briefly struggle to stay on the surface, and then submerged and did not resurface,” according to a police report.

“Another paddleboarder was on the pond with him at the time and observed him go under the water,” it added.

On Monday, his body was found “approximately 100 feet (30 meters) from shore at a depth of about eight feet”.

The Massachusetts State Police Detective Unit is investigating his death, but it is believed to have been an accident, CBS News reported.

Mr Campbell had worked in the White House during Mr Obama’s eight years in Washington. During that time he helped create some of the most famous presidential recipes, included a beer brewed from ingredients grown at the White House.

When it was time for the first family to depart Washington, they asked Mr Campbell to join them and he “generously agreed” the Obamas’ statement added.

“He’s been part of our lives ever since, and our hearts are broken that he’s gone. Today we join everyone who knew and loved Tafari – especially his wife Sherise and their twin boys, Xavier and Savin – in grieving the loss of a truly wonderful man.”