Victoria Omobuwajo's Biography

Who is Victoria Omobuwajo?

In 2020, Victoria was selected by Gordon Ramsay to be the winner of the first series of the BBC's Future Food Star and thereby gain an iinvestment of £150,000 ifrom him for her business SUNMO, whose food products reveolve around good health.

According to Forbes, Victoria Omobuwajo's "long-term struggles with severe eczema and several food intolerances came with a silver lining: a passion to discover and utilize nutritious foods. Plantain, in particular.

"With the idea to create a brand built on naturally-sweet baked plantain crisps, Omobuwajo raised investment of £100,000 [$123,700] through investors she had met during an internship at a private bank in 2019."

Before setting up her own business, Victoria worked at Bayes Business School and Brown Brothers Harriman. She had also gained a Bsc with honours in accountancy and finance from Cass Business School.