Baking is hard work even for most of us. And for Kelvin Leong, baking comes with a whole new set of challenges. A stroke in 2012 rendered his left arm paralysed. Yet, he dove into baking as a serious hobby in 2016 after a friend gifted him an electric mixer for his birthday. “That was my ‘eureka!’ moment,” shares the 42-year-old property agent. He set up his home-based biz OhBaker about a month ago — mostly out of passion, and also to encourage fellow stroke survivors to overcome their challenges, he says.
The bachelor does everything himself — from baking to deliveries — and sells an assortment of lava blackout brownies and Japanese-style cheesecake.
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1/131/13Why OhBaker? -
2/132/13Stroke eight years ago rendered his left hand & arm non-functional -
3/133/1315 months before he could be independent again -
4/134/13A birthday gift that changed everything -
5/135/13Challenges of baking with one hand -
6/136/13Circuit breaker baking brought peace & fulfilment -
7/137/13A one-man show -
8/138/13If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again -
9/139/13The menu -
10/1310/13Mr Cheesecake, $45 for 7-inch (850g) cake -
11/1311/13Kurokuro Brownies, $35 for a box of six -
12/1312/13Bohemian Raspberry (8 Days Pick!) -
13/1313/13Bottom line