Jazz aka J Boog
My name is Jasmine and I created Get Caked LA at the age of 20 years old with no prior art or culinary experience. It was June 30th of 2016 around 9:45pm when I decided to leap out of bed, drive to the closest Target before they closed at 10pm to grab the only plastic squeeze bottles they offered with a box of Aunt Jemima’s pancake mix. After getting back from the store I decided to use the adrenaline I had to create my first pancake ever, a Pikachu Pokemon. When I was done around 1.5 hours later I decided to send a picture to my mom of my pancake art to which she responded “don’t quit your day job.” It’s been about 7 years and I am proud to say I quit my day job to become a full time pancake artist between years 3-4.
For the first 1.5-2 years… I can honestly say I sucked haha I doodled any opportunity I had during work, practiced every night after work and had to make the hard choice to chose to learn how to draw while doing pancake art even when it wasn’t easy. As we all know humans have the ability to learn any skill in the world with enough practice and after 2 years of practice, I was lucky enough to partner with my friend Kenisha’s non-profit for their 1 year anniversary. That event changed everything for us here at Get Caked LA. The feeling I get from being able to share pancake art with you all and hopefully inspire humans to pursue their own dreams regardless of their experience level is what drives the heart of this business. We are here for the better of all humans and if you’ve supported this wild pancake art dream in any capacity along the way, thank you for making this possible. This one is for all of us.