who

Pastry Chef Sweki Chen is a professional with over 8 years of experience. Coming to Canada in 2009, Sweki was immediately enticed by the diversity and availability of all cultures in the True North, most of which were the myriad new flavours. Her passion for baking has followed her throughout her time in university for a degree in Media and Design Arts. Her love for travel around the world has brought her to places such as Paris, Japan, Korea and Singapore and their unique pastry craft. As an alumni of the Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts, she has been in esteemed places such as West, Thierry’s, as well as Coast by the Glowbal Group. She has most recently forayed in opening her own business. In 2020, chef Sweki with her two partners created Minus Cup and got it trademarked. Now the first new shop located at 3615 Kingsway Vancouver, accepting walk-in and cake orders both from online and in store.

what

Chef Sweki specializes in elegant and decadent cakes that combines the best of traditional French techniques with the exotic flavours of Asian ingredients. With all items being hand tailored and refusing to use nothing less than the richest of fresh heavy cream and the seasonal fruits, cakes from Minus are guaranteed to be delightful and entertaining to both sight and taste. ​Minus Cake right now does event dessert table setup and decorations, to serve customers in a better way.