The name "Toko Lo" originated in my family. Where my full name is Lola, it has been shortened to Lo since I can remember. The "toko" was later added. At a young age, I was already in love with food. I wanted to make it my profession. Determined, I early on said that I would become a pastry chef. Right after high school, my adventure as a pastry chef began.

I started a work-study program, first in a pastry shop and later switching to a patisserie. Eventually, I graduated as an all-around pastry chef.

My grandmother Annie was a very good cook. After she was forced to come to the Netherlands, she learned to cook from her mother-in-law who lived in the house. Soon, my grandmother mastered this skill and how! Years later, the family came every weekend from all over the country to enjoy my grandmother's cooking and baking skills. Denstraat 30 in Amersfoort was the place where everyone gathered.

Also, friends of grandpa & grandma and of my father and uncles. Everyone was welcome, and there was always something delicious for them. And how lucky I was to experience this on my mother's side of the family too, through Grandma Jos. Who was also a very good cook, just like mom.

After my grandmother passed away and the aunts got older, I decided to delve more into Indonesian recipes. It became known to family and friends that I had started baking/cooking. Requests started pouring in; "your grandma always made those pastries, do you have that recipe?" or "those layered cakes with rum that your grandma made, can I order those?".

When delivering my experiments or cookies from school, I was joyfully welcomed with "there's Toko Lo". I fully embraced this name, and now we are inseparably connected.

After the orders and requests expanded beyond family and acquaintances, it was time to register in 2015 with the Chamber of Commerce as Toko Lo, the Indonesian Bakery & Catering.