Sixteen years after its last victory, France’s team of bakers, represented by Franck Fortier, Fabien Nolay and Xavier Sacriste – climbed to the top of the podium of the Bakery World Cup, the benchmark competition co-founded by Ekip, the Confédération Nationale de la Boulangerie-Pâtisserie Française (French Bakery and Pastry Confederation) and the Club des MOF boulangers (Best Bakery Craftspeople in France). The theme of this year’s event held during the Sirha Europain trade fair was sports. The teams ranked in the top 10 were, in order: France, South Korea, Japan, China, Germany, Morocco, Greece, Chile, Mexico, Madagascar

France is also the winner of the European Selection of the Pastry World Cup. Haruka Atsuji and Jérémy Massing earned their spot in the Grand Finale, to be held in January 2025 during Sirha Lyon, alongside teams from Italy, the UK, Sweden, Switzerland and Belgium.

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