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Today, they look back on the months of preparation. They share the difficulties they faced, their torments, their exhaustion… but mainly, the rich experience of such an apprenticeship, professional as well as personal.

Generally, the candidates explain that the biggest difficulty ...

After the selection of the Louis Lesaffre Cup, the teams participating in the prestigious Bakery World Cup are now known: South Korea, Costa Rica, the United States, France, Italy , Japan, the Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Senegal, Sweden and Taiwan.            &...

… Teams with high level skills: A Louis Lesaffre Cup contest even more demanding, stored-up experiences, expected technical feats …

… The 2012 novelty: the specialty challenge: (this testis realized by three candidates of the team in common besides their own specialty. This testallows t...

The country selected for the 2012 Coupe du Monde de la Boulangerie is Costa Rica.

The Louis Lesaffre Cup / Coupe du Monde de la Boulangerie Organising Committee met recently to look at the suitability of the 6 challenger countries.

The criteria defined for determining the cou...

The Louis Lesaffre Cup ASIA PACIFIC selection round brings to a brilliant close a series of four worldwide selections and provides us with the names of the lucky finalists : Japan and South Korea are now on the list of countries qualified to compete in the 2012 Coupe du Monde de la Boulangerie (Bake...

The final of the Louis Lesaffre Cup France took place during la Fête du Pain, from 12th to 16th May 2011 in Paris. This bakery competition was organised under a big top in front of Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral, an important Parisian touristic center. The 18 candidates who were selected during the r...

Two days of competition, hosted by the CREMAI Show in Casablanca, saw the 4 teams of the Africa Mediterranean zone in contention: Morocco, Algeria, Senegal and Turkey.
Following the competition, Senegal emerged the proud winner and will now head for the Coupe du Monde de la Boulangerie (Bakery ...

The final selection round for the Louis Lesaffre Cup is approaching fast! This final stage will take place at the Interbake Show in Canton (China) from 26th to 28th May 2011, when seven teams will be in the running. Over three days, they will be part of the effervescent atmosphere surrounding the Lo...

Vietnam, August 2010, successful regional selection rounds, the first event of this type in Vietnam

The regional selections of the Louis Lesaffre Cup in Vietnam organized by Saf Viet Company occurred on the 25th of August in Ho Chi Minh City and 28th of August in Hanoi. These two...

29th September 2010 – Finals of the America zone international selection rounds

The America zone selection rounds were hosted by the prestigious IBIE (International Baking Industry Exposition) Show in Las Vegas (United States). Eight countries competed from 26th to 29th September: Canada...

17th July 2010 – The national team is chosen

In partnership with the CREMAI Show, the selection of the Moroccan national team took place at the Lesaffre Morocco Baking Center. The competition had begun with a regional selection round bringing together 130 candidates from every re...

June 2010 - The national team is selectioned !

The final of the Louis Lesaffre Cup Ukraine-2010 took place in Kiev on the 23-26 of February, 2010 within the bounds of the “International Forum of Food Industry and Packing” IFFIP 2010 during the exhibition «Baking and confectionery...

March 2010 – Loaves with very personal shapes

Winner of the Louis Lesaffre Cup in 2007, and silver medallist at the Bakery World Cup in 2008, Pao-Chun WU excelled in the 2010 Master Bakers competition. Currently working in a bakery in Taiwan, he pla...

March 2010 - pastries with stunning flavours

Coming from 5 generations of bakers, father to son, Thomas is an enthusiast, always on the lookout for new ideas. Currently in charge of around twenty bakeries for the family firm, and responsible for product creat...

March 2010 – An artistic piece dedicated to his wife

As a child, François Brandt wanted to be a pastry-maker, but he has won acclaim as a baker.

After working in various countries, he was finally drawn to settle in the Netherlands by the ...

The MOBAC Show which was held in Osaka from 25th to 28th February 2009 provided the opportunity to select the Japanese national team.

Mr NAGATA (Artistic Piece), Mr SASAKI (Viennese Pastry) and Mr HATANAKA (Bread) are the first candidates through to the 3rd edition of the Louis Lesaffre Cup. They ...

The 8th edition of the INTERFOOD INDONESIA Show, running from 8th to 11th August, housed the national finals of the Louis Lesaffre Cup.

3 regional selection rounds organised in Bali, Bandung and Denpasar produced 9 finalists who then competed in the Bread, Viennese Pastry and Artistic Pie...