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Bakery World Cup
The Bread Bakers Guild of America Team USA of Nicky Giusto,

As part of a ﬁve-day event at the Paris-Nord Villepinte venue

Jeffrey de Leon and Jacob Baggenstos competed Feb. 5-9

in Paris, Europain & Intersuc provided a unique show entirely

against teams from 11 other countries for a shot at winning

dedicated to all the trades in the bakery, pastry, ice-cream

the 9th edition of the Coupe du Monde de la Boulangerie.

making, chocolate-making and confectionery industries.

Also known as The Bakery World Cup, this prestigious bakery
contest for artisan bread bakers featured many of the greatest

"The reason for my presence here today is to assert how much

bread bakers in the world.

the bakery-pastry represents as a force, a heritage, as a source of
enjoyment and also for the future', explained François Hollande,

Among the 12 teams from the four corners of the world trying

President of the French Republic during his visit to Europain &

for a Coupe du Monde de la Boulangerie podium place, nine

Intersuc on February 6. He addressed the bakery-pastry trade,

came through the Louis Lesaffre Cup international selections.

which came together over ﬁve days for this gathering, and

Thanks to their diligent preparation, a level of excellence that

stressed the importance of this industry both for the dynamism

increased during the national and international selections, and a

of the French economy and as a success in terms of exportation.

desire to surpass themselves, these teams put on an acrobatic
show, competing with talent to create artistic pieces, baguettes

This dynamism was expressed in the trade show offering: 679

and world breads and sweet and savory Viennese pastries.

exhibitors and brands (26% international from 25 countries)
came to introduce their ranges to 63,282 professional visitors

During four days, performing live in front the audience and

(including 27 percent international from 137 countries). The

before a jury of renowned bakers, 12 teams of three contes-

2016 edition stood out with a highly creative and high-quality

tants competed in three categories: baguettes and bread of

program, which involved all the different players in the trade.

the world, viennoiserie and savory pastry.

This enabled both artisans and industrials to ﬁnd the concrete
ideas and solutions to boost their business and anticipate the

The top three teams were announced as follows:

future consumer needs and requirements.

Gold
South Korea: Chang-Min Lee, Jong-Ho Kim, Yong-Joo Park

Europain & Intersuc 2016 proposed an exceptionally rich and
unique program of demonstrations and conferences that

Silver

attracted a large audience. All players from the sector were

Taiwan: Chung-Yu Hsieh, Yu-Chih Chen, Peng-Chieh Wang

strongly mobilized for the event in order to offer visitors 140
demonstrations and roundtables over the ﬁve days of the

Bronze

trade show. These direct opportunities for concrete exchanges

France: Cyrille Martin, Deborah Ott, Claude Casado

and discussions enabled the demanding visitors to identify the

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