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FRANCE IS THE WINNER OF THE WORLD PASTRY CUP 2009

In Lyon, on the 25th and 26th January 2009 as part of the Sirha, on the occasion of its 20th birthday the World Pastry Cup brought together the very best pastry chefs of the planet for a contest dedicated to gourmet sweet creations. No less than 22 nations competed in this edition of the World Pastry Cup. A remarkable number of participants, never before achieved in the history of the event!

Within two decades, the World Pastry Cup created by Gabriel Paillasson has become an undisputed reference event in the trade. The most prestigious pastry chefs in the world take part in this contest, the best among them receive consecration. 22 countries participated in the 2009 edition: Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, China, Finland, France, Hungary, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, the Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Taiwan, Tunisia, and the United States. Each team, composed of a pastry chef, a chocolate specialist and an ice-cream specialist, had 10 hours in which to prepare: 3 chocolate desserts, 3 frozen fruit desserts, an ice sculpture, a chocolate sculpture and a sculpture made of drawn sugar. The ceremony for the presentation of the prizes took place on January 26th 2009 in the presence of Gabriel Paillasson, President-Founder of the contest and of Pierre Hermé, President of Honour of the 2009 edition.

1 - FRANCE has won the 11th World Pastry Cup. Jérôme DE OLIVEIRA, Jérôme LANGILLIER et Marc RIVIERE were presented with the World Pastry Cup trophy, created by Antoine Arnaud, the gold medal and also with €12,000 in prize money.

2 – ITALY achieved the second place: Giancarlo CORTINOVIS, Alessandro DALMASSO et Domenico LONGO were presented with the Silver medal and also with €7,000 in prize money.

3 - BELGIUM achieved the third place: Alain VANDERMISSEN, François GALTIER et Raphaël GIOT were presented with the Bronze Medal, and also with €4,000 in prize money.

 

The recipe of the Official Dessert is available

“Official Dessert” of the 20th anniversary of the World Pastry Cup

We now have the results of the draw for the day of the contest and box numbers

Box number	1st day January 25th 2009	2nd day January 26th 2009
1	Netherlands	South Korea
2	Brazil	Belgium
3	United States	Japan
4	China	Malaysia
5	Finland	Lebanon
6	France	Russia
7	Spain	Hungary
8	Poland	Taiwan
9	Morocco	Argentina
10	Singapore	Mexico
11	Tunisia	Italy

 

BRAZIL WINS THE 1ST COPA MAYA

It is in Mexico that has just taken place from 10th to 12th of September the 1st edition of the COPA MAYA, the selection for Latin America of the World Pastry Cup.
The competition was organized by AMAIT and coordinated by the Vatel Club de Mexico, under the presidency of Guy Santoro and Olivier Lombard, as part of the trade show Abastur.

9 Latin American countries were in competition: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Uruguay.

It is Brazil that has won this first edition ahead of Mexico (2nd) and Argentina (3rd). These three countries are selected to participate in the Coupe du Monde de la Patisserie 2009 in Lyon, as part of the Sirha –the International Restaurants Hotels and Food Trade Exhibitions. www.sirha.com

 

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